CHEM 202 Chapter Notes - Chapter 23-24: Millipede

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Current
now in progress; prevailing
Curriculum
course of study in a school or college
Cursive
running or flowing
Cursory
running over hastily; superficially done, as a cursory glance
Discursive
wandering from one topic to another; rambling; digressive
Excursion
going ("running") out of forth; expedition
Incur
1. meet with something undesirable
2. bring upon oneself
Incursion
1. rushing into
2. hostile invasion; raid
Precursor
forerunner; predecessor
Recur
happen again
Agressive
disposed to attack; militant; assertive; pushing
Egress
means of going out; exit
Gradation
1. change by steps or stages
2.act of grading
Grade
step; stage; degree; rating
Gradient
1. rate at which a road, railroad track,temperature, voltage, etc... rises or falls
2. slope; inclination
Gradual
step-by-step; proceeding by small stages or degrees
Graduate
complete all the steps of a course and receive a diploma or degree
Graduated
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Curriculum course of study in a school or college. Cursory running over hastily; superficially done, as a cursory glance. Discursive wandering from one topic to another; rambling; digressive. Incur: meet with something undesirable, bring upon oneself. Gradient: rate at which a road, railroad track,temperature, voltage, etc rises or falls, slope; inclination. Gradual step-by-step; proceeding by small stages or degrees. Graduate complete all the steps of a course and receive a diploma or degree. Graduated arranged in regular step, stages, or degrees. Retrogression act of going from a better to a worse state; deterioration. Transgress step beyond the limits or barriers; go beyond; break a law; violate. Centipede wormlike animal with one pair of legs on most of its segments. Impediment: hindrance; obstacle, defect millipede wormlike animal with two pair of legs on most of its segments. Pedestal: support or foot of a column or statue, foundation.