Cap.1 Flashcards
1
Q
Shift
A
Change
Substitution
2
Q
Jolt
A
Sacudida
Surpresa
3
Q
Stale
A
No longer fresh and pleasant to eat, dry
stale bread
4
Q
Long
A
Have a strong wish or desire.
she longed for a little more excitement
5
Q
- To cause to be ignited or to produce fire: fire up a cigar; fire up the grill.
- To cause to become excited or emotional: a speech that fired up the crowd.
- To bring to activity; start: Fire up the stereo!
A
Fire up
6
Q
snap at -
A
bite off with a quick bite; “The dog snapped off a piece of cloth from the intruder’s pants”
bite off
7
Q
dread
A
- be afraid or scared of; be frightened of; “I fear the winters in Moscow”; “We should not fear the Communists!”
fear
panic - be overcome by a sudden fear; “The students panicked when told that final exams were less than a week away”
8
Q
Malady
A
n, pl -dies
- (Pathology) any disease or illness
- any unhealthy, morbid, or desperate condition: a malady of the spirit.
9
Q
Wind up
A
- To come or bring to a finish; end: when the meeting wound up; wind up a project.
- To put in order; settle: wound up her affairs before leaving the country.
10
Q
Deplet
A
- To lessen or weaken severely, as by removing something essential:
drain, exhaust, impoverish, sap, use up. - To make or become no longer active or productive:
desiccate, dry up, give out, play out, run out.
11
Q
Riddle
A
n.
- A question or statement requiring thought to answer or understand; a conundrum.
- One that is perplexing; an enigma.
12
Q
- a state in which all hope is lost or absent; “in the depths of despair”; “they were rescued from despair at the last minute”; “courage born of desperation”
desperation
A
Despair
13
Q
- A plant considered undesirable, unattractive, or troublesome, especially one that grows where it is not wanted and often grows or spreads fast or takes the place of desired plants.
- An aquatic plant or alga, especially seaweed.
- Something considered useless, detrimental, or worthless.
- Slang
a. Tobacco.
b. A cigarette.
c. Marijuana.
A
Weed
14
Q
- A slim, pointed piece of metal hammered into material as a fastener.
2.
a. A fingernail or toenail.
b. A claw or talon.
A
Nail
15
Q
As Shakespeare wrote, “The fault . . . is not in our stars, but in our- selves.” It’s not life that victimizes us and brings us to our knees, but how we interpret and react to life.
A
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