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Review 2: Semester1
Vocabulary : ANDROGYNOUS to THERMOMETER
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| androgynous | someone who looks both male and female |
| anthropology | the scientific study of people, societies, and cultures |
| animate | living, have energy |
| inanimate | not living, without energy |
| aquatic | living or growing in water |
| aquarium | clear glass or plastic container for fish and other water animals |
| aqueduct | a structure that carries water over a river or valley |
| aquamarine | a greenish blue color |
| artisan | someone who does skilled work with their hands |
| artifact | an object that was made a long time ago, especially one studied by scientists |
| artificial | not made of natural materials or substances, but made by people |
| articulate | able to talk easily, clearly, and effectively communicate about things, especially about difficult subjects |
| asterisk | a mark like a star * used especially to show something important in a document |
| astronaut | someone who travels and works in a spaceship |
| astrology | the study of the movement of the stars and planets and their influence on people and events |
| astronomer | someone who studies the stars and planets |
| ambulatory | able to walk or move |
| ambulance | a special vehicle/car used for taking people who are very sick to the hospital |
| audience | a group of people who watch and listen to a concert |
| auditory | relating to the ability to hear |
| audio | relating to recording and broadcasting sound |
| audible | a sound that is loud enough for someone to hear it |
| biology | the scientific study of living things |
| autobiography | the story of your life, written by yourself |
| antibiotic | a drug used to kill bacteria and cure infections |
| capital | an important city where the main government of a country, or state is |
| captain | someone who leads a group of people |
| decapitate | to cut someone's head off |
| caption | words printed above or below a picture in a book or newspaper to explain what the picture is showing |
| chronological | arranged according to when something happened |
| chronograph | a scientific instrument for measuring and recording periods of time |
| synchronize | to arrange for two or more actions to happen at exactly the same time |
| chronicle | a written record of series of events, especially historical events, written in the order in which they happened |
| democrat | a member or supporter of the Democratic Party of the US |
| aristocrat | someone who belongs to the highest social class |
| autocratic | making decisions and giving orders without their permission |
| bureaucrat | someone who works in a bureaucracy |
| credit | approval or praise for doing something good |
| incredible | extremely good, large, or impressive |
| credence | the acceptance of something as true |
| credentials | something, especially a document, that shows you have earned a particular position, or are legally allowed to do a job |
| bicycle | a vehicle with two wheels that you sit on and make move by pushing its pedals with your feet |
| cyclone | a very strong wind that moves very fast in a circle |
| encyclopedia | a book, set of books, which contains facts about one or many different subjects |
| unicyclist | the person who rides a vehicle that is like a bicycle but has only one wheel |
| democracy | a system of government in which every citizen in the country can vote to elect its government officials |
| epidemic | a large number of cases of a particular infectious disease happening at the same time |
| demographics | information about the people who live in a particular area |
| pandemic | an illness or disease that affects the population of a very large area |
| dictionary | a book that gives a list of words in alphabetical order and explains their meaning in the same or another language |
| dictate | to say words for someone else to write down |
| predict | to say that something will happen before it happens |
| dictation | the act of saying words for someone to write down |
| doctrine | a strong belief or set of beliefs that form an important part of a religion or system of ideas |
| document | to write about something, film or photograph it |
| doctor | someone whose job is to treat people who are sick |
| doctorate | a university degree of the highest level |
| factory | a building, in which goods are produced in large quantities using machines |
| manufacture | to use machines to make goods or materials |
| sufficient | as much as is needed for a particular purpose |
| efficient | something or someone that is efficient works well and effectively, without wasting time, money, or energy |
| reflex | a sudden movement that your muscles make as a natural reaction to a physical effect |
| reflection | an image reflected in a mirror or similar surface |
| flexible | something that can be bent easily |
| deflect | to turning in a different direction |
| uniform | being the same in all its parts or among all its members |
| transform | to completely change the appearance, form, or character of something or someone |
| reform | to start to exist again or to make something start to exist again |
| platform | (for speeches)a raised floor or stage for people to stand on when they are making a speech,performing |
| fracture | something breaks and cracks |
| fragment | a small piece of something that has broken off or that comes from something larger |
| fraction | a small amount of something |
| faction | a small group of people within a large group whom have different opinions from others |
| geography | the study of the countries, oceans, rivers, mountains, cities etc. of the world |
| geology | the study of minerals such as rocks, soil, and minerals |
| geometry | the study in mathematics of the form and relationships of angles, lines, curves, shapes, and solid objects |
| geopolitical | the study of the effects of a country's position,population |
| generation | all people of about the same age |
| genealogy | the study of the history of families |
| genocide | the killing of a entire group of people because of their race or religion in particular |
| genus | a group of animals or plants that are related |
| telegram | a message sent by telegraph |
| photograph | to make a picture of someone or something by using a camera and film sensitive to light |
| grammar | the rules according to which the words of a language change their form and are combined into sentences |
| biography | a book about a particular person's life |
| hydraulics | moved or operated by the pressure of water or other liquids |
| dehydrate | to remove all the water from something such as food or chemicals |
| hydrant | fire hydrant |
| hydrophobia | a technical word for RABIES |
| judge | the official in control of a court who decides how criminals should be punished |
| justice | the system by which people are judged in courts of law an criminals are punished |
| justify | to give a acceptable explanation for something that other people think is unreasonable |
| judicial | relating to a court of law |
| labor | work ,especially work using a lot of physical effort |
| collaborate | to work together with another person or group in order to achieve something |
| laboratory | a special room or building in which scientists do test and research |
| Labor Day | a public holiday in the U.S. and Canada on the first Monday in September |
| locate | to find the exact position of someone or something |
| location | a particular place or position. |
| allocate | to decide officially that a specific amount of money, time, etc should be used for a purpose |
| local | connected either to a particular place or area |
| dialogue | a conversation in a book, play, or movie |
| prologue | the introduction to a play, a long poem |
| monologue | a long speech by one character in a play, movie, or television show |
| apology | to explain, or to defend, to say sorry |
| illuminate | to make a light shine on something,or fill a place with light |
| lucid | express in a way that is easy and clear to understand |
| translucent | not transparent but clear enough to allow light to pass through |
| illusionary | an idea or opinion that is wrong |
| manual | involving the use of the hands |
| manuscript | a book or piece of writing before it is printed |
| manipulate | to make someone do what you want by deceiving or influencing them |
| command | an order that must be obeyed |
| demand | to ask strongly for something |
| reprimand | to tell someone officially that something they have done is very wrong |
| mandate | an official command given to a person or organization to do something |
| maniac | someone who behaves in a stupid or dangerous way |
| pyromania | a mental illness that gives you a strong desire to start fires |
| maniacal | behaving as if you are crazy |
| meter | the basic unit for measuring length in the metric system |
| centimeter | a unit for measuring length |
| metrics | using or relating to the metric system of weights and measures that is based on the meter and the kilogram |
| thermometer | a piece of equipment that measures the temperature of the air, of your body etc. |
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