Vocab lesson 7-9

Question 1

Equator

Answer 1

An imaginary line around the center of the earth that is halfway between the north and south poles

Question 2

Era

Answer 2

A period of time marked by certain or special events,ideas,or persons

Question 3

Forswear

Answer 3

To give up or reject seriously

Question 4

Infiltrate

Answer 4

To filter through or into

Question 5

Irreversible

Answer 5

Incapable of being changed

Question 6

Meteorological

Answer 6

Science that deals with the study of the atmosphere,weather,and climate

Question 7

Penetrate

Answer 7

To pass into or through especially by force

Question 8

Precise

Answer 8

Exact in measurement or amount

Question 9

Synthetic

Answer 9

Not natural, artificial

Question 10

Thaw

Answer 10

To melt

Question 11

Brutish

Answer 11

Like or resembling an animal, beast,stupid,savage,or cruel

Question 12

Harass

Answer 12

To bother,annoy,or torment repeatedly

Question 13

Lacerated

Answer 13

To rip or tear roughly, especially in an injury

Question 14

Lambaste

Answer 14

To scold harshly

Question 15

Maimed

Answer 15

To injure or disable severely, cripple

Question 16

Mutilate

Answer 16

To injure or disable seriously,as cutting off a limb

Question 17

Rile

Answer 17

To annoy, to irritate or to anger

Question 18

Skirmish

Answer 18

A brief or minor battle between a small body of troops

Question 19

Tantrum

Answer 19

A sudden outburst of bad temper,anger,or rage

Question 20

Taunt

Answer 20

To sarcastically mock or criticize with insults

Question 21

Centenary

Answer 21

A period of one hundred years, centemial

Question 22

Decathlon

Answer 22

A contest which athletes compete in ten different track and field events

Question 23

Hexagon

Answer 23

A two dimensional geometric figure formed of six sides

Question 24

Monarchy

Answer 24

A political system in which a state is ruled by a single ruler called a monarch

Question 25

Monotonous

Answer 25

Uninteresting or boring as a result of being repetitive and unvaried

Question 26

Novena

Answer 26

Saying prayers for nine consecutive days to achieve a specific purpose

Question 27

Octagonal

Answer 27

A two dimensional geometric figure formed of eight angles

Question 28

Quadruple

Answer 28

To multiply by four or become four times as great

Question 29

Sextet

Answer 29

Any group of six people or things

Question 30

Uniformity

Answer 30

Consistent, conforming to one standard rule