Shared Flashcard Set

Details

FINAL EXAMS Language Arts Vocab
Finals LA Vocab
55
Language - English
6th Grade
05/16/2012

Additional Language - English Flashcards

 


 

Cards

Term
affect(verb)
Definition
To have an influence on or make change in.
Term
benefactor(noun)
Definition
A person who gives aid; a person who does helpful things for another person; a person who donates money
Term
deface(verb)
Definition
To disfigure;to ruin the surface;to destroy by doing something to the object
Term
defect(verb)
Definition
Something people do when they abandon a position or association, often to join the opposing group
Term
effect(noun)
Definition
The result; something brought about by a cause or by doing.
Term
facilitate(verb)
Definition
To make easier
Term
factor(noun)
Definition
Something that actively contributes to an accomplishment, result or process; something that helps make something else happen
Term
factory(noun)
Definition
A building or a group of buildings in which a product is made; a plant
Term
infect(verb)
Definition
To contaminate; to make ill; to corrupt
Term
manufacture(verb)
Definition
To make, create, or produce
Term
assemble(verb)
Definition
To put or bring together
Term
assimilate(verb)
Definition
To make alike; to mentally absorb; to incorporate
Term
ensemble(noun)
Definition
A coordinated outfit, group, or set; a group of parts that go together
Term
facsimile(noun)
Definition
A fax, and exact copy; a duplicate
Term
mimic(noun)
Definition
To copy or imitate closely
Term
resemble(verb)
Definition
To exhibit a likeness to something; to look like something else
Term
semblance(adj.)
Definition
An outward or token appearance; a copy; a representation
Term
simile(noun)
Definition
A figure of speech in which two unlike things are compared as if they are alike
Term
simulation(noun)
Definition
An imitation of an event; a reproduction of an event that is similar to the actual event
Term
simultaneously(verb)
Definition
Happening, existing, or done at the same time; done together.
Term
allege(verb)
Definition
To state; to report or maintain an opinion without or before proof
Term
allegory(noun)
Definition
A symbolic representation; a story, picture, or play employing
Term
delegate(verb)
Definition
To authorize or send as one’s chosen representative, to entrust representation
Term
election(noun)
Definition
The process of voting to choose a winner
Term
electorate(noun)
Definition
A group of qualified voters.
Term
legalize(verb)
Definition
To make lawful; to authorize
Term
legible(adjective)
Definition
Possible to decipher;capable of being read
Term
legislation(noun)
Definition
The making or giving of laws; an enacted law
Term
legitimate(adjective)
Definition
Lawful; authentic; genuine
Term
privilege(noun)
Definition
A special advantage, permission, right, or benefit
Term
coordinate(verb)
Definition
To work together; to place in the same order, rank, or class
Term
disorder(noun)
Definition
Confusion; disarray; lack of regular order or arrangement
Term
inordinate(adjective)
Definition
Not regulated; disorderly; exceeding reasonable limits
Term
insubordinate(adjective)
Definition
Not submissive to authority; does not follow orders
Term
ordain(verb)
Definition
To authorize; to decree or enact; to order by virtue of superior authority, often in religious sectors
Term
orderly(adjective)
Definition
Adheres to a system; neat; systematically arranged
Term
ordinal(adjective)
Definition
Being of a specified position or order in a numbered series
Term
ordinance(noun)
Definition
An authoritative command or order
Term
subordinate(adjective)
Definition
Belonging to a lower rank or class; subject to the authority or control of another person; has to follow orders
Term
uncoordinated(adjective)
Definition
Lacking planning, method, or organization
Term
citadel(noun)
Definition
A fortress in a commanding position in or near a city; a fortified place
Term
citation(noun)
Definition
A ticket; a violation of a minor law within a city or state
Term
civil(adjective)
Definition
Peaceable behavior; public order; following the law within a city or state
Term
civilization(noun)
Definition
A group of people who live together; the way of life of a people having reached a civilized state
Term
metropolis(noun)
Definition
A major city; a city or urban area regarded as the center of a specific activity
Term
necropolis(noun)
Definition
A large and elaborate cemetery belonging to an ancient city; a historic or prehistoric burial ground
Term
police(verb)
Definition
To control, regulate, or keep order (especially as an official duty of a city
Term
policy(noun)
Definition
A plan or course of action of a city, state, or other organizations
Term
politician(noun)
Definition
One who holds a political office in a city or state
Term
politics(noun)
Definition
The activities, methods, tactics, or affairs associated with the government of a city or state
Term
Ord
Definition
Order
Term
Leg
Definition
Law, choose, gather, select, read
Term
Fac
Definition
Make, Do
Term
Mim
Definition
Copy, imitate, to make like, together
Term
Cit
Definition
Citizen, city, state
Supporting users have an ad free experience!