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Review 5: ALL VOC
Review all vocabulary from ANDROGYNOUS to VOCALIST
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| androgynous | someone who looks both male and female |
| anthropology | the scientific study of people, societies, and cultures |
| animate | living |
| inanimate | not living |
| 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 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 |
| biography | a book about a particular person's life |
| antibiotic | a drug used to kill bacteria and cure infections |
| capital | an important city where the main government of a country, 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 | the process of making goods using machines, usually in large numbers |
| 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 star 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, who have different opinions from others |
| 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 |
| 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 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 |
| 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 |
| telegram | a message sent by telegraph |
| photograph | a picture that is made using a camera and film that is 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 |
| 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 fine 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 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 | an admission of error or discourtesy accompanied by an expression of regret |
| 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 |
| manufacture | to use machines to make goods or materials |
| 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 a 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. |
| transport | to take goods, people etc. from one place to another in a vehicle |
| portable | able to be carried or moved easily |
| import | the action or business of bringing goods into one country from another to be sold |
| export | to sell goods to another country |
| psyche | someone's mind, or their basic nature, which controls their attitudes and behavior |
| psycho | someone who is likely to suddenly behave in a violent or crazy way |
| psychopath | someone who has a serious and permanent mental illness that makes them behave in a violent or criminal way |
| psychology | the study of the mind and how it works |
| compel | to force someone to do something |
| compulsion | a strong and unreasonable desire to do something |
| pellet | small hard ball made from ice,paper |
| impel | to make you feel very strongly that you must do something |
| question | a sentence or phrase used to ask for information |
| request | an act of asking for something politely or formally |
| quest | a long search for something |
| inquest | a legal process to find out the cause of a sudden or unexpected death |
| erupt | a sudden increase in activity or strong emotion |
| rupture | an occasion when something suddenly breaks apart or bursts |
| interrupt | to stop someone from continuing what they are saying or doing by suddenly saying or doing something yourself |
| scope | the range of things that a subject, activity, book etc. deals with |
| microscope | a scientific instrument that makes extremely small things appear large enough to be seen |
| telescope | a piece of scientific equipment shaped like a tube, used for making distant objects such as stars |
| oscilloscope | an instrument in which the variations in a fluctuating electrical quantity appear temporarily as a visible wave form on the fluorescent screen of a cathode-ray tube |
| scribe | someone employed to copy things in writing, especially before printing was invented |
| inscription | a piece of writing inscribed on a stone |
| prescribe | to officially say what medicine or treatment a sick person should have |
| postscript | a message written at the end of a letter below the place where you sign your name |
| dissect | to cut up the body of a dead animal or person to study it |
| section | one of the parts that something, such as an object or place is divided into |
| intersection | the place where two or more roads, line meet and go across each other |
| bisection | two parts which are divided equally |
| simulation | an activity or situation that produces condition which are not real, but have the appearance of being real |
| simile | an expression that describes something by comparing it with something else, using the words "as" or "like" |
| similarity | the fact of being similar to something else, or the degree to which two or more things are similar to each other |
| solo | done alone, without anyone else helping you |
| solitary | done or experienced without anyone else around |
| soliloquy | a speech in a play in which a character talks to himself or herself, so that the audience knows the character's thoughts |
| soloist | a musician who performs a solo |
| spectator | someone who is watching an event or game |
| spectacle | to behave in an embarrassing way that is likely to make other people notice you and laugh at you |
| inspection | a checking or testing of an individual against established standards |
| construct | to build something large such as a building, bridge, or road |
| structure | the way in which the parts of something are connected with each other and form a whole or the thing that these parts make up |
| instruction | the printed information that tell you how to use a piece of equipment, product |
| destruct | the act or process of destroying something or of being destroy |
| term | a word of expression that has a particular meaning, especially one that concerns a particular subject |
| terminal | the state of becoming worse and worse, and never getting better |
| terminate | if something terminates, it ends |
| terminus | the station or stop at the end of a train line or bus buildings |
| terrain | a particular type of land |
| territory | land that is owned or controlled by a particular government, ruler, or military force |
| terrestrial | relating to the Earth, rather than the moon or other planets |
| terrace | a flat outdoor area next to a building or on a roof, where you can see outside to eat, relax etc. |
| thermos | a special container that is designed to keep drinks hot or cold |
| thermal | relating to or caused by heat |
| thermometer | a piece of equipment that measures the temperature of the air, of your body etc. |
| thermostat | an instrument used for keeping a room or a machine at a particular temperature |
| extract | to remove something, especially by pulling it |
| traction | the force that prevents something such as a wheel from sliding on a surface |
| attractive | someone who is good looking |
| urban | relating to a city, or to cities in general |
| suburbs | an area away from the center of a town or city, where a lot of people live |
| urbane | behaving in a relaxed and confident way in social situation |
| victory | the success you achieve by winning a battle, game, race etc. |
| conviction | a very strong belief or opinion |
| victim | someone who has been attacked, robbed, or murdered |
| vacation | time spend not working or at school, especially when you take a trip |
| vacate | to leave a job or position so that it is available for someone else to do |
| evacuate | to move away from a dangerous place to a safe place |
| vacuum | a space that is completely empty of all gas |
| video | a copy of a movie, television program, etc. recorded on video tape |
| visual | relating to seeing |
| evidence | a proof that shows something is true |
| vista | a view of a large area of beautiful scenery, especially one seen by looking between rows of trees, buildings etc. |
| vocal | relating to the voice |
| vocation | the feeling that the purpose of your life is to do a particular job, especially because it allows you to help other people |
| invocation | a speech or prayer at the beginning of a ceremony or meeting |
| vocalist | someone who sings popular songs, especially with a band |
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