Save
Upgrade to remove ads
Busy. Please wait.
Log in with Clever
or
show password
Forgot Password?
Don't have an account?  Sign up 
Sign up using Clever
or
Username is available taken
show password


Make sure to remember your password. If you forget it there is no way for StudyStack to send you a reset link. You would need to create a new account. Your email address is only used to allow you to reset your password. See our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.

Already a StudyStack user? Log In

Reset Password
Enter the associated with your account, and we'll email you a link to reset your password.
focusNode
Didn't know it?
click below
 
Knew it?
click below
Don't Know
Remaining cards (0)
Know
0:00
edit
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.

  Normal Size     Small Size show me how

Andy's Vocab 10

Vocabular words Chapter 10

QuestionAnswer
Adept Throughly skilled; an expert
Aspire To have ambitious hopes or plans; to strive toward a higher goal; desire earnestly; to ascend
Bleak Bare dreary dismal
Chide To blame; scold
Despicable Worthy of scorn; comtemptable
Diminutive Small; smaller than most others of the same type
Emancipate To free from slavery; to release or liberate
Erroneous Incorrect; containing mistakes
Exploit To make use of; develop; to make improper use of for personal profit. N: a feat; a deed.
Extemporaneous Made of delivered on the spur of the moment
Impair To make imperfect; damage; harm
Invincible Not able to be defeated; unbeatable
Languid Drooping;without energy; sluggish
Mire N: mud; wet; swampy ground; a tough situation.V: to get stuck
Obtrusive Forward; undesireably prominent; thrust out
Preamble An introduction to a speech or piece of writing
Render To cause to become; to perform; to deliver officially; to process; extract
Rugged Rough; irregular; severe; stern; strong; stormy
Skeptical Inclided to doubt; slow to accept something as true
Slipshod Untidy in dress; personal habits; careless; sloppy
Created by: janete
Popular English Vocabulary sets

 

 



Voices

Use these flashcards to help memorize information. Look at the large card and try to recall what is on the other side. Then click the card to flip it. If you knew the answer, click the green Know box. Otherwise, click the red Don't know box.

When you've placed seven or more cards in the Don't know box, click "retry" to try those cards again.

If you've accidentally put the card in the wrong box, just click on the card to take it out of the box.

You can also use your keyboard to move the cards as follows:

If you are logged in to your account, this website will remember which cards you know and don't know so that they are in the same box the next time you log in.

When you need a break, try one of the other activities listed below the flashcards like Matching, Snowman, or Hungry Bug. Although it may feel like you're playing a game, your brain is still making more connections with the information to help you out.

To see how well you know the information, try the Quiz or Test activity.

Pass complete!
"Know" box contains:
Time elapsed:
Retries:
restart all cards