Vocabulary: week 8

• flourish
• Key word: flower
  
• To grow or to do well; to succeed
• "The blossoms flourished well in the rich and moist soil."
  
• guerrilla
  
• Key word: war
  
• A member of a small independent group of fighters who make sudden attacks on an enemy
• "The guerrilla harassed their enemy before they attacked."
• renegade
• Key word: rebel
• A person who deserts a group/religion/allegiance for another; not loyal
• "The renegade left the protest an hour later, leaving the others behind."
• repose
• Key word: calm
• To remain at peace; to be calm; or to be still and not move
• "When in repose, she looks like she is sleeping."
• stereotype
• Key word: prep
• Inaccurate judgment/mental picture associated with another group or opinion
• "The girl was stereotyped as a prep."
• symbiosis
• Key word: friends
• A relationship between two people that is interdependent; each person benefits from one another
  
• "The symbiosis between pets and their owners is often not taken into consideration."
• tariff
• Key word: bill
• Price; charge; cost; government tax on imports
  
• "The government charges tariffs before importing goods."
• tempo
• Key word: beat
• Rate of motion or activity; pace; pattern
• "The tempo of the music kept the people dancing."
• tranquility
• Key word: at ease
  
• The state of being calm; peaceful; an untroubled state of being at ease; free from disturbance/turmoil
  
• "The tranquility of the countryside kept him satisfied."
• tumult
• Key word: commotion
  
• General outbreak; riot; mutiny; making loud disturbance
  
• "The tumult marched down the street protesting."
• tundra
• Key word: ice
  
• Vast treeless plain in the arctic regions where the subsoil is permanently frozen
• "The arctic fox lives in the wide open tundra."
• unanimous
• Key word: agreement
  
• sharing the same views or opinions; in agreement; in harmony
• "Based off of the unanimous vote counts, the law was passed."