click below
click below
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Jakes english
Mid Term
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Heritage | property that is or may be inherited; an inheritance. |
| Parasite | an organism that lives on or in an organism of another species, known as the host, from the body of which it obtains nutriment. |
| Suffrage | the right to vote, especially in a political election. |
| Tranquility | free from disturbance; calm |
| Tumult | a loud, confused noise, esp. one caused by a large mass of people |
| Laconic | using very few words |
| Vacillate | alternate or waver between different opinions or actions; be indecisive |
| Spectrum | a band of colors, as seen in a rainbow, produced by separation of the components of light by their different degrees of refraction according to wavelength. |
| Guru | a spiritual teacher |
| Decorum | behavior in keeping with good taste and propriety |
| Jovial | cheerful and friendly |
| Formidable | inspiring fear or respect through being impressively large, powerful, intense, or capable |
| Despondent | in low spirits from loss of hope or courage. |
| Deductions | the action of deducting or subtracting something |
| Quota | a limited or fixed number or amount of people or things, in particular |
| Cowered | crouch down in fear |
| Outrageous | shockingly bad or excessive |
| Pulverized | reduce to fine particles |
| Mutation | the action or process of mutating |
| Commemoration | remembrance, typically expressed in a ceremony |
| all together | altogether |
| all ready | already |
| always | all ways |
| any more | anymore |
| maybe | may be |
| allowed | aloud |
| away | aweigh |
| kneaded | needed |
| naval | navel |
| thesis statement | last sentence of the first paragraph and in the conclusion |
| Vocabulary Prefix | Cir, circum, peri, ad, re, se, dia, per, e, ec, ef, ex, extra, exter |
| Cir | |
| circum | |
| peri | |
| ad | |
| re | |
| se | |
| dia | |
| per | |
| e | |
| ec | |
| ef | |
| ex | |
| extra | |
| exter |