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;
30 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
|
Natalie Martin
unit 17 revise |
to edit in order to improve or bring up to date
S: modify A: none pos: verb |
|
|
advantage
|
a benefit that pust one in a favorable posittion
S: benefit A: disadvantage pos: noun |
|
|
memorize
|
to commit to memory; learn by heart
S: learn A: forget pos: verb |
|
|
active
|
moving or tending to move about; engaging in physical action
S: lively A: inactive pos: adjective |
|
|
organize
|
to arrange in an orgdrly systematic way
S: arrange A: disarrange pos: verb |
|
|
shortage
|
a lack in the amount needed
S: deficiency A: excess pos:noun |
|
|
advertise
|
to call public attention to (a product), as by announcing on the radio or placing a notice in a newspaper
S: promote A: none pos: verb |
|
|
college
|
a school of higher learning, enteren after high school, that grants a bachelor's degree
S: university A: none pos:noun |
|
|
primitive
|
simple or crude; not sophisticated
S: prehistoric A: modern pos: adjective |
|
|
exercise
|
an activity requiring physical exertion, usuallly done to maintain or develop physical fitness
S: train A: none pos: noun |
|
|
encourage
|
to give hope, courage, or confidence to
S: hearten A: none pos: verb |
|
|
summarize
|
to make a summary of; restate briefly
S: recap A: none pos: verb |
|
|
wreckage
|
the debris of something destroyed
S: remains A: none pos: noun |
|
|
recognize
|
to know or identify form past experience or knowledge
S: know A: noun pos: verb |
|
|
positive
|
absolutely certain
S: certain A: uncertain pos: adjective |
|
|
percentage
|
a fraction that is understood to have 100 as its denomninator; a fraction expressed by using the word percent
S: proportion A: none pos: noun |
|
|
sensitive
|
responsive to or affected by something
S: aware A: indifferent pos: adjective |
|
|
heritage
|
something other than property passed down form preceding generations; a tradition
S: inheritancy A: none pos: noun |
|
|
storage
|
a space where something is put away for future use
|
|
|
relative
|
related or relating
|
|
|
average
|
a number that is considered typical of a set of numbers
|
|
|
language
|
any system of sounds, signs, symbols, or gestures for conveying information
|
|
|
televise
|
to broadcast by televsion
|
|
|
utilize
|
to put to use, especially for a practical purpose
|
|
|
mortgage
|
a legal pledge of property to a creditor as security for the payment of a loan or debt
|
|
|
merchandise
|
things that may be bought of sold; commercial goods
|
|
|
aggressive
|
vigorous; energetic; not timid
|
|
|
compromised
|
to settle ar adjust by compronise
|
|
|
criticise
|
to judge the merits and faults of; evaluate
S: condemn A: praise pos: verb |
|
|
attractive
|
capable of attracting or pulling toward, pleasing to the eye or mind; appealing
|
