8th Grade Vocabulary Flashcard

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Salutation is used to communicate...

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How to greet someone if you do not know their name

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"Participants who did not keep a diary showed no significant increase in the amount that they walked. Those who did not set walking goals also failed to increase their physical activity." (Steps to Good Health)

The word goals is used here:

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To explain that participants needed to aspire towards something in order to be successful.

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Venerable in the passage: "I beg you to elect Marcus Epidius Sabinus senior magistrate with judicial power, a most worthy young man. The venerable council is electing him."

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The council deserves respect

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"Paradoxically, the cause of Pompeii's destruction was also the reason for its preservation. The volcanic debris protected the ruins from the elements until excavations of the site began in the mid-18th century." (Social Media, Pompeii Style) The use of "paradoxically" has the same meaning as "paradox", and is used in this passage to...

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Explain that two opposite and remarkable things happened when the volcano exploded in Pompeii.

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"It's an experience for people that is reminiscent of the original drive-ins. Eric Kurland, 41, is a filmmaker who also runs a weekly drive-in movie program called Hollywood MobMov. One purpose of his series, he says, is to quench his own thirst for the good old days. "I miss the old drive-ins," said Kurland. He remembers the thrill of seeing Star Wars in 1977 at a drive-in near his home—a drive-in that closed long ago." (Drive ins are Back)

Reminiscent is used here because....

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It explains that people go to drive ins because it causes them to remember experiences from their past.

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"Most people think there are two ways to watch movies: either in a huge multiplex movie theater, or at home, on a TV or a computer. But that's not the case anymore, thanks to a loosely knit network of people who are resurrecting the old-fashioned drive-in movie for a new age." (Drive Ins are Back)
The use of resurrecting here means...

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A network of people are renewing interest in something that was no longer popular

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Why does the author quote Makana using the word simulating?

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The author wanted to show how slack key can imitate multiple instruments at once and activate the imagination of the listener.

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"Guitarists will often keep their individual tunings a secret, divulging them only to their students." (Playing Guitar Makana's Way)
Divulging is used in this passage to mean...

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A guitarist has to trust someone before they will reveal how they tune their strings to them.

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Dexterous

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A person who is talented

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The word discern is used in the context of deaf people sensing vibrations.

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To show that music can still be detected by someone who cannot hear.