Spelling List 3

Question 1

soar

Answer 1

climb, mount, ascend,
to fly upward, as a bird.
to rise or aspire to a higher or more exalted level:
His hopes soared.

Question 2

halt

Answer 2

stop

Question 3

flash

Answer 3

1. a brief, sudden burst of bright light:
   a flash of lightning.
2. a sudden, brief outburst or display of joy, wit, etc.
3. a very brief moment; instant:
   I’ll be back in a flash.
4. Informal. flashlight (def 1).

Question 4

frame

Answer 4

1. a border or case for enclosing a picture, mirror, etc.
2. a rigid structure formed of relatively slender pieces, joined so as to surround sizable empty spaces or nonstructural panels, and generally used as a major support in building or engineering works, machinery, furniture, etc.
3. a body, especially a human body, with reference to its size or build; physique:
   He has a large frame.

Verb: frame things together, frame an idea

Question 5

manual

Answer 5

1. done, operated, worked, etc., by the hand or hands rather than by an electrical or electronic device:
   a manual gearshift.
2. involving or using human effort, skill, power, energy, etc.; physical:
   manual labor.
3. of or relating to the hand or hands:
   manual deformities.
4. of the nature of a manual or handbook:
   manual instructions.

Question 6

compare

Answer 6

1. to examine (two or more objects, ideas, people, etc.) in order to note similarities and differences:
   to compare two pieces of cloth; to compare the governments of two nations.
2. to consider or describe as similar; liken: “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?”.

Question 7

tripod

Answer 7

1. a stool, table, pedestal, etc., with three legs.

2. a three-legged stand or support, as for a camera or telescope.

Question 8

storage

Answer 8

1. the act of storing; state or fact of being stored :
   All my furniture is in storage.
2. capacity or space for storing.
3. a place, as a room or building, for storing.
4. Computers. memory (def 11).
5. the price charged for storing goods.

Question 9

horizontal

Answer 9

1. at right angles to the vertical; parallel to level ground.
2. flat or level:
   a horizontal position.
3. being in a prone or supine position; recumbent:
   His bad back has kept him horizontal for a week.

Question 10

camera

Answer 10

1. a boxlike device for holding a film or plate sensitive to light, having an aperture controlled by a shutter that, when opened, admits light enabling an object to be focused, usually by means of a lens, on the film or plate, thereby producing a photographic image.
2. (in a television transmitting apparatus) the device in which the picture to be televised is formed before it is changed into electric impulses.

Question 11

memory

Answer 11

recollection, remembrance, thought

Question 12

automatic

Answer 12

1. having the capability of starting, operating, moving, etc., independently:
   an automatic sprinkler system; an automatic car wash.
2. Physiology. occurring independently of volition, as certain muscular actions; involuntary.
3. done unconsciously or from force of habit; mechanical:
   an automatic application of the brakes.
   4.occurring spontaneously: automatic enthusiasm.

Question 13

capacity

Answer 13

1. the ability to receive or contain:
   This hotel has a large capacity.
2. the maximum amount or number that can be received or contained; cubic contents; volume:
   The inn is filled to capacity. The gasoline tank has a capacity of 20 gallons.
3. power of receiving impressions, knowledge, etc.; mental ability:
   the capacity to learn calculus.

Question 14

sufficient

Answer 14

enough

Question 15

instruction

Answer 15

1. the act or practice of instructing or teaching; education.
2. knowledge or information imparted.
3. an item of such knowledge or information.
4. Usually, instructions. orders or directions:
   The instructions are on the back of the box.
5. the act of furnishing with authoritative directions.
6. Computers. a command given to a computer to carry out a particular operation.

Question 16

exposure

Answer 16

1. the act of exposing, laying open, or uncovering:
   the sudden exposure of objects that were hidden under the blanket.
2. the fact or state of being exposed:
   A bandage will avoid exposure of the wound.
3. disclosure, as of something private or secret:
   the exposure of their invasion plans.
4. an act or instance of revealing or unmasking, as an impostor, crime, or fraud:
   the exposure of graft and corruption.

Question 17

director

Answer 17

1. a person or thing that directs.
2. one of a group of persons chosen to control or govern the affairs of a company or corporation:
   a board of directors.
3. the person responsible for the interpretive aspects of a stage, film, or television production; the person who supervises the integration of all the elements, as acting, staging, and lighting, required to realize the writer’s conception.
   Compare producer (def 3).
4. the musical conductor of an orchestra, chorus, etc.
5. the manager or chief executive of certain schools, institutes, government bureaus, etc.

Question 18

megapixel

Answer 18

noun, Computers, Television.
1. a unit equal to one million pixels, used to measure the resolution of a digital image:
My camera has a resolution of 12 megapixels.

Question 19

gigabyte

Answer 19

noun, Computers.

1. a measure of storage capacity equal to 2 30(1024) bytes.

Question 20

photographer

Answer 20

noun

1. a person who takes photographs, especially one who practices photography professionally.