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| preview | an advertisement with short scenes from a motion picture or preview text before you read it |
| title | the name of a work of art or literary composition |
| heading | a line of text indicating what the passage below it is about |
| caption | brief description accompanying an illustration |
| almanac | an annual publication arranged according to the calendar |
| topic sentence | a sentence that states the topic of its paragraph |
| imply | express or state indirectly |
| infer | conclude by reasoning |
| summarize | present the main points in a concise form |
| outline | the line that appears to bound an object |
| aquatic | operating or living or growing in water |
| ecosystem | organisms interacting with their physical environment |
| decimate | kill in large numbers |
| subheading | a heading of a subdivision of a text |
| sidebar | a short news story presenting sidelights on a major story |
| simile | a figure of speech expressing a resemblance between things |
| carcass | the dead body of an animal |
| diffuse | spread out; not concentrated in one place |
| label | a brief description given for purposes of identification |
| buoyancy | the tendency to float in water or other liquid |
| fact | a piece of information about events that have occurred |
| opinion | a personal belief or judgment |
| assertion | a declaration that is made emphatically |
| bias | a partiality preventing objective consideration of an issue |
| demonize | make into a demon |
| anecdotal | having the character of a story about a person or event |
| consensus | agreement in the judgment reached by a group as a whole |
| scrutiny | the act of examining something closely, as for mistakes |
| visceral | relating to or affecting the internal organs |
| prospective | of or concerned with or related to the future |
| inadvertence | the trait of forgetting or ignoring your responsibilities |
| travesty | a composition that imitates or misrepresents a style |
| steppe | an extensive plain without trees |
| bacterium | single-celled or noncellular organisms lacking chlorophyll |
| chronicle | a record or narrative description of past events |
| rampage | violently angry and destructive behavior |
| pestilence | any epidemic disease with a high death rate |
| paraphrase | express the same message in different words |
| hierarchy | a series of ordered groupings within a system |
| disarray | untidiness, especially of clothing and appearance |
| symbolize | express indirectly by an image, form, or model |
| cope | come to terms with |
| monastery | the residence of a religious community |
| artisan | a skilled worker who practices some trade or handicraft |
| recurrence | event of happening again, especially at regular intervals |
| scribe | someone employed to make written copies of documents |
