Vocabulary Virtuosos Unit 10 Words

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alert

(adj) Paying attention and ready to act.
(noun) An alarm.
(verb) To warn or make aware of.

ancestor

(noun) A family member who lived at an earlier time.

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arrest

(verb) To take someone and hold them for breaking the law.

ascend

(verb) To move upward.

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descend

(verb) To go or come down.

destructive

(adj) Causing harm or damage.

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frontier

(noun) The outer edge of

something, in which whatever is

beyond that edge is wild or

unknown.

proceed

(verb) To start or continue in an

orderly way.

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surface

(noun) The outside layer; the top.

tradition

(noun) A belief, custom, or usual

way of doing things, handed down within families or other groups.