Vocabulary Words for Government Honors

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FLOURISH - to thrive, to live thoroughly. The bean tree started to flourish once it was moved to a bigger pot and put in the sun.

guerilla - an unexpected, unconventional type of warfare or marketing. When warfare, often consists of wearing the enemy down with rape, traps, and other secret activities until they can be defeated in normal combat. The guerilla marketing plan was simple but effective; thousands of flyers were printed and placed on all the windows of gas station bathrooms.

renegade - outlaw, criminal, running from the law. The renegade quickly flipped up the kickstand and sped off, sending gravel flying.

Photo Credits: http://www.web-wise-wizard.com/web-graphics-design/wild-animals-gallery-photos-photographs.html REPOSE - rest, a short hiatus. The lady in the painting was shown in repose; her arm lay limply along the sofa, holding a fan.

Photo Credits:xunax.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/stereotypes.jpg STEREOTYPE - a greatly exaggerated and often made up caricature of a type of person, often intended as humorous. The stereotype of blondes is that they are unintelligent.

Photo Credits: http://www.allposters.com/-sp/Symbiosis-Posters_i838292_.htm SYMBIOSIS - the state when two or more organisms or things live in harmony, assisting each other and being assisted. Clown fish live in a symbiotic relationship with anemone. Clown fish trick other fish into believing the trap is safe, while anemones provide a safe home for the clown fish.

tariff - taxes. Ships coming into the San Diego port must pay a tariff to the port authority on all brown sugar held in the holds.

Photo Credits: www.myspace.com/tempojazz TEMPO - beat, rhythm (as of music). The quick tempo of the brainwashing tape made his heart beat faster.

tranquility - peace, a sense of well being, calmness. She floated in a sea of tranquility...nothing mattered anymore.

tumult - chaos, quickly moving. Her thoughts were tumultuous and ever changing. She couldn't focus on anything and felt she was going insane.

tundra - a treeless region near the poles of the Earth, or at high elevation. Poison oak, the scourge of the planet, cannot survive in a tundra.

Photo Credits: www.inmagine.com/bldvcd033/bld060195-photo UNANIMOUS - every last person agrees on something. The decision to go graffiti afterschool was unanimous.