Unit 5 Flashcards
Distinguished feature of your personal nature
A trait
Extend over and cover a part of
To overlap
Our vacations overlap
To explain something clearly to him.
To enlighten
Can you enlighten me - I don’t understand this proposal
All of the same or similar kind or nature
Homogeneous
You are asked to leave and never come back, kick out
To expel
The period of time during which something continues
Duration
Make into a whole or make a part, include or integrate a part into whole
To incorporate
To hold or to keep
Secure and keep for a possible future use or application
To retain
Difficult to detect or grasp by the mind or analyze
Subtle
Cause to move slowly or operate at a slower rate, move more slowly
A person of subnormal intelligence
To retard
The brain damage will retard the child’s language development
To return the person into a position or job
Bring back into original existence, use, function
To reinstate
Return to its original or usable and functioning condition
To restore
To separate suddenly and plead out in different directions
To scatter
Scatter cards across the table
Spread out, it concentrated in one place
to diffuse
A large diffuse organization
Cause to become widely known, spread information, knowledge, opinions
To disseminate