vocab test 5 Flashcards
amateur
A person who does something for pleasure, not for money
rebellion
A show of opposition to a form of authority
appease
to make calmer by giving in to demands
synonym:satisfy
partial
not complete;unfair favor to one side.
gratify
to give pleasure or or satisfaction
impartial
not favoring one over the other
synonym:fair
knoll
A small rounded hill
tolerate
to put up with something
synonym:endure
matter
something with volume and mass
mass
measurement of how much is contained
atom
A tiny particle you can’t see
mosaic
A piece of art made up of small pieces put together
leap year
366 days every four years
common year
365 days
decade
10 years
century
100 years
millennium
1000 years
scale
A number line that measures the temperature
Fahrenheit
on the Fahrenheit scale there are 2 degrees between each degree
freezing 32 degrees boiling 212 degrees
Celsius
uses a centigrade which means there is 100 degree between freezing and boiling
freezing 0 boiling 100
multiples
A product of a counting number and another number
factors
A whole number that divides another whole number without a remainder
a.m.
12 hours before noon
p.m.
12 hours after noon