vocab test 10 Flashcards
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Balmy
soothing and mild
Bask
to lie in and enjoy a warm place
Denominator
the number below the line in a fraction
Vertical
straight up and down
Ovation
a loud and enthusiastic show of approval
Emancipate
to set free from slavery or control
Susceptible
easily influenced or affected
Tarnish
to dull the shine of a metal surface by exposure to the air
Abated
to make less intense
Keening
prolonged and high pitch typically in a way that expresses grief
Remnants
a small remaining bit of something
Hordes
a lot of groups of people
Agony
extreme physical or mental suffering
Raged
violent uncontrollable anger
Teetered
swaying back and forth
Stagger
trip stumble a little
Amphibious
relating to living in or suited for both land or water
Sloshing
splashing extensively in a swaying way
Dimminish
made smaller
Pulverized
smashed into small bits
Ruefully
feeling or showing some sorrow or regret
Interlaced
crossed intricately together interwoven
Hickory
a type of wood
Immigrant
a person who travels to a new country to live permanently become a citizen
Discrimination
the act of treating people unfairly or with prejudice because they are part of a certain group
Ellis Island
the first place that immigrants saw when they saled to America in New York
Manifest
a list of people on a boat or plane
Probability
a measure of how likely it is an event will occur from 0 to 1
Chance
the way to express the likelihood of an event
Outcome
any possible result
