1. Vocabulary 1 Using context clues 1

2. Brink Edge of a cliff; beginning point; edge 2

3. Chronology Arrangement of events in time; time line 3

4. Conscientiously Dutifully, carefully, following good moral conduct; efficiently 4

5. Disperse Scatter in different directions 5

6. Muted Toned down; softened; muffled 6

7. Obliterate Totally erase or destroy; remove 7

8. Permeate Spread; diffuse; to seep through 8

9. Precipitous Extremely steep 9

10. Subtle Difficult to detect, elusive, delicate 10

11. Zealously Passionately, sincerely, enthusiastically 11

12. Vocabulary 2 Prefixes inter- and intra-

13. Intercom Device for communicating between rooms

14. Interject Insert between two other things

15. Interlaced Lacing together; intermixed

16. Intermediary Person who acts as a go-between, especially to settle differences

17. Intermittent Stopping and starting at intervals

18. Interplay Back-and-forth action; action and reaction

19. Interrogate Question formally

20. Intramural Within an institution

21. Intrastate Within a single state

22. Intravenous or into a vein Within or into a vein

23. Vocabulary 3 Recognizing base words and roots

24. Digression Turning away from the main subject when speaking or writing; deviation from the central theme

25. Dispassionate Devoid of personal feeling or bias; impartial; unaffected by strong personal emotions; fair; free from or unaffected by passion

26. Disposition Mental outlook or mood; predominant or prevailing tendency of one’s spirits; usual emotional response; manner; inclination

27. Infamous Having a bad reputation; disgraceful; being famous for being bad; detestable; shamefully bad

28. Protracted Drawn out or lengthened in time; prolonged; to extend or protrude

29. Regress Move backward; return to a previous, usually worse state; to go back to childhood; go back; to revert to an earlier or less advanced state or form

30. Retort Answer in a quick or biting manner; a person’s verbal retaliation in a fight; to reply sharply

31. Systematic According to a system, method, or plan; thorough and regular; relating to the classifying of species

32. Torsion Twisting or turning

33. Traction Act of drawing or pulling; pulling power; the adhesive friction of a body on some surface