English: Vocab Quiz Flashcards
To move down in grade, rank, or status.
Demote
A self-propelled passenger vehicle that moves
Automobile
The ability to move from place to place
Locomotion
Capable of moving or being moved
Mobile
The quality or state of being able to move about freely
Mobility
To coordinate; to move people or things around for a purpose
Mobilize
The act or process of changing place of position; the ability or power to move
Motion
To do something that makes a person move into action
Motivate
To raise or move to a higher grade, rank, or job; to advocate
Promote
The act of moving something away
Removal
Hostile; pushy; stepping into something’s space with forceful energy
Aggressive
Celsius; temperature rating on the thermometer made up of 100° intervals or steps between the freezing and boiling points of water.
Centigrade
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.
Degrade
To stray away from the main topic; to step away from the topic and lose clarity; to wander in thoughts or ideas
Digress
An official who evaluates and settles on a value of property for tax purposes
Assessor
An executive officer who sits in charge of a from or organization
President
To settle into a place to live; to exist
Reside
A home; a place where a person settles to live
Residence
A closed automobile that has enough room for four people to sit comfortably
Sedan
To help someone calm down; to help someone settle Down
Sedate
Medicine used to help a person settle into a state of calmness
Sedative
Fixed to one spot; marked by a great deal of sitting and very little exercise or travel
Sedentary
The solid material that settles to the bottom of a liquid
Sediment
A meeting, class, or assembly where a group sits together
Session
Sed, Sid, sess comes from a Latin root meaning
Sessere (sedere) : to sit, settle
Mob, mot, mov comes from a Latin root meaning
Movere : to move
Gress, grad comes from a Greek root meaning
Step
