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| ballast (n) | heavy material used to make a ship steady or control the rising and falling of a vessel like a balloon |
| ballast | The hot air balloon rose when the water used as _______ was let go. |
| bouyant | The students were in a ______ mood on the last day of school. |
| bouyant (adj) | cheerful and carefree |
| bouyancy (n) | The ________ of helium balloons causes them to rise rapidly. |
| bouyancy | the ability to float |
| clamber (v) | to climb awkwardly |
| clambered | I _________ onto the roof to get the kite. |
| eerie (adj) | causing uneasiness; strange or mysterious |
| eerie | The _____ sound you heard was just an owl hooting. |
| fathom (n) | a length of six feet, used in measuring the depth of water |
| fathoms | The wreck of the Spanish ship lay in thirty ________ of water. |
| fathom (v) | to figure out; to understand |
| fathom | We could not ______ how the magician made the goldfish disappear. |
| pique (v) | to arouse or excite |
| piqued | Pandora's curiosity was ______ by the mysterious box that she was not supposed to open. |
| detach (v) | to separate from |
| detached | I ________ the upper portion of the bill and returned it with my payment. |
| pique (n) | a feeling of resentment caused by being ignored, insulted, etc. |
| pique | It was the scientist's _____ at not being invited to take part in the experiment that caused him to write a derogatory article about it. |
| probe (v) | to poke or prod: to examine closely |
| probed | I ______ the snow with my ski pole to determine how deep it was. |
| probe | In 1971, Mariner 9 was launched to _____ the planet Mars. |
| realize (v) | to be aware of: to bring into being; to make happen |
| realize | I didn't _______ how astute you were until you came up with that brilliant idea. |
| realized | I ________ a lifelong dream by going skydiving. |
| rupture (v) | to split or break |
| ruptured | Frost ________ the water pipe, flooding the basement. |
| rupture (n) | a breaking or tearing apart by force: the breaking of a friendly relationship |
| rupture | The earthquake caused a ________ in the highway that took months to repair. |
| sphere (n) | an object with all points on its surface equally distant from its center; a ball or globe: an area of power, influence, or activity |
| sphere | The earth is not quite a ______ because it is flattened at the poles |
| spherical (adj) | of or relating to the shape of a sphere |
| spherical | The _________ lamp threw light in all directions. |
| tedious (adj) | seeming to go on for a long time; boring |
| tedious | The lecture was so _______ that I nearly fell asleep. |
| tedium (n) | boredom |
| tedium | We tried to relieve the ______ of our long drive by telling jokes. |
| ultimate (adj) | final: the greatest possible; maximum |
| ultimate | The producer has ________ control over the movie. |
| ultimate (n) | something that is the greatest; the maximum |
| unscathed (adj) | completely unharmed |
| unscathed | Because of its sturdy construction, the house came through the hurricane _________. |
