Jordyn Reid
12-10-13
Period 3+4
Cameos: A gem or other stone so engraved.
Cam-e-os
Catastrophe: A sudden and widespread disaster.
Cat-as-tro-phe
Characteristic: A peculiar quality of a person or thing.
Char-ac-ter-is-tic
Circumference: The outer boundary.
Cir-cum-fer-ence
Colleague: An associate.
Coll-ea-gue
Confiscation: To have something be taken away.
Con-fis-ca-tion
Considerable: Rather large or great in size, distance, or extent.
Con-sid-er-a-ble
Continuous: Uninterrupted in time.
Con-tin-u-ous
Critique: An article or essay criticizing a literary or other work.
Cri-tique
Deficiency: Incompleteness; insufficiency.
De-fi-ci-en-cy
Deterrent: Serving or tending to deter.
De-ter-rent
Dilema: A situation requiring a choice between equally undesirable alternatives.
Di-lem-a
Discrepancy: Difference; inconsistency.
Dis-crep-an-cy
Endeavor: To exert oneself to do or effect something.
En-dea-vor
Abstain: To hold oneself back voluntarily.
Ab-stain
Acoustics: The qualities or characteristics of a room that determine the audibility or fidelity of sounds in it.
A-cou-stics
Acquittal: The act of acquitting.
Ac-quit-tal
Advantageous: Providing an advantage.
Ad-van-ta-ge-ous
Amnesty: A general pardon for offenses.
Am-nest-y
Anonymous: Without any name acknowledged.
An-on-y-mous
