Vocabulary Words # 2

Accord

To bring into agreement;

The Louisiana Purchase was an treaty between the United States and France that stated that the United States would acquire 828,800 square miles of French territory if the agreed to give the French 15 million dollars. This picture is the actual treaty that finalized the purchase of the Louisiana territory.

The United States and France came into accord when it came to purchasing the Louisiana territory.

Incognito

To conceal one's identity;

In Iran and Saudi Arabia women are required to be "properly covered" this can include wearing a face veil that in some countries is called a Hijab. This is considered modest and usually keeps one's identity private in public places. At first I thought the girl was incognito because she was a secret agent, but then I learned it was because of her religious beliefs.

Deduct

To take away from an amount or total;

Every year Americans have to do tax deductions. This is when they subtract money from their total gross income.

How much money did you have to deduct from your income this year?

Plagiarize

To steal or pass of as your own work without crediting the source;

Plagiarism is very common in both high school and college. To stop plagiarism a lot of teachers have started using websites like turnitin.com.

I hope you didn't plagiarize that essay, because we have to submit it to an online website.

Precipitous

Having a very steep, perpendicular, or overhanging rise or fall;

A lot of pools have a interesting architecture which makes it look like you could fall of the edge of the earth. The engineering of these pools helps to create this visual effects.

Your pool is precipitous, I looks like it extends to infinity!