Help
Options
Didn't know it?
click below
click below
Knew it?
click below
click below
Don't Know
Remaining cards (0)
Know
retry
shuffle
restart
0:00
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
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Marie Set #9
| Vocabulary Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| RESULTING IN the extinction of the dinosaurs | CAUSING the extinction of the dinosaurs |
| 1. MADE dinosaurs ABLE to survive (n. ability, adv. ably) | MADE IT POSSIBLE FOR dinosaurs to survive |
| ENABLED dinosaurs to survive | MADE IT POSSIBLE FOR dinosaurs to survive |
| MADE dinosaurs UNABLE to survive | MADE IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR dinosaurs to survive |
| 2. an ABLE writer (n, ability, adv. ably) | a GOOD writer |
| 3. She writes ABLY. (n. ability, adj. able) | She writes WELL. |
| 4. artistic ABILITY (adj. able, adv. ably) | artistic SKILL |
| 5. the dinosaurs' ABILITY to survive (adj. able, adv. ably) | the dinosaurs' POWER to survive |
| 1. MAINTAIN a livable body temperature (n. maintenance) | STAY AT a livable body temperature |
| 2. MAINTAIN a house (n. maintenance) | KEEP a house IN GOOD CONDITION |
| 3. MAINTAIN her strength (n. maintenance) | KEEP her strength |
| 4. MAINTAIN a family (n. maintenance) | SUPPORT a family |
| 5. MAINTAINED that the earth is flat (n. maintenance) | CONTINUED TO BELIEVE that the earth is flat |
| 1. the army RETREATED (n. retreat) | the army WENT BACK |
| 2. RETREATED FROM appearing in public (v. to retreat) | STOPPED appearing in public |
| 1. a PERIOD of time (adj. periodic, adv, periodically) | a LENGTH of time |
| 2. I don't know - PERIOD. (adj. periodic, periodically) | I don't know AT ALL. |
| 3. talk to him PERIODICALLY (n. period, adj. periodic) | talk to him REGULARLY |
| 4. PERIOD clothing (n period, adj. periodic, adv. periodocially) | clothing FROM A PARTICULAR PAST TIME |
| 1. how long it took TO DEPOSIT the layer of clay (n. deposit) | how long it took the layer of clay TO FALL INTO PLACE |
| 2. DEPOSIT money in the bank (n. deposit) | PUT money in the bank |
| 1. the CONCENTRATION of salt in the water sample (v. to concentrate, adj. concentrated) | the AMOUNT of salt PER UNIT of water |
| 2. cannot CONCENTRATE on his work (n. concentration, adj. concentrated | cannot FOCUS on his work |
| 3. CONCENTRATION of rich people in that area (v. to concentrate, adj. concentrated | RELATIVELY LARGE NUMBER of rich people in that area |
| MICROSCOPIC meteorites | EXTREMELY SMALL meteorites |
| 1. the rate at which the population DECLINED (n. decline) | the rate at which the population WENT DOWN |
| 2. DECLINE an invitation (n. decline) | NOT ACCEPT an invitation |
| 3. DECLINE a request | NOT APPROVE a request |
| 1. CONSEQUENTLY, I decided to go to graduate school. (n, consequence) | THUS, I decided to go to graduate school. |
| 2. an obvious CONSEQUENCE of | an obvious RESULT of |
| 1. a pattern for CONSTRUCTING plays (n. construction) | a pattern for ARRANGING THE PARTS OF plays |
| 2. CONSTRUCTING houses (n. construction) | BUILDING houses |
| 3. For some, God is a CONSTRUCT (v. to construct, n. construction) | For some, God is an IDEA |
| EXPOSITION from actor's speeches in a play | BACKGROUND INFORMATION from actor's speeches in a play |
| the FEUDING families of Romeo and Juliet | the LONG-TIME HATRED BETWEEN the families of Romeo and Juliet |
| INCITING people to throw rocks at the police (n. incitement) | RAISING EMOTIONS TO GET people to throw rocks at the police |
| 1. The inciting incident SETS OFF the plot of the play. | The inciting incident STARTS the plot of the play |
| 2. SETTING OFF an alarm | MAKING an alarm SOUND |
| 3. SET OFF early the next morning | STARTED GOING early the next morning |
| 4. a plain blue dress SET OFF by a fancy hat | a plain blue dress MADE MORE ATTRACTIVE by a fancy hat |
| 1. REVERSALS of fortune (v. to reverse, n. reverse, adj. reverse) | CHANGES of fortune IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION |
| 2, in the REVERSE order | in the OPPOSITE order TO the order BEFORE |
| 1. increasing the audience's TENSION (adj. tense, adv. tensely) | increasing the audience's NERVOUSNESS |
| 2. TENSE muscles (n. tension, adv. tensely) | muscles STRETCHED TIGHT |
| 3. past TENSE | FORM OF VERB FOR INDICATING the past |
| the DENOUEMENT of a story | the FINAL OUTCOME of a story |
| SUBTLE difference (n. subtlety, adv. subtly) | NOT EASY TO NOTICE difference |
| 1. small DISTINCTION (v. to distinguish, adv. distinct, adj. disinctly) | small DIFFERENCE |
| 2. the DISTINCTION of being the only American to win (v. to distinguish, adj. distinct, adj. distinguished, adv. distinctly) | the HONOR of being the only American to win |
| 3. a DISTINCT possibility (v. to distinguish, n. distinction, adv. distinctly) | an VERY LIKELY TO BE REAL possibility |
| 4. DISTINCT flavor (v. to distinguish, n. distinction, adv. distinctly) | UNIQUE flavor |
| 4. the country's political TENSION (ad.j. tense, adv. tensely) | the country's political STRESS |
| 5. TO DISTINGUISH right FROM wrong (n. distinction, adj. distinct, adv. distinctly | TO TELL THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN right and wrong |
| 6. DISTINGUISHED guest (v. to distinguish) | HIGH-LEVEL guest |
Created by:
jeffbeller
Popular TOEFL sets