Reading...
Play button
Play button
Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
64 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
|
Stationary
|
not moving; standing still
|
|
|
Stationery
|
writing paper and envelopes
|
|
|
Compliment
|
An expression of praise, admiration, or congratulation
|
|
|
Complement
|
something that completes, makes up a whole, or brings to perfection
|
|
|
Principle
|
a rule of conduct; a fact or a general truth
|
|
|
Principal
|
the head of a school; main or most important
|
|
|
Accept
|
to receive something offered
|
|
|
Except
|
to leave out; exclude
|
|
|
Capitol
|
a building where a legislature meets
|
|
|
Capital
|
(1) center of government
|
|
|
Capital
|
(2) money or property used in business
|
|
|
Capital
|
(3) punishable by death
|
|
|
Capital
|
(4) uppercase
|
|
|
Affect (verb)
|
to influence
|
|
|
Effect (noun)
|
to accomplish, to bring about; a result
|
|
|
Your
|
the possessive form of you
|
|
|
You're
|
contraction of you are
|
|
|
Its
|
possessive form of it
|
|
|
It's
|
contraction of it is
|
|
|
Their
|
possessive form of they
|
|
|
There
|
at that place
|
|
|
They're
|
contraction of they are
|
|
|
To
|
preposition, or part of the infinitive form of a verb
|
|
|
Too
|
also, more than enough
|
|
|
Two
|
the number between one and three
|
|
|
Whose
|
the possessive form of who
|
|
|
Who's
|
the contraction of "who is" or "who has"
|
|
|
Illusion
|
(n)- mistaken idea; misleading visual image
|
|
|
Allusion
|
(n)- an implied or indirect reference to a person, event, or thing or to a part of another text
|
|
|
Counsel
|
(n)- advice
(v)- to advise |
|
|
Council
|
(n)- body of lawmakers; assembly or meeting
|
|
|
Sight
|
(n) one of the five senses; something seen or worth seeing
|
|
|
Site
|
(n) place; website
|
|
|
Cite
|
(v) to quote; to summon before a court
|
|
|
Coarse
|
(n) rough or crude
|
|
|
Course
|
(n) subject taught in a series of classes; method of procedure
|
|
|
Lose
|
(v) fail to keep or to hold
|
|
|
Loose
|
(adj) not fixed tight; (v) untie or relax
|
|
|
Assure
|
(v) to give confidence
|
|
|
Insure
|
(v) guarantee against loss
|
|
|
Ensure
|
(v) guarantee
|
|
|
Precede
|
(v) to be, to go, or to come before
|
|
|
Proceed
|
(v) to carry on an action
|
|
|
Adapt
|
(v) to adjust
|
|
|
Adopt
|
(v) to take (a child of other parents) as one's own child
|
|
|
Eminent
|
(adj) standing above other in quality or position
|
|
|
Imminent
|
(adj) ready to take place
|
|
|
Fewer
|
a smaller number -- things that can be counted
|
|
|
Less
|
a smaller amount -- things that cannot be counted
|
|
|
Farther
|
comparative of far; a great distance
|
|
|
Further
|
to a greater extent
|
|
|
Between
|
shows a relationship in which there are two people or items
|
|
|
Among
|
shows a relationship in which more than two persons or things are in a group
|
|
|
allude
|
to refer casually or indirectly
|
|
|
elude
|
to avoid or escape by speed, cleverness, trickery, etc.; evade.
|
|
|
elicit
|
to draw or bring out or forth; educe; evoke.
|
|
|
illicit
|
disapproved of or not permitted for illegal, moral or ethical reasons.
|
|
|
discreet
|
having or showing good judgment especially in conduct or speech.
|
|
|
discrete
|
separate, individual parts.
|
|
|
censor
|
an official who examines books, plays, news reports, motion pictures, radio and television programs, letters, cablegrams, etc., for the purpose of suppressing parts deemed objectionable on moral, political, military, or other grounds.
|
|
|
censure
|
strong or vehement expression of disapproval.
|
|
|
sensor
|
a mechanical device sensitive to light, temperature, radiation level, or the like, that transmits a signal to a measuring or control instrument.
|
|
|
conscience
|
the inner sense of what is right or wrong in one's conduct or motives, impelling one toward right action.
|
|
|
conscious
|
aware of one's own existence, sensations, thoughts, surroundings, etc.
|
