Shared Flashcard Set

Details

Words to Go Book H
Grade 8.1
15
General Vocab
8th Grade
06/05/2012

Additional General Vocab Flashcards

 


 

Cards

Term
alternative

all-TUR-nuh-tiv
Definition
NOUN: something that is one of two possible choices

ADJECTIVE: offering another possibility
Term
appease

uh-PEEZ
Definition
VERB: to make more peaceful and less angry, hateful, or upset
Term
disperse

di-SPURCE
Definition
VERB: 1. to break up and scatter, 2. to spread around; to distribute
Term
exempt

eg-ZEMPT
Definition
VERB: to release someone from something that applies to others

ADJECTIVE: free from some requirement that applies to others
Term
induce

in-DOOCE
Definition
VERB: to lead someone or something to act in a certain way or to do something; to cause
Term
lackluster

LAK-luss-tur
Definition
ADJECTIVE: without brightness, liviness, or excellence; lacking energy
Term
nocturnal

nok-TUR-nul
Definition
ADJECTIVE: 1. done or happening during the night, 2. active at night
Term
opportune

op-ur-TOON
Definition
ADJECTIVE: particularly convenient or suitable in time; coming at just the right time
Term
pedestal

PED-us-tul
Definition
NOUN: a stand on which something is or could be placed
Term
receptive

ri-SEP-tiv
Definition
ADJECTIVE: ready or willing to receive; inclined to take a suggestion or consider a possibility
Term
spindly

SPIND-lee
Definition
ADJECTIVE: long and thin in a way that suggests a lack of strength
Term
status

STAT-us or STATE-us
Definition
NOUN: 1. one's position in relation to others, 2. 2. the condition or state of something at a particular time
Term
stipulation

stip-yoo-LAY-shun
Definition
NOUN: a demand or condition of an agreement
Term
traumatic

traw-MAT-ik
Definition
ADJECTIVE: seriously harmful, either emotionally or physically; having a lasting bad effect
Term
unparalleled

un-PAIR-uh-leld
Definition
ADJECTIVE: having no equal; unmatched
Supporting users have an ad free experience!