Unit 2 Flashcards
(21 cards)
Available (adj.)
Ready for use,at hand/synonym on hand
Cater (v.)
To satisfy the needs of,try to make things easy and pleasant;to supply food and service/synonym pamper
Customary (adj.)
Usual,expected,routine/synonym regular
Dissuade (v.)
To persuade not to do something/synonym talk out of
Entrepreneur (n.)
A person who starts up and takes on the risk of a business/synonym businessperson
Firebrand (n.)
A piece of burning wood; a troublemaker;an extremely energetic or emotional person/synonym hothead
Hazard (n.)
Risk,peril;/synonym danger
Hazard (v.)
To expose to danger or harm ;to gamble/synonym danger
Hinder (v.)
To delay;to stop or prevent from happening/synonym interrupt
Homicide (n.)
The killing of one person by another/synonym manslaughter
Indifference (n.)
A lack of interest or concern/synonym unconcern
Indignant (adj.)
Filled with resentment or anger over something unjust,unworthy,or mean/synonym offended
Lubricate (v.)
To apply oil or grease;to make smooth,slippery,or easier to use/synonym oil
Mutual (adj.)
Shared,felt,or shown equally by two or more/synonym two-sided
Pelt (v.)
To throw a stream of things;to strike successively;to hurry/synonym bombard
Plague (n.)
An easily spread disease causing a large number of deaths;a wide spread evil/synonym epidemic
Plague (v.)
To annoy or bother/synonym epidemic
Poised (adj.)
Balanced,suspended;calm,controlled;ready for action/synonym ready
Regime (n.)
A government in power;a form or system of a rule or management;a period of rule/synonym rule
Transparent (adj.)
Allowing light to pass through;easily recognized or understood;easily seen through or detected/synonym clear
Unscathed (adj.)
Wholly unharmed,not injured/synonym unhurt
