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Common Core Lanaguage: Vocabulary
Test: April 19, 2012
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Vocabulary Word
1. exploration
Part of Speech/ Definition/Synonyms
Noun
1. The action of traveling in or through an unfamiliar area
in order to learn about it.
2. Thorough analysis of a subject or theme.
Synonyms
research - investigation - reconnaissance - search
2. civilization
Noun
1. The most advanced stage of human social
development and organization.
2. The process by which a society or place reaches this
stage.
Synonyms
culture
3. voyage
Noun
A long journey involving travel by sea or in space.
Verb
Go on a long journey, typically by sea or in space.
Synonyms
noun.-journey - trip - travel - tour - passage – peregrination
verb.-travel - journey - sail - navigate
4. settlement
Noun
1. The act or process of settling.
2.
a. Establishment, as of a person in a business or of people in
a new region.
b. A newly colonized region.
Synonyms
colony - arrangement - settling
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5.
merchant
Noun
A person or company involved in wholesale trade, esp. one
dealing with foreign countries or supplying merchandise to a
particular trade.
Adjective
Of or relating to merchants, trade, or commerce: "the growth
of the merchant classes".
Synonyms
noun-trader - dealer - tradesman - monger – shopkeeper
adjective-commercial - mercantile - trade - trading
6. suffrage
Noun
1. The right to vote in political elections.
2. A series of intercessory prayers or petitions.
Synonyms
vote - franchise
7. cartographer
Noun
A person who makes maps.
8. astrolabe
Noun
A medieval instrument, now replaced by the sextant, that was
once used to determine the altitude of the sun or other
celestial bodies.
9. circumnavigation verb
1. To proceed completely around: circumnavigating the earth.
2. To go around; circumvent: circumnavigate the downtown
traffic.
10.latitude
Noun
1. The angular distance of a place north or south of the
earth's equator, usually expressed in degrees and
minutes.
2. Regions, esp. with reference to their temperature and
distance from the equator.
Synonyms
width - breadth – scope
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11.entrepreneur
Noun
1. A person who organizes and operates a business or
businesses, taking on financial risk to do so.
2. A promoter in the entertainment industry.
Synonyms
contractor - undertaker - businessman - impresario
12.colonies
Noun
1. A country or area under the full or partial political
control of another country, typically a distant one, and
occupied by settlers from...
2. A group of people living in such a country or area,
consisting of the original settlers and their descendants
and successors.
13.reform
Verb
Make changes in (something, typically a social, political, or
economic institution or practice) in order to improve it.
Noun
The action or process of reforming an institution or practice.
Adjective
Of, denoting, or pertaining to Reform Judaism.
Synonyms
verb- amend - mend - improve – reclaim
noun- reformation - amendment - improvement
14.longitude
Noun
The angular distance of a place east or west of the meridian
at Greenwich, England, or west of the standard meridian of a
celestial...: "at a longitude of 2° W"; "lines of longitude"
Synonyms
length
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15.influence
Noun
The capacity to have an effect on the character, development,
or behavior of someone or something, or the effect itself.
Verb
Have an influence on.
Synonyms
noun- effect - hold - impact - authority - action – sway
verb- affect - sway - work - operate
16.expedition
Noun
1. A journey or voyage undertaken by a group of people
with a particular purpose, esp. that of exploration,
research, or war.
2. The people involved in such a journey or voyage.
Synonyms
dispatch
17.hostile
Adjective
1. Unfriendly; antagonistic.
2. Of or belonging to a military enemy.
Synonyms
inimical - unfriendly - adverse - enemy - antagonistic
18.navigation
Noun
1. The process or activity of accurately ascertaining one's
position and planning and following a route.
2. The passage of ships: "bridges to span rivers without
hindering navigation".
Synonyms
sailing - shipping - seafaring
19.expansion
Noun
1. The action of becoming larger or more extensive.
2. Extension of a state's territory by encroaching on that of
other nations, pursued as a political strategy.
Synonyms
extension - development - spread - enlargement - growth
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20.impact
Noun
The action of one object coming forcibly into contact with another: "cause
injury on impact".
Verb
Come into forcible contact with another object.
Synonyms
shock - collision - clash - effect - percussion - hit
21. mission
Noun
1. An important assignment carried out for political, religious, or
commercial purposes, typically involving travel.
2. A group of people taking part in such an assignment.
Synonyms
errand - assignment - task - delegation - deputation
22.Magnetic
compass
Noun
An instrument that uses a magnetized steel bar to indicate direction
relative to the earth's magnetic poles.
23.meridian
Noun
A circle of constant longitude passing through a given place on the
earth's surface and the terrestrial poles.
Adjective
Relating to or situated at a meridian.
Synonyms
noun- zenith - noon - acme - summit - midday – culmination
adjective- midday - noontide
24.epidemic
Noun
A widespread occurrence of an infectious disease in a community at a
particular time: "a flu epidemic".
Adjective
Of, relating to, or of the nature of an epidemic.
Synonyms
noun- pestilence – plague
adjective- epidemical
25. conquer
Verb
1. Overcome and take control of (a place or people) by use of
military force.
2. Successfully overcome (a problem or weakness).
Synonyms
overcome - vanquish - win - beat - overpower - defeat
Common Core Lanaguage: Vocabulary
Test: April 19, 2012