Brainscape's Knowledge GenomeTM

Browse over 1 million classes created by top students, professors, publishers, and experts.


See full index

English > Unit 2 Vocab - English 7-12 > Flashcards

Unit 2 Vocab - English 7-12 Flashcards

1
Q

Shockingly obvious; outrageous

A

Flagrant

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

To take the risk of; dare

A

Venture

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

Including all or much

A

Comprehensive

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

To restore to a normal life through therapy or education

A

Rehabilitate

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

To continue with an effort or plan despite difficulties

A

Perserve

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

Complete confusion; uproar

A

Turmoil

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

An event bringing great loss and misery

A

Calamity

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

To vary irregularly; to go up and down or back and forth

A

Fluctuate

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

To consider carefully; think deeply about

A

Ponder

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

Customary; ordinary

A

Conventional

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

A mystery or puzzle

A

Enigma

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q

To send to a specific place or on specific business

A

Dispatch

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q

Of, about, or happening in the night; active at night

A

Nocturnal

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
14
Q

To make a statement about something on the basis of personal experience; bear witness; testify

A

Attest

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
15
Q

To determine one’s location or direction; to locate in relation to a direction(east, wets, ect.)

A

Orient

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
16
Q

To recognize; detect

A

Discern

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
17
Q

To improve; add to the strength, beauty, or value of something

A

Enhance

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
18
Q

Moving or able to move from place to place

A

Mobile

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
19
Q

A quality or feature of a person or thing

A

Attribute

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
20
Q

To be an example of; represent; be typical of

A

Exemplify

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
21
Q

To make up; be the parts of

A

Constitute

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
22
Q

To fail to do something required

A

Default

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
23
Q

Most common or most noticeable

A

Predominant

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
24
Q

Something required beforehand

A

Prerequisite

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
25
Q

To seize with authority; legally take possession of

A

Confiscate

26
Q

To interpret or read (something confusing or hard to make out)

A

Decipher

27
Q

Slight; very small compared with what might be expected

A

Nominal

28
Q

Happening or existing at the same time; simultaneous

A

Concurrent

29
Q

A temporary decline in business

A

Recession

30
Q

Supposed for the sake of argument or examination; imaginary; theoretical

A

Hypothetical

31
Q

Having many parts arranged in a complicated way; complex

A

Intricate

32
Q

To be good enough

A

Suffice

33
Q

To worsen; deteriorate

A

Degenerate

34
Q

A place of safety, protection, or relief

A

Sanctuary

35
Q

To make a request or plead on behalf of someone else

A

Intercede

36
Q

Open to damage or attack; susceptible

A

Vulnerable

37
Q

Difficult to believe; unlikely

A

Implausible

38
Q

Evil; wicked

A

Sinister

39
Q

Close inspection; careful examination

A

Scrutiny

40
Q

Unable to speak in an orderly, logical way

A

Incoherent

41
Q

An uneasy feeling about how right or proper a particular action is

A

Qualm

42
Q

To mix up or confuse (as a story or message); scramble

A

Garble

43
Q

To feel or express delight or self -satisfaction, often spitefully

A

Gloat

44
Q

Something that weakens, damages, or destroys

A

Blight

45
Q

Using someone else’s writings or ideas as one’s own

A

Plagiarism

46
Q

To plan cleverly; think up

A

Contrive

47
Q

To return an injury for an injury; pay back

A

Retaliate

48
Q

Very obvious, often offensively so

A

Blatant

49
Q

Perfectly Clean

A

Immaculate

50
Q

Thin and bony

A

Gaunt

51
Q

Bend

A

Flex, Flect

52
Q

Partly;half

A

Semi-

53
Q

Life; of living things

A

Bio-

54
Q

Father

A

Pater, Patri

55
Q

Cause to become

A

-ate

56
Q

In the direction of; toward

A

-ward

57
Q

Call; cry out

A

Claim, clam

58
Q

Strong

A

Forc, fort

59
Q

Person; having to do with people

A

Hum

60
Q

End

A

Fin

English (2 decks)

Brainscape helps you reach your goals faster, through stronger study habits.
© 2025 Bold Learning Solutions. Terms and Conditions