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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

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