503 Vocabulary 2Q
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- capillary
- Any of the tiny blood vessels connecting the small arteries and veins
- export
- To ship goods out of a country for use, sale or services
- analyze
- To examine carefully in detail
- capacity
- The amount a container can hold
- currency
- Something that is used as money for exchange
- compare
- Examine in order to note similarities or differences
- vertebrae
- Sections of bone that make up the spinal column
- synonym
- A word similiar in meaning
- import
- To bring goods into a country for use, sale or for services
- formulate
- To devise or develop a system
- fracture
- A break or crack in a bone
- summarize
- To give a summary
- tissue
- A group of one or more kinds of cells that perform the same function
- ancestor
- A person from whom one is descended (ex. grandparents)
- declarative
- A statement
- transcontinental
- Extending across, or on the other side of a continent
- conclusion
- The end, outcome or result
- homesteaders
- the owners of a homestead(public land in the west available without payment)
- contrast
- Compare to show unlikeness or differences
- affix
- A prefix or suffix added to a word to change its meaning
- ligament
- A band of strong tissue that connects bones and holds them in place
- alliance
- An agreement or treaty between persons or nations
- citation
- A quotation, citing a passage
- imperative
- A sentence that gives a command
- organ
- A part of a person, plant or animal that consists of cells or tissue, and is specialized to do a certain task.
- infer
- To conclude from evidence
- antonym
- A word opposite in meaning
- context
- Surrounds and gives meaning to something else
- exclamatory
- Expresses exclamation, excitement
- acute
- An angle measuring less than 90 degrees
- predict
- To foretell the future, make a prediction
- artery
- One of the blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart to all parts of the body
- apprentice
- A person who works for another in order to learn a trade
- merchant
- A person who buys and sells goods for profit
- evaluate
- To calculate a numerical value
- climax
- The decisive moment in a story
- skeletal
- The system of bones and tissues that support and protect the body
- duty
- Something that a person is expected to do or a tax, such as on imports.
- abolition
- The act of abolishing, as in the abolition/ending of slavery
- joint
- The place where two bones meet.
- vein
- One of the blood vessels that carry the blood from the capillaries back to the heart
- support
- To support with truth or evidence
- circulatory
- The system of blood vessels, and heart concerned with the circulation of blood
- interrogative
- Asks a question