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;
26 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
|
9-9-2015 (Noun) A distinguishing feature of your personal nature. |
(Noun) Trait |
|
|
9-10-2015 (verb/Noun/Adj)
1. To increase in size or volume as a result of internal pressure; expand. 2. a. To increase in force, size, or degree. b. To grow in loudness or intensity. |
Swell |
|
|
9-11-2015 (Noun/verb) 1. use the long strap, on a horse to control its speed and direction. 2. Any means of control. |
Rein |
|
|
9-11-2015 (Adjective) Moving or thinking quickly and lightly. |
Nimble " as nimble as a deer" |
|
|
9-12-2015 (Verb) 1. Cause to move forward with force. 2. Give an incentive for active. |
Propel "Steam propels this ship." |
|
|
09-12-2015 (Verb) 1. Cause to move forward with force. 2. Give an incentive for action. |
Propel "Steam propels this ship." |
|
|
9-13-2015 (Verb) Provoke or stir up something. |
Instigate |
|
|
9-14-2015 (Verb, noun) Noun 1. An authoritative rule.
Verb. 1. Issue commands or order for. 2. Rule as a dictator. |
Dictate |
|
|
9-15-2015 (Phrasal verb) To cause a large change in something such as an organization, usually in order to make important. |
Shake up |
|
|
9-16-2015 (Noun) an area of interest or activity. |
Realm "Her interests are in the realm of practical politics." |
|
|
09-17-2015 (Noun) 1. an ability, natural or acquired, for a particular kind of action: 2. one of the departments of learning, as theology, medicine, or law, in a university. |
Faculty " a faculty for making friends easily." |
|
|
9-18-2015 (Idioms) To try to stop or prevent something or someone. |
Stand in the way of sth |
|
|
9-18-2015 (Noun, verb) 1. Walk with a long step. 2. Significant progress. |
Stride "Leadership requires making consistent strides." |
|
|
9-19-2015 (Noun) 1. a general understanding; vague or imperfect conception or idea of something. 2. an opinion, view, or belief |
Notion "a notion of how something should be done." |
|
|
9-20-2015 (Verb) 1. to think about carefully; consider (often followed by over ). 2. to make a mess or failure of something. 3. to heat, sweeten, and flavor with spices for drinking, as ale or wine. |
Mull "To mull over an idea" |
|
|
9-21-2015 (Verb) Cause to start burning; to set on fire. |
Ignite |
|
|
9-22-2015 (Noun) 1. An unshakable belief in something without need for proof or evidence. 2. (in a court of law) a declaration that a person is guilty of an offense. |
Conviction "No amount of reasoning could shake him out of his conviction." |
|
|
8-23-2015 (Verb) Force or drive somebody to do something. |
Compel "The law can compels people to not do something." |
|
|
9-24-2015 (Adjective) having a powerful and irresistible effect; requiring acute admiration, attention, or respect. |
Compelling |
|
|
9-24-2015 (Verb) 1.to prepare and work on (land) in order to raise crops. 2. to promote or improve the growth of (a plant, crop, etc.) by labor and attention. 3. to develop or improve by education or training. |
Cultivate "to cultivate a singing voice." |
|
|
9-25-2015 (Adjective) 1. existing in one from birth; inborn; native. |
Innate |
|
|
9-26-2015 (Verb) To quote (a passage, a book, author, etc) |
Cite |
|
|
9-27-2015 (Noun) The organ of sight. |
Oculus |
|
|
9-28-2015 (Verb) (General Physics) (tr) (in science fiction) to transport (a person or object) across a distance instantaneously |
Teleport |
|
|
9-28-2015 (Adjective) seeming to surround the audience, player, etc. so that they feel completely involved in something |
Immersive |
|
|
9-30-2015 (Noun) The art of forming solid objects that represent a thing, person, idea, etc. |
Sculpture |
