*Here are the vocabulary words I had trouble with. If you have any other words you would like me to find the definition/meaning of just let me know. Hope this helps a little bit.
Haphazard- happening or done in a way that has not been planned Trawling- to search for something through a large amount of information or many possibilities Predecessors- somebody who held a position or job before somebody else Arpanet- a wide area computer network of the late 1960s linking U.S. government, academic, business, and military sites Elegiacally- expressing sorrow or regret Congeal- to become thick and solid, or cause a liquid to thicken and solidify Nuked- to attack somebody or something with nuclear weapons secular - not controlled by a religious body or concerned with religious or spiritual matters separatist- to explore an area in order to gather information, especially about the strength and positioning of enemy forces portmanteau- an old type of large leather suitcase, especially one that opened out into two compartments neologisms- a recently coined word or phrase, or a recently extended meaning of an existing word or phrase edutainment- television programs, computer software, or other media content intended both to entertain and educate users psychedelic- relating to, caused by, or describing drugs that generate hallucinations, atypical psychic states, or states that resemble psychiatric disorders quotidian- of the most ordinary everyday kind extrapolate- to use known facts as the starting point from which to draw inferences or conclusions about something unknown slag- fused glassy material that is produced when a metal is separated from its ore during smelting dystopian- an imaginary place where everything is as bad as it possibly can be hedonic- concerned with pleasure
*Here are the vocabulary words I had trouble with. If you have any other words you would like me to find the definition/meaning of just let me know. Hope this helps a little bit.
ReplyDeleteHaphazard- happening or done in a way that has not been planned
Trawling- to search for something through a large amount of information or many possibilities
Predecessors- somebody who held a position or job before somebody else
Arpanet- a wide area computer network of the late 1960s linking U.S. government, academic, business, and military sites
Elegiacally- expressing sorrow or regret
Congeal- to become thick and solid, or cause a liquid to thicken and solidify
Nuked- to attack somebody or something with nuclear weapons
secular - not controlled by a religious body or concerned with religious or spiritual matters
separatist- to explore an area in order to gather information, especially about the strength and positioning of enemy forces
portmanteau- an old type of large leather suitcase, especially one that opened out into two compartments
neologisms- a recently coined word or phrase, or a recently extended meaning of an existing word or phrase
edutainment- television programs, computer software, or other media content intended both to entertain and educate users
psychedelic- relating to, caused by, or describing drugs that generate hallucinations, atypical psychic states, or states that resemble psychiatric disorders
quotidian- of the most ordinary everyday kind
extrapolate- to use known facts as the starting point from which to draw inferences or conclusions about something unknown
slag- fused glassy material that is produced when a metal is separated from its ore during smelting
dystopian- an imaginary place where everything is as bad as it possibly can be
hedonic- concerned with pleasure
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