Final Exam vocab 15-16

Question 1

Biography

Answer 1

A written account of someone’s life

Question 2

Biodegradable

Answer 2

Capable of breaking down, or decaying, in nature

Question 3

Credible

Answer 3

Believable, trustworthy

Question 4

Beneficial

Answer 4

Advantageous; helpful

Question 5

Benevolent

Answer 5

Kind, expressing good will

Question 6

Aspect

Answer 6

How a thing may be viewed; interpretation

Question 7

Spectacle

Answer 7

A show, something impressive

Question 8

Detach

Answer 8

To unfasten, to separate

Question 9

Deplete

Answer 9

To decrease or reduce the amount of something

Question 10

Promote

Answer 10

To help or to encourage something to do well

Question 11

Prospective

Answer 11

Relating to the future

Question 12

Dissatisfy

Answer 12

To make unhappy, to displease

Question 13

Disorient

Answer 13

To loose one’s way, to confuse

Question 14

Dramatic

Answer 14

Striking, vivid or relating to the drama

Question 15

Sharply

Answer 15

Suddenly, quickly

Question 16

Generalization

Answer 16

The process of generalizing (taking one characteristic and applying it to everyone or everything)

Question 17

Emphasize

Answer 17

To stress, to give emphasis to

Question 18

Electrify

Answer 18

To charge with electricity

Question 19

Economist

Answer 19

A specialist in economics, someone who studies economics

Question 20

Artistic

Answer 20

Show skill or excellence in art

Question 21

Anticlimactic

Answer 21

Unexciting, representing an anticlimax

Question 22

Decisively

Answer 22

Showing little hesitation; to make a decision quickly and effectively

Question 23

Differentiate

Answer 23

To note the difference between things, to distinguish

Question 24

Purely

Answer 24

In a pure manner, entirely

Question 25

Electricity

Answer 25

An electric charge, electric current