7-9 Vocab Flashcards
(30 cards)
A period of time marked by certain or special events, ideas, or persons
Era
Imaginary line that goes east to west and splits northern and Southern Hemisphere
Equator
To give up or reject seriously
Forswear
To filter into or through
Infiltrate
Incapable of being changed
Irreversible
Science that deals with the study of the atmosphere, weather, and climate
Meteorological
To pass into or through, especially by force
Penetrate
Exact in measurement or amount
Precise
Not natural; artificial
Synthetic
To melt
Thaw
Like or resembling an animal or beast, stupid, savage, or cruel
Brutish
To bother, annoy or torment repeatedly
Harass
To rip or tear roughly; especially in an injury
Lacerated
To scold harshly
Lambaste
To injure or disable severely; cripple
Maimed
To injure or disable severely, as by cutting of a limb
Mutilate
To annoy, irritate, or to anger
Rile
A brief or minor battle between a small body of troops
Skirmish
A sudden outburst of bad temper, anger, or rage
Tantrum
To sarcastically mock, or criticize with insults
Taunt
A period of 100 years; centennial
Centenary
A contest in which athletes compete in ten different track and field events
Decathlon
A 2-D geometric figure formed of 6 sides
Hexagon
Political system in which a state is ruled by a single ruler called a monarch
Monarchy