Period 1

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Period 1

• Vocabulary Set 2

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• ghetto (get'o) noun (a place)?
• A usually poor section of a city inhabited
  primarily by people of the same race, religion,
  or social background, often because of
  discrimination.
• An often walled quarter in a European city to
  which Jews were restricted beginning in the
  Middle Ages.
• ichthyology (ik'the-ol'?-je) noun (a subject)?
• n.The branch of zoology that deals with the study
  of fishes.
• intumesce (in'too-mes', -tyoo-) verb (an action)
• To swell or expand enlarge.
• To bubble up, especially from the effect of
  heating.
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• hilt (hilt) noun (a thing)?
• The handle of a weapon or tool.
• swaddle (swod'l) verb (an action you do to
  something)?
• To wrap or bind in bandages swathe.
• To wrap (a baby) in long strips of cloth to
  restrict movement.
• discursive (di-skûr'siv) adjective (describes
  something)?
• Covering a wide field of subjects rambling.
• Proceeding to a conclusion through reason rather
  than intuition.
• This would usually refer to a speech or a paper.
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• jerkin (jûr'kin) noun (a thing)?
• A close-fitting, hip-length, collarless jacket
  having no sleeves but often extended shoulders,
  belted and worn over a doublet by men especially
  in the 16th century.
• A short, close-fitting, often sleeveless coat or
  jacket, usually of leather.
• spitz (spits) noun (a thing)?
• any of several dogs having a stocky body, a thick
  coat, erect, pointed ears, and a tail curved over
  the back, as a chow chow, Pomeranian, or Samoyed.
  
• placard (plak'ärd', -?rd) noun (a thing)?
• A sign or notice for display in a public place.
• A small card or plaque, such as a nameplate on a
  door.
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