150915 Vocab Review Flashcards
evacuate
move from danger.
ex: The entire school was evacuated when the fire alarm went off. Fortunately it was only a false alarm!
conserve
save or protect
ex: It’s important to conserve energy - it will help to keep the electricity bill down! No wasting energy!
consider
think about
ex: When reading a paragraph, it’s important to consider adverbs and conjunctions such as however, yet, or but. They show that something opposite will come after!
evaluate
decide the value of
ex: We evaluated all the options, and decided that it was probably best to give Soo Young a book for Christmas!
antonym of “possible”
unlikely.
ex: It was possible that Hui Young farted. But it was unlikely that Daddy farted.
antonym of “agreeable”
unpleasant
ex: The weather was very agreeable in Sri Lanka - it was very sunny all week long! But the weather in London was very unpleasant - it rained the entire week when we got back!
antonym of “definite”
uncertain
ex: We had a definite answer - 1 plus 1 equals 2. But when the teacher asked “what is 20980982 divided by 23425”, we were uncertain about what the answer was!
