Section 3 Vocab Pretest

to lift, pull, push, or throw with a lot of effort

• heave
• submerge
• embrace

high up

• lofty
• lowly
• leerly

to recognize or identify a difference between two or more things

• distinguish
• merge
• consolidate

able to last a long time in good condition

• durable
• delicate
• flimsy

coming directly from actually seeing or experiencing something

• firsthand
• rumor
• word of mouth

add notes to text or illustration to explain it or comment on it

• annotate
• expunge
• obliterate

adding stress or force to something written

• emphasis
• insignificance
• inattention

hope of achieving something

• aspiration
• perspiration
• respiration

not lasting a long time; not permanent

• temporary
• infinite
• perpetual

walk with heavy steps

• trudge
• pirouette
• scurry