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450	amorphous	10	ADJ: having no defined shape.	Butter is an amorphous solid, because it can be molded into more than one specific shape.	Science & Analysis
451	translucent	6	ADJ: allowing light to pass through	The translucent sheet that was used to cover the fitting room at the department store was not serving its purpose.	Science & Analysis
452	hue	6	N: a quality or shade of color	After eating all of the blue cookies, his lips became a blue hue.	Science & Analysis
453	solitary	6	ADJ: alone, by oneself	The dog was left in solitary confinement during the day so that she would not cause any damage.	Size, Location & Motion
454	void	7	(1) ADJ: containing nothing, empty (2) ADJ: invalid, cancelled, having no legal force (3) N: emptiness, open space	(1) The argument that she was using made no sense because it was void of scientific fact. (2) Because he tried to repair the car’s pieced, his warranty was declared void. (3) The space that the door opened to was void of light, plants, and all life forms.	Size, Location & Motion
455	null	10	ADJ: having no value or force	The contract was rendered null because of its permanent negative effects on the society.	Size, Location & Motion
456	equivalent	7	ADJ: of equal value or size	She was not able to find two identical shirts of the equivalent size.	Size, Location & Motion
457	ample	7	ADJ: large, more than enough	There was an ample supply of food at the dinner table during Thanksgiving.	Size, Location & Motion
458	plentiful	8	ADJ: in full supply, in large amounts	Salmon are plentiful in the freshwater rivers during the spawning time of the year.	Size, Location & Motion
459	bounty	7	N: (1) a large or generous amount of something (2) a reward for catching a criminal	(1) During thanksgiving, people give thanks to nature’s bounty. (2) The TV show Bounty hunters follows criminal catchers who work in the United States.	Size, Location & Motion
460	foster	8	V: to help grow, to nurture or promote	The family fostered rescue puppies until they found suitable homes for each animal.	Size, Location & Motion
461	pervasive	8	ADJ: spreading throughout, penetrating, or affecting everything	Chemotherapy is pervasive for the body, because it kills all of the cells in your body.	Size, Location & Motion
462	prevalent	8	ADJ: frequent, common widespread	Because competition in her district’s schools is prevalent, she decided that she would be better off in a private school.	Size, Location & Motion
463	transcend	9	V: to exceed, to go beyond limitations, to excel	Music has the capability to transcend global boundaries because of the power that harmony has over people.	Size, Location & Motion
464	elongate	6	V: to make longer, stretch out	Over time, after many washings, the shirt began to elongate.	Size, Location & Motion
465	constraint	8	N: a restriction, something that limits or holds back	She was not able to reach her goal, because of all of the constraints that lay in front of her.	Size, Location & Motion
466	minute	9	(1) ADJ: small and detailed (2) N: a unit of time	(1) She went over her due date to work on the minute details of the prototype. (2) After 45 minutes, the two decided to leave because they did not think that the taxi was coming.	Size, Location & Motion
467	dearth	10	N: a lack or insufficiency	Because of her dearth of qualified teachers, she was desperately behind in her studies.	Size, Location & Motion
468	deficient	7	ADJ: inadequate, lacking	She was diagnosed with hypopotassemia because of her dangerously low potassium levels.	Size, Location & Motion
469	meager	8	ADJ: lacking in amount or quality	The family struggled to survive in the high end community because of their meager salary.	Size, Location & Motion
470	scant	9	ADJ: lacking, in short supply	The hamster’s food was spread out scantily in their cage.	Size, Location & Motion
471	scarce	8	ADJ: lacking, inadequate, not enough	Water became scarce in the town after the yearlong drought.	Size, Location & Motion
472	deficit	8	N: a lack, where need or expenses are greater than supply or income	He was diagnosed with Attention Deficit/ Hyperactivity Disorder, because he could not pay any attention in class.	Size, Location & Motion
473	wane	7	V: to decline, grow smaller	Her affection towards her obnoxious husband waned down until the two finally divorced.	Size, Location & Motion
474	sparse	6	ADJ: scattered, not dense	Farms are sparse in this specific part of the state.	Size, Location & Motion
