English: Vocab Quiz Flashcards

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To move down in grade, rank, or status.

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Demote

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A self-propelled passenger vehicle that moves

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Automobile

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The ability to move from place to place

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Locomotion

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Capable of moving or being moved

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Mobile

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The quality or state of being able to move about freely

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Mobility

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To coordinate; to move people or things around for a purpose

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Mobilize

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The act or process of changing place of position; the ability or power to move

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Motion

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To do something that makes a person move into action

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Motivate

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To raise or move to a higher grade, rank, or job; to advocate

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Promote

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The act of moving something away

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Removal

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Hostile; pushy; stepping into something’s space with forceful energy

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Aggressive

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Celsius; temperature rating on the thermometer made up of 100° intervals or steps between the freezing and boiling points of water.

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Centigrade

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To reduce someone’s worth or value; to make someone step down to a lower position or rank; to move down a step in a social status.

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Degrade

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To stray away from the main topic; to step away from the topic and lose clarity; to wander in thoughts or ideas

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Digress

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An official who evaluates and settles on a value of property for tax purposes

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Assessor

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An executive officer who sits in charge of a from or organization

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President

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To settle into a place to live; to exist

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Reside

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A home; a place where a person settles to live

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Residence

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A closed automobile that has enough room for four people to sit comfortably

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Sedan

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To help someone calm down; to help someone settle Down

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Sedate

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Medicine used to help a person settle into a state of calmness

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Sedative

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Fixed to one spot; marked by a great deal of sitting and very little exercise or travel

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Sedentary

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The solid material that settles to the bottom of a liquid

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Sediment

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A meeting, class, or assembly where a group sits together

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Session

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Sed, Sid, sess comes from a Latin root meaning

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Sessere (sedere) : to sit, settle

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Mob, mot, mov comes from a Latin root meaning

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Movere : to move

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Gress, grad comes from a Greek root meaning

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Step