My words 14 Flashcards
Refer
to tell a reader to look somewhere else in a book for more information about something:
The main entry also cross-refers you to the appendix on page 259.
Truncate
to make something shorter or quicker, especially by removing the end of it:
Television coverage of the event was truncated by a technical fault.
Discarded
to throw something away or get rid of it because you no longer want or need it:
Discarded food containers and bottles littered the streets.
Yields
to supply or produce something positive such as a profit, an amount of food or information:
an attempt to yield increased profits
The investigation yielded some unexpected results.
Adjacent
very near, next to, or touching:
They work in adjacent buildings.
Correspond
to match or be similar or equal:
The money I’ve saved corresponds roughly to the amount I need for my plane ticket.
The American FBI corresponds to the British MI5.
Operand
a number or quantity that has something done to it in a calculation. For example, in 7 + y, 7 and y are the operands.
precede
to be or go before something or someone in time or space:
Kofi Annan preceded Ban Ki-moon as the Secretary-General of the UN.
Prompt
to make someone decide to say or do something:
What prompted you to say that?
digest
to change food in your stomach into substances that your body can use:
I find that I don’t digest meat easily.
profound
felt or experienced very strongly or in an extreme way:
His mother’s death when he was aged six had a very profound effect on him.
