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This
week we will continue our reading of
2. Vocabulary:
1. Omnipotent:
Having universal or unlimited power, authority or force; all-powerful.
2. Orthography:
The art or study of correct spelling according to established usage.
3. Oxidize:
To combine with oxygen; make into an oxide.
4. Parabola:
A plane curve formed by the intersection of a right circular cone and a
plane parallel to an element of the cone or by the locus of points equidistant
from a fixed line and a fixed point not on the line.
5. Paradigm:
A) One that serves as a pattern or model. B) A set of assumptions, concepts, values,
and practices that constitutes a way of seeing reality for the community that
shares them, especially in an intellectual discipline.
6. Pecuniary:
Of or relating to money; requiring payment of money.
7. Photosynthesis: The process by which green plants and certain
other organisms synthesize carbohydrates from carbon dioxide and water using
sunlight as an energy source.
8. Plagiarize:
To use and pass off the ideas or writings of another as one’s own.
9. Plasma:
The clear yellowish fluid portion of blood or lymph in which cells are
suspended.
10. Polymer:
Any of numerous natural or synthetic compounds of usually high molecular
weight consisting of repeated linked units.
3. Writing: Take a long, deep breath—exhale gustily, and
rejoice with dancing. There is no
writing assignment this week. Free at
last!