Sience Fiction Flashcards
Evaluate
—verb (used with object), e·val·u·at·ed, e·val·u·at·ing.
to determine or set the value or amount of; appraise: to evaluate property.
Prohibit
to forbid (an action, activity, etc.) by authority or law
Instigate
to urge, provoke, or incite to some action or course: to instigate the people to revolt.
Meander
to proceed by or take a winding or indirect course: The stream meandered through the valley.
to wander aimlessly; ramble: The talk meandered on.
Replenish
—verb (used with object)
to make full or complete again, as by supplying what is lacking, used up, etc.: to replenish one’s stock of food.
Resume
—verb (used with object)
to take up or go on with again after interruption; continue: to resume a journey.
Evacuate
to remove (persons or things) from a place, as a dangerous place or disaster area, for reasons of safety or protection: to evacuate the inhabitants of towns in the path of a flood.
Haggle
To argue about something sometimes a price
Endorse
o approve, support, or sustain: to endorse a political candidate.
Baffle
to confuse, bewilder, or perplex: He was baffled by the technical language of the instructions
Premises
—noun
Also, prem·iss. Logic. a proposition supporting or helping to support a conclusion.
Statement seemed to be true
Deceit
the act or practice of deceiving; concealment or distortion of the truth for the purpose of misleading; duplicity; fraud; cheating: Once she exposed their deceit, no one ever trusted them again.
Compassion
a feeling of deep sympathy and sorrow for another who is stricken by misfortune, accompanied by a strong desire to alleviate the suffering.
Skepticism
doubt or unbelief with regard to a religion, especially Christianity.
Emphatic
Said or done with force
