Test 6 Flashcards
ancestor
a member of your family who lived a long time ago, even before your grandparents
dimension
a measurement of length, width and thickness
invincible
not able to be defeated
muse
to think deeply; ponder consider or reflect on
paraphrase
to use words to explain something faster than usual
vulnersable
capable of being harmed or injured based on situation
tariff
a tax paid on produxt that are imported or exported from another country
situated
located
protruding
sticks out
refuge
A safe or trusted place; someone you can trust
altitude
elevation
precipice
a monument carved from stone, the very steep face of a cliff or mountain
contritely
snobby, repentan
evited
kick out
intiate
to begin or start
detainees
a prisioner
jurisdiction
the power to make legal desions
pursuant to
an agreement on desions with the law
dominate
to or control by strength or power
incarcerated
put in prison
promissory notes
a financial instrument that promises payment
inexplicable
can’t be explained
indistinct
not clear, not sharply fefined
adjacent
closed to, next to or naboring
precarious
unsafe
authentic
real true and origanal
legitimate
conrms to rules, a child born to both parent, not legal
tedious
takes too long , slow , dull
motif
recurring phrase, image, action, or idea in a novel
linear narritave
were the events recounted in the story follow in a order
non-linear narrative
were the even are told out of order
electoral college
total number of general votes each state gets base on population ( 538 total votes) ( 270 to win)
primary electon
an election to choose a party’s canadate
general election
vote for presidential canadate of your choice
cauces
an election that includes questions about canadates and vote dering primary (IOWA)
suffrage
the fight for different groups to have the right to vote
(Black suffrage, wowen suffrage, Indian suffrage)
political party
an organization that coordinates individuals as candidates ( in a election)
angle
the opening that is formed when two lines segments, or rays intersect
obtuse angle
an angle whose measer is more than 90 degrees and less than 180 degrees
acute angle
an angle whose measer is more than 0 degrees and less than 90 degree
right angle
an angle that formes a squaure corner and measers 90 degrees
congruent
having the same size and shape
polygon
a closed flat shape with straight sides
quadrilateral
any four sided polygon
vertex
(plural form vertices)
a point of an angle, polygon or solid where two or more line or line segments meet.