English Vocab For Exam

Front 1

affluence

Back 1

wealth, riches, prosperity; geat abundance, plenty

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cringe

Back 2

to shrink back or hide in fear or submissiveness

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immobile

Back 3

not movable; not moving

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jovial

Back 4

good- humored, in high spirits, merry

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nimble

Back 5

quik and skillful in movement, agile; clever

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onset

Back 6

the begining, start (especially something violentand destructive); an atack, assault

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perishable

Back 7

likely to spoil or decay

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sinister

Back 8

appearing evil dangerous; threatening evil or harm

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Avenge

Back 9

to get revenge for, get even for, to settle a score; to punish someone or get satisfaction for a wrong or injury

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Deluge

Back 10

a great flood; heavy fall of rain; anything that comes in vast quality, flood

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logical

Back 11

reasonable, making use of reason and good sense

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outright

Back 12

complete, instantaneous, without reservation, thoroughgoing, completrly, instantaneosly

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saunter

Back 13

to stroll; walk in an easy, leisurely way; a stroll

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subordinate

Back 14

lower in rank or position, secondary; one who is in a lower position or under the order of someone else; put in a lower or secondary position

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tint

Back 15

a delicate color or hue; a slight trace of something; to give color to something; to dye

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verge

Back 16

the point a wich something begins or happens; a border; to incline, tend foward, approach; to be in the process of becoming something else

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variable

Back 17

likely to undergo change; changeable; a value or quantity that varies; a symbol for such

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Cede

Back 18

to give up, surrender; hand over to another

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intimidate

Back 19

to make timid or frighten by threats; to use fear to get some one to do something

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liberate

Back 20

to free from bondage or domination, to release

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sluggish

Back 21

lazy; slow moving; not active, dull

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Giddy

Back 22

Dizzy; light headed, lacking seriousness

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rotound

Back 23

rounded and plump; full or rich in sound

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Impact

Back 24

the striking of one object against another; the shock caused by a collision; to effect especially forcefully

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writhe

Back 25

to make twisting or turning movements in a way that suggests pain or struggle

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relish

Back 26

enjoyment or satisfaction; something that adds a pleasing flavor; to enjoy greatly

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prevaricate

Back 27

to lie, tell an untruth; to mislead on purpose

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persevere

Back 28

to keep doing something in spite of difficulties; to refuse to quit even when the going is tough

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immerse

Back 29

to plunge or dip into a fluid; to involve deeply

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illicit

Back 30

not permitted, unlawful, improper

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expend

Back 31

to pay out, spend; to use up

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culprit

Back 32

a person who has committed a crime or is guilty of some misconduct; an offender

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vagabond

Back 33

an idle wanderer; a tramp; wandering; irresponsible

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vacate

Back 34

to go away from, leave empty;to make empty; to void, annual

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partisan

Back 35

a strong supporter of a person, party, cause; one whoose support is unreasoning; a resistance fighter, guerrilla; strongly supporting one side only

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limber

Back 36

flexible; to cause to become flexible

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leeway

Back 37

extra space for moving along a certain route; allowance for mistakesor inaccuracies; margin of error

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compliant

Back 38

willing to do what someone else wants; obedient

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blight

Back 39

a disease that causes plants to wither and die; a condition of disease or ruin; to destroy, ruin

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amiable

Back 40

friendly, good natured

Front 41

describe the two sets of children of mother earth and uranus

Back 41

cyclopes and monsters

Front 42

how did rhea and mother earth fool cronus

Back 42

they fooled him by giving him a rock knowing that he doesn't look at the children before he swallows the

Front 43

describe the palace of the gods and name its builder

Back 43

the cyclopes built the palace and it was located on the highest mountain in greece hidden by the clouds

Front 44

name the goddess of the hearth

Back 44

hestia

Front 45

name the goddess of the harvest

Back 45

demeter and persephone

Front 46

name the god of smiths and fire

Back 46

hephaestus

Front 47

name the god of war

Back 47

ares

Front 48

name the god of light and music

Back 48

Apollo

Front 49

name the goddess of the hunt

Back 49

Artemis

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name the goddes of wisdom

Back 50

Athena

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Name the goddess of love and beuaty

Back 51

aphrodite

Front 52

name the herald of the gods

Back 52

hermes

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name the god of wine

Back 53

dionysus

Front 54

what is tartarus

Back 54

the deepest pit on earth

Front 55

describe what happened to anyone who saw medusa

Back 55

they would turn into stone

Front 56

descibe how perseus killed medusa. what sprang from her neck upon death

Back 56

perseus looked into his shield and chopped of her head while she was sleeping. a pegasus sprang from her neck

Front 57

who was zeus's first wife

Back 57

metis

Front 58

what was atlas's, the strongest of the titans punishment

Back 58

he had to hold the vault of the sky in his shoulders

Front 59

who were teh two monsters mother earth brought forth to fight zeus

Back 59

typhon and echidna

Front 60

who was the queen of the gods

Back 60

Hera

Front 61

which goddess had neither mother nor father? how did she come to be born

Back 61

aphrodite had neither fathr nor mother and she rose out of the sea on a cushion of foam

Front 62

what did cronus do to all of his children (except zeus)? why?

Back 62

he swallowed them so they couldn't over power him

Front 63

what were the weapons the cyclopes made for zeus and his brothers

Back 63

a cap of invisibility for hades. a tridant for posiedon. lighting bolts for Zeus

Front 64

describe the monsters thyphon and echidna

Back 64

typhon had 100 horrible heads that had venom dripping out of their eyes and lava poured out of his mouth and echidna was his mate

Front 65

what gift did mother earth give hera as a wedding gift? where did she keep the gift

Back 65

a tree that had golden apples of immortality. she kept it in the garden of hesperides and a 100 headed dragon gaurded it

Front 66

why was arachne turned into a spider

Back 66

she compared herself to the gods and they hate when mortals do that

Front 67

Name the gods and goddesses who sat on the 12 golden thrones

Back 67

Zeus, poseidon, demeter, Hera, Athena, Aphrodite, dionysus, ares, apollo, hermes, hephaestus, artemis

Front 68

name the king of the gods and what was his weapon

Back 68

Zeus and he has lightning bolts

Front 69

name the god of the sea

Back 69

poseidon

Front 70

name the god of the underworld

Back 70

Hades

Front 71

name the queen of the gods

Back 71

Hera

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What is a direct object?

Back 72

A direct object is a noun or pronoun that tells WHO or WHAT recieves the action verb