Week 6 Vocabulary: Captain Arsenio Flashcards

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1
Q

My art teacher is ________ about painting pictures of the ocean.

A

passionate

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passionate

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To have a passionate feeling is to have strong emotions.

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3
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impulse

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An impulse is the desire to do something.

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4
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She was learning to control her _____ to talk to her classmates during class.

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impulse

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5
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distinguished

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A distinguished group is known and respected for its

excellence.

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6
Q

A ___ novelist is coming to talk to our

class.

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distinguished

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eccentric

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Someone who is eccentric is odd.

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My ___ aunt is known for wearing hats that are decorated with flowers.

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eccentric

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circumstances

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The way an event happened, or the causes of it, are its

circumstances.

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10
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Helen explained the ___ in her childhood that led her to the study of bees.

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circumstances

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evidently

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If something happened evidently, it happened for an

obvious reason.

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12
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After the car was speeding on icy roads, the driver ___ crashed.

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evidently

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13
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acceleration

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Acceleration is the act of moving faster.

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14
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Upon ___, cars would move faster.

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acceleration

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15
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prototype

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A prototype is a rough model created to test something before creating it in its final form.

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16
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The ___ of the robot helped the scientists figure out what they still needed to work on.

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prototype

17
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contribution

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A person who helps to make something has made a

contribution to that work.

18
Q

My ___ to the meal was a

big green salad.

A

contribution

19
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conceived

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If you thought of the idea to create something, you

conceived it.

20
Q

The artist conceived of a wand-shaped sculpture.

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conceived

21
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infer

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To infer is to make an educated guess based on a reader’s own knowledge and experience, plus clues from the text

22
Q

Based on chocolate smears on your mouth, I can ____ that you ate my chocolate cookie!

A

infer