Vocabulary Test 15 Flashcards

1
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retaliate

A

to strike back;to get revenge

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2
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Translutent

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allowing only some light to pass through so that images can’t be seen clearly

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3
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jut

A

stick out sharpley

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4
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asset

A

something valuable or useful

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5
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temptation

A

something that tempts or attracts

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5
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immerse

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  1. To involve or occupy completely
    2.to cover completly with liquid
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6
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ravenous

A

very hungry

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7
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facilitate

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to make less difficult; to help to progress

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8
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suspicious

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having or showing a cautious distrust of someone

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9
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unfazed

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not disrupted worried, or surprised

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10
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operative

A

functioning or have effect

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11
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guffawing

A

laugh in a loud or doisterous way

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12
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heroically

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in a admirably brave or a ditermined manner

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12
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prying

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excessivly interested in a person’s private affairs.

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13
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rowdy

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noisy and disorderly

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14
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dubiously

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with hositation or doubt

15
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prestigious

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inspire respect and admiration; having high status

16
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light pollution

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any negative effects of human made light

17
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astronomers

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a scientists who study space

18
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solar flare

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a sudden eruption of brightness on the sun’s surface

18
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fusion

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process of combining atoms

19
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unclear power plant

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a thermal power station that generates electrisity from the heat produced by the controlled fission. this heat is then used to boil water, creating steam that spins a turbine connected to a generator, which droduce electricity

20
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cold war

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a state of politycal hospility between countries caracterised by threats, propaganda, and other measures short of open warfare

21
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atomic bomb

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a unclear weapon that derives its destructive power from the splitting of atomic unclei through a chain reaction called fission

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invert
switch the positions of the numerator and denominator of a fraction
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reciprocals
the fraction that the numerator and denominater changed
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ratio
a comperesion using divition
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negative number
number that are less than zero
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positive number
numbers that are greater than zero