Lesson 16 Notecards

Question 1

Relevant

/’re le vent/

Answer 1

Adjective

Pertaining to the matter at hand

Question 2

Pleasant

/’ple zent/

Answer 2

Adjective

Agreeable; enjoyable

Question 3

Gradient

/’grā dē ent/

Answer 3

Noun

A slope

Question 4

Constant

/’kont stent/

Answer 4

Adjective

Faithfulness; consistent

Question 5

Adjacent

/e ‘jā sent/

Answer 5

Adjective

Nearby; connected at a point; adjoining

Question 6

Frequent

/’frē kwent/

Answer 6

Adjective

Happening often

Question 7

Reluctant

/ri ‘luck tent/

Answer 7

Adjective

Unwilling

Question 8

Applicant

/’a pli kent/

Answer 8

Noun

A person who applies for a job; candidate

Question 9

Confident

/’kon fe dent/

Answer 9

Adjective

Certain

Question 10

Significant

/sig ‘ni fi kent/

Answer 10

Adjective

Important

Question 11

Absorbent

/eb ‘sôr bent/

Answer 11

Adjective

The tendency to soak up

Question 12

Resilient

/ri ‘zil yent/

Answer 12

Adjective

Capable of recovering from misfortune

Question 13

Propel

/pre ‘pel/

Answer 13

Verb

To move forward by a force; drive

Question 14

Sculling

/’sku ling/

Answer 14

Noun

A form of rowing; scull racing

Question 15

Rhythm

/’ri them/
–

Answer 15

Noun

A movement with a recurring pattern of elements; repetition

Question 16

Strokes

/’strōks/

Answer 16

Noun p.l.

Plural of STROKE; unbroken movements

Question 17

Negotiate

/ni ‘gō shē āt/

Answer 17

Verb

To travel successfully along; to navigate

Question 18

Framework

/’frām wûrk/

Answer 18

Noun

A skeletal structure

Question 19

Construction

/ken ‘struk shen/

Answer 19

Noun

The process of building something

Question 20

Confined

/ken ‘fīnd/

Answer 20

Verb

Past tense of CONFINE; to have thoroughly kept within a boundary

Question 21

Confinement

/ken ‘fīn ment/

Answer 21

Noun

That which is being thoroughly kept within a boundary

Question 22

Sedentary

/’se den târ ē/

Answer 22

Adjective

Inclined to sit; inactive

Question 23

Supersede

/sōō pûr ‘sēd/

Answer 23

Verb

To replace with higher qualities

Question 24

exaggeration

ig,zaje’raSHen |

Answer 24

Noun

A statement that represents something as better or worse than it really is

Question 25

Syncopate

‘siNGke,pāt |

Answer 25

Verb

1. Displace the beats or accents in (music or a rhythm) so that strong beats become weak and vice versa
2. shorten ( a word) by dropping sounds or letters in the middle, as in symbology for symbolology, or Gloster for Gloucester