HOT WORDS

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HOT WORDS

• aggregate (n) a sum total or mixture
• audacious (adj) very bold
• aviary (n) an enclosed space for birds
• complementary (adj) serving to complete another
• debunk (vb) to prove wrong or false

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HOT WORDS

• discrepancy (n) a difference
• eclectic (adj) taken from many different
  sources
• excerpt (n) a portion of a text or musical
  piece that is taken, or extracted from the whole
• glacial (adj) very cold or very slow moving (in
  both cases, like a glacier)

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Memory Tips

• aggregate The root gregis means group or
  herd so, to aggregate is to collect and gather
  until a group is formed.
• aviary If you are familiar with the word
  aviation (having to do with airplanes flying),
  then you can link this knowledge to aviary, a
  place where birds fly around.

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Memory Tips

• complementary Link to complete. Also, remember
  that complementary angles add up to 90 degrees
  the angles complete each other.
• excerpt Ex- means out, just like exit,
  expunge, and exude.

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Homework

• Take the third English and Reading tests in your
  folder - 0255C
• You must time yourself!
• 45 minutes English
• 35 minutes Reading
• You must not use any references!