475	sporadic	10	ADJ: scattered, irregular, infrequent	The construction worker’s attendance was sporadic, resulting in an unfinished building.	Size, Location & Motion
476	aimless	8	ADJ: without purpose or direction	She walked around aimlessly for hours the week after school ended.	Size, Location & Motion
477	meander	8	V: to ramble without direction	The creek meandered through the entire town, then finally feeding into a lake.	Size, Location & Motion
478	fluctuate	9	V: to change irregularly, to have unpredictable ups and downs	The weather fluctuated in the fall, alternating from hot, to below freezing temperature.	Size, Location & Motion
479	arbitrary	6	ADJ: random	She chose an arbitrary number of squares for the picture that she was coding.	Size, Location & Motion
480	kinetic	8	ADJ: relating to motion	There is an equation for kinetic energy which is used in physics.	Size, Location & Motion
481	dynamic	6	ADJ: active, moving, changing	In order to keep the ideas in the company dynamic, the interviewers searched for interviewees with creative ideas.	Size, Location & Motion
482	fluid	6	ADJ: (1) flowing, changing N: (2) a substance that flows and changes shape according to its container	With one fluid stroke, she sliced the rope, making ⅔ of the boat’s life boats sink to the bottom of the ocean.	Size, Location & Motion
483	limber	8	ADJ: flexible, moving quickly and lightly	Due to his ballet expertise, he was a limber football player.	Size, Location & Motion
484	agile	8	ADJ: graceful, moving quickly and lightly	Hamsters are very agile, giving them the ability to escape from predators easily.	Size, Location & Motion
485	nimble	6	ADJ: graceful, moving quickly and lightly	Due to her nimble movements during the Tae Kwon Do match, she was able to defeat her previously undefeated opponent.	Size, Location & Motion
486	vigor	8	N: energy, strength	Due to her vigor throughout the upsetting game, the team was able to make it through their disappointment.	Size, Location & Motion
487	invigorate	8	V: to make lively and energetic	The new student invigorated the class debates because of her unusual ideas.	Size, Location & Motion
488	dormant	7	ADJ: inactive, asleep	Volcanoes are unpredictable because of their arbitrary dormancy periods.	Size, Location & Motion
489	sedate	9	ADJ: (1) calm, quiet V: (2) to calm down	The animal control used a strong sedative to calm down the infuriated grizzly bear.	Size, Location & Motion
490	serene	7	ADJ: calm, peaceful	The serene expression on her face confused the teacher because the rest of the class was deeply involved in a heated conversation.	Size, Location & Motion
491	tranquil	8	ADJ: calm, peaceful	The region that the lake was located in, was tranquil in the fall, because of the gorgeous surroundings, and the natural setting.	Size, Location & Motion
492	remote	7	ADJ: distant, located far away	The retired couple decided to move to Denali, a remote town in Alaska.	Size, Location & Motion
493	vacant	7	ADJ: (1) empty, not occupied ADJ: (2) empty of thought or interest	The little boy walked in on the old lady using the airplane toilet, because she forgot to change to vacant sign to the occupied sign.	Size, Location & Motion
494	abyss	9	N: a bottomless gulf or pit	The abyss described in the story was almost identical to abyss hidden in the depths of the tallest mountain of the region.	Size, Location & Motion
495	chasm	7	N: a deep gorge or valley	The Grand Canyon is a steep chasm that has been created overtime, by the erosion of the rock.	Size, Location & Motion
496	evacuate	6	V: to empty completely	During a fire drill, the students are ordered to evacuate the building entirely, and to stay away from flammable objects.	Size, Location & Motion
497	inhabit	7	V: to live or reside in some place	The new family decided to inhabit the “haunted” house.	Size, Location & Motion
498	domestic	7	ADJ: (1) relating to the home (2) relating to the internal affairs of a nation	The girl had to go to the domestic airport, so that she could travel to a different state in the country.	Size, Location & Motion
499	rural	6	ADJ: relating to the countryside	Most students that live in rural communities of that specific countries, are homeschooled.	Size, Location & Motion
500	rustic	7	ADJ: characteristic of country life, rough or unfinished	The bed and breakfast inn located in the farm country of New Hampshire had a rustic appeal.	Size, Location & Motion