Practice Vocab

Front 1

accurate

Back 1

1. Conforming exactly to fact; errorless.2. Deviating only slightly or within acceptable limits from a standard.3. Capable of providing a correct reading or measurement: an accurate scale.4. Acting or performing with care and precision; meticulous: an accurate proofreader.

Front 2

address

Back 2

1. To speak to: addressed me in low tones.2. To make a formal speech to: addressed the union members at the convention.3. To call (a person to whom one is speaking) by a particular name or term: Address the judge as "Your Honor."4. To direct (a spoken or written message) to the attention of: address a protest to the faculty senate.5. To mark with a destination: address a letter.6.a. To direct the efforts or attention of (oneself): address oneself to a task.b. To begin to deal with: addressed the issue of taxes.7. To dispatch or consign (a ship, for example) to an agent or factor.8. Sports To adjust and aim the club at (a golf ball) in preparing for a stroke.

Front 3

afford

Back 3

1. To have the financial means for; bear the cost of: able to afford a new car.2. To manage to spare or give up: can't afford an hour for lunch.3. To manage or bear without disadvantage or risk to oneself: can afford to be tolerant.4. To make available or have as a necessary feature; provide: a tree that affords ample shade; a sport affording good exercise.

Front 4

alert

Back 4

Brisk or lively in action: the bird's alert hopping from branch to branch.

Front 5

analyze

Back 5

To examine methodically by separating into parts and studying their interrelations.

Front 6

ancestor

Back 6

A forerunner or predecessor

Front 7

annual

Back 7

Botany Living or growing for only one year or season.

Front 8

apparent

Back 8

Readily seen; visible: The animal's markings were immediately apparent.

Front 9

appropriate

Back 9

To set apart for a specific use: appropriating funds for education.

Front 10

arena

Back 10

An enclosed area for the presentation of sports events and spectacles.b. A building housing such an area.

Front 11

arrest

Back 11

To seize and hold under the authority of law.

Front 12

ascend

Back 12

To go or move upward; rise: The balloon ascended into the clouds.

Front 13

assist

Back 13

To give aid or support

Front 14

attempt

Back 14

make an effort to achieve or complete

Front 15

attentive

Back 15

paying close attention to something.

Front 16

atractive

Back 16

pleasing or appealing to the senses.

Front 17

awkward

Back 17

causing difficulty; hard to do or deal with.