unit 17 Flashcards
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affection
n. Affection is a feeling of liking someone or something. Amanda has a lot of affection for her little sister’ Sarah.
agency
n. An agency is a business or service set up to act for others. I went to a travel agency to help me arrange a flight home.
ash
n. Ash is the grey or black powder created when something is burned. The end of his cigar was full of ashes.
confine
v. To confine something is to keep it in one place. The elephant is confined to a cage in the zoo.
dismiss
v. To dismiss something is to say it is not important. He quickly dismissed my idea about the new project.
erupt
v. To erupt is to explode or blow apart’ especially a volcano. The volcano erupted for the first time in ten years.
fate
n. Fate is a power that causes things to happen. Some people believe that the lines on a person’s hand can tell his or her fate.
lava
n. Lava is the hot substance made of melted rock that comes out of volcanoes. The red-hot lava poured from the volcano.
miserable
adj. A miserable person is very unhappy. He was miserable after his dog died.
navigate
v. To navigate something is to control the way it moves or goes. She navigated the ship across the ocean.
originate
v. To originate somewhere is to start there. The idea of democracy originated in Ancient Greece.
remainder
n. The remainder of something is what is left. He took a bite of the apple and then gave me the remainder of it.
retrieve
v. To retrieve something is to find it and get it back. She retrieved her mail from the mailbox.
shallow
adj. A shallow thing is not deep. The kids were playing in the shallow water.
slope
n. A slope is ground that is not flat. The slope to the top of the mountain was very steep.
span
v. To span is to spread across an amount of time or space. His work at the bakery has spanned twenty years.
superstition
n. A superstition is something magical that people believe is real. It is a superstition that Friday the 13th is an unlucky day.
sympathy
n. Sympathy is a feeling of sadness for another person who feels bad. I felt sympathy for my sister’ so I got her a balloon to cheer her up.
vibrate
v. To vibrate is to shake very hard. The machine made his whole body vibrate as he broke up the ground.
wander
v. To wander is to walk without going to a certain place. The boys like to wander in the woods and look at birds.
