Vocab. Words January 11 Flashcards

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Speculate

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To think about something and make a guess about it; to form ideas or theories about something even if there are many new things not know about it.

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Spectator

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A person who watches an event, show, game, activity, etc. Often as part of an audience.

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Spectacle

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A very impressive show; something that attracts attention because it is very unusual or very shocking.

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Kaleidoscope

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A tube that has mirrors and loose pieces of colored glass or plastic at one end so that you may see many different patterns when you turn that tube while looking in thought the other end.

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Microscopic

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Able to see only through a microscope; extremely small.

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Horoscope

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Advice and future perdictions based on the date of a persons births and the positions of the stars and planets.

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Tangible

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Easily seen or recognized; able to be touched or felt.

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Contagious

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Having a sickness that can be passed to someone else by touching.

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Contiguous

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Used to describe things that touch each other or are immediately next to each other.

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Tactile

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Relating to the sense of touch.

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