Melvin,Baldwin
9/14/08
5th period
Vocabulary

Abandon - To cease trying to continue (v)
Assembly - The act of assembling (n)
Considerable -  Large in amount (adj)
Converge -  To tend toward or approach an intersecting point (v)
Debt -   Something owed, such as money, goods, or services (n)
Declined - To express polite refusal (v)
Definitely - Having distinct limits (adj)
Despite -  Contemptuous defiance or disregard (n)
Destination - The place to which one is going or directed (n)
Dislodge - To remove or force out from a position (v)
Elusive - Tending to elude capture (adj)
Extract - A passage from a literary work (n)
Fixture - Something securely fixed in place (n)
Obviously - Something securely fixed in place (adj)
Populate - To supply with inhabitants, as by colonization (v)
Portion - To divide into parts or shares for distribution (v)
Scour - To remove by scrubbing (v)
Sheer - absolute (adj)
Survive -  To remain alive or in existence (v)
Trace - An extremely small amount (n)