Vocabulary 12/10/2012 Flashcards
Accept
ac·cept
- *Part of Speech:** verb
- *Own:** to agree; to take or receive something
- *Dictionary:** take a thing that is offered or presented
- *Antonym:** deny; refuse
- *Synonym:** gain; obtain
Climbing Mt. Everest is not a challenge you accept carelessly.
Except
ex·cept
- *Part of Speech:** preposition / verb
- *Own:** p - excluding / v - to exclude
- *Dictionary:** p - not including / v - leave out
- *Antonym:** permit
- *Synonym:** omitting; excepting
All the books in the library were stolen, except the dictionary.
Principle
prin·ci·ple
- *Part of Speech:** noun
- *Own:** a belief
- *Dictionary:** a general truth, belief or rule
- *Antonym:**
- *Synonym:** doctrine; basis
Christian principles are based on the Ten Commandments.
Principal
prin·ci·pal
- *Part of Speech:** adjective / noun
- *Own:** a - first in importance / n- the director of a school
- *Dictionary:** a - most imporant / n - the head of a school or college
- *Antonym:** least; minor
- *Synonym:** chief; key
Douglas Rodriguez is the principal of my brothers’ school.
There
There
- *Part of Speech:** adverb
- *Own:** into or to that place
- *Dictionary:** in or to that place, etc.
- *Antonym:**
- *Synonym:**
There are seven books in the Harry Potter series.
Their
Their
- *Part of Speech:** adjective
- *Own:** belonging to a person
- *Dictionary:** belonging to them
- *Antonym:**
- *Synonym:**
The Spanish and their neighbors, the French, both owned land here in America.
They’re
they’re
- *Part of Speech:** contraction
- *Own:** contraction of they are
- *Dictionary:** they are
- *Antonym:**
- *Synonym:**
They’re eating apples in the shade, under a tree.
Universe
u·ni·verse
- *Part of Speech:** noun
- *Own:** everything that exists - planets, stars, dust, gases, and energy
- *Dictionary:** everything that exists, including galaxies and everything in them
- *Antonym:** locality
- *Synonym:** cosmos; world
My brother’s dream is to explore the universe.
Galaxy
gal·ax·y
- *Part of Speech:** noun
- *Own:** a large system of stars
- *Dictionary:** a group of billions of stars, objects that orbit those stars, gas, and dust
- *Antonym:**
- *Synonym:** nebula; star cluster
The galaxy we live in is the Milky Way.
Constellation
con·stel·la·tion
- *Part of Speech:** noun
- *Own:** the grouping of various stars
- *Dictionary:** a group of stars
- *Antonym:**
- *Synonym:** gathering; company
I like trying to find constellations at night.
Astronomer
as·tron·o·mer
- *Part of Speech:** noun
- *Own:** a scientific observer of the celestial bodies; an expert in astronomy
- *Dictionary:** one who studies the stars and planets and their movement
- *Antonym:**
- *Synonym:** stargazer; uranologist
I read about the astronomer Galileo Galilei in Science today.
Elliptical
el·lip·ti·cal
- *Part of Speech:** adjective
- *Own:** shaped like an oval
- *Dictionary:** shaped like a ellipse
- *Antonym:**
- *Synonym:** egg-shaped; oblong
Since I can’t draw a perfect circle, I always make an elliptical shape.
