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Vocabulary List (by chapters)


Chapter 2 Five Years to Flight: 1899


* denotes aeronautical term

Page Vocabulary Word
14 retrospect
association
besieged
plundered
speculation
15 disregard
imprisonment
plummeted
16 ornithopter(s)*
experimentation
17 pressure
propellers*
aviation*
18 gust
equilibrium
19 corresponded
aeronautical*
barometric pressure*
altitude(s)*
speculation
20 sustain(ed)
wingspan*
ambitious
21 progress(ed)
quest
synchronicity
systematic experiments
undertook (undertake)
22 observant
trial and error
methodical
balance
horizontal
rudder*
elevator*
nosedive*
parachute
center of gravity*
devised
observation(s)
wing warping
manipulate(d)
counterbalance
23 biplane*
crisscross(ing)
leading edge*
achieve(d)
stability
24 seasonal
minimize
compiling (compile)
procedure(s)
test site


 
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