Unit 2.2 Vocabulary - Open Court

to wash gently against (verb)

• lap

• kicks up

• teeming

• sediment

an important and necessary part of (adjective)

• axis

• integral

• sustain

• velocity

a real or imaginary line through the center of an object around which that object turns (noun)

• lap

• gyre

• axis

• integral

a circular movement that moves in the same direction as a clock's hands (adjective)

• gyre

• axis

• velocity

• clockwise

to cause a disturbance (verb phrase)

• kicks up

• teeming

• sediment

• lap

encloses (verb)

• teeming

• fences

• gyre

• clockwise

filled with (verb)

• velocity

• integral

• teeming

• sustain

the speed at which something moves (noun)

• clockwise

• gyre

• lap

• velocity

to support (verb)

• sustain

• sediment

• integral

• axis

small pieces of matter that have been carried into place by moving water (noun)

• gyre

• fences

• sediment

• conversely