Vocabulary Test 14 Flashcards
indication
Something that points out or indicates ;a sign
contribute
To give help or money
taffeta
A thief crisp shiny fabric made of silk nylon or rayth
humorous
Full of humor ;amusing
antidote
Something that works against the effects of poison
loiter
To stand around in a public place doing nothing in particular
tattered
broken down or worn-out
exquisite
of evceptional beauty; finely made
radiated
to give off heat or light
tyrannical
Exercising power in a cruel or arbitvavy way
eyeballing
freak
a person, animal, or plant with an unusual physical abnormality
accommodations
temporary lodgings, sometimes also including board
biome
A large area of the Earth characterized by the plants, animal, soil, and climate find in the area
geothermal
transferring heat from within the Earth to its surface
weather
daily state of the atmosphere in a specific area
jet stream
an area of fast-moving winds
microburst
A phenomenon that occurred when a sudden downward rush of air form a thundercloud creates powerful winds
theater of operations
Military term referring to land and sea areas to be invaded or defended
leapfrogging
(island hopping)a strategy the Allies used to bypass islands that were heavily defended by the enemy
D-Day
The first day of a military operation June 6th 1944 was the D-Day for operation Overlord on the beaches of Normandy in Northern France
segregate
To set apart from each other ;isolate or divide
equivalent fraction
Different fractions that name the same amount
reduce
To rewrite a fraction in lowest terms
greatest common factor
The largest whole number that is factor of two or more given number
exponent
the upper number in a exponential expression; It was how many times the base is to be used as a factor
power
the value of an exponential expression; and exponent
base
The lowest\ bottom number in an exponential expression
composite number
A counting number greater than 1 that is divisible by a number other than itself and 1./ Every composite number has three or more factors. Every composite number could be expressed as a product of two or more prime numbers.
prime number
A counting number greater than one whose only two factors are the number one and itself
equivalence
equality
clarified
made clear
