Lesson Two Word List

Front 1

affect

Back 1

1. To bring about a change in.
Do you think changng schools will affect my grades?
2. To pretend to be or to have.
The reporter affected an nterest in buying a used car in order to get the salesperson to talk to her.

Front 2

calculate

Back 2

1. To find the answer by using arithmetic.
I gave my sister the check so she could calculate her share of the bill.
2. To figure out by reasoning.
You'd better calculate the risks carefully before going on a long trip with that old car.

Front 3

climate

Back 3

1. The average weather conditions of an area.

Front 4

Column

Back 4

1. A row of figures or words running down a printed page; anything arranged like that.
Do all the problems in the first column on page 30.
2. A tall, usually stone support that holds up something.
Forty-six marble columns support the roof of the Parthenon in Athens.
3. A regular newspaper or magazine article usually written by the same person.
My mother writes a weekly sports column for the newspaper.

Front 5

decay

Back 5

v. To rot.
Leaves left on the ground will decay over the winter
n. A breaking down or rotting.
Dentists say tooth decay can be prevented by regular brushing and flossing.

Front 6

exceed

Back 6

1. To be more than.
Fhe fnal score of Monday's game exceeded our best hopes.
2. To go beyond what is allowed.
The officer who stopped me told me never to exceed the speed limit again.
excess - More than enough; an extra amount.
excessive - Too much or too great.
Last winter my parents paid an excessive amount for heating oil.

Front 7

forbid

Back 7

To order not to do something.
A state law forbids smoking in hospitals.

forbidden - not allowed.
Eating in class is forbidden.

Front 8

grove

Back 8

A group of trees growing together with open space between them.

The children walked hand in hand through the grove of lemon trees.

Front 9

limb

Back 9

1. An arm, leg or wing.
Bats use their webbed front and back limbs to fly.

2. A large tree branch.
The owl was perched on the top limb of the tree.

Front 10

mammoth

Back 10

Very large; huge
The mammoth Seattle skydone stadium holds over fifty thousand people.

Front 11

mature

Back 11

To become fully grown or developed.
Rabbits mature in about six months and are then able to bear babies.

Fully grown or developed; adult
My brother looks very mature for only eleven.

Front 12

permit

Back 12

To allow.
Some towns permit overnight parking downtown.

A written notice that allows a person to do something.
You need a permit to go fishing in that lake.

Front 13

resist

Back 13

1. To refuse to give in to; to withstand.
Some kinds of corn resist disease better than others.

2. To work or fight against.
The armies of Genghis Khan were so powerful, it was useless to resist them.

Front 14

scorch

Back 14

To burn slightly.
If you press a shirt with an iron that is too hot, you might scorch the fabric.

scorching - very hot.
On such a scorching July day, the only thing I wanted after work was a swim in the ocean.

Front 15

tower

Back 15

To stand above or higher than what is around it.
The Statue of Liberty towers above New York Harbor.

Towering - Very High; tall
Looking up at the towering skyscrapers gave me a stiff neck.