Chapter 6 Flashcards
(15 cards)
Break the habit
Part of speech: Verb.
Definition: to stop doing something that is a habit, especially something bad or harmful.
Example:
Synonym: Stop.
Chew
Part of speech: Verb.
Definition: to use your teeth to cut food into small pieces before you swallow it.
Example:
Synonym: Chomp.
Plain
Part of speech: Adjective.
Definition: not having any added or extra things.
Example:
Synonym: Clear.
Treatment
Part of speech: Noun.
Definition: something that is done to cure someone who is injured or ill.
Example:
Synonym: Cure.
Exist
Part of speech: Verb.
Definition: to have actual being : to be real.
Example:
Synonym: be real.
Operation
Part of speech: Noun.
Definition: a process in which a doctor cuts into someone’s body in order to repair or remove a damaged or diseased part.
Example:
Synonym: Surgery.
Fake
Part of speech: Adjective.
Definition: not true or real.
Example:
Synonym: Bogus.
Percentage
Part of speech: Noun.
Definition: a number or rate that is expressed as a certain number of parts of something divided into 100 parts.
Example:
Synonym: Rate.
Situation
Part of speech: Noun.
Definition: : all of the facts, conditions, and events that affect someone or something at a particular time and in a particular place.
Example:
Synonym: Position.
Recent
Part of speech: Adjective.
Definition: having happened or started only a short time ago.
Example:
Synonym: latest.
Block
Part of speech: Verb.
Definition: to stop (someone or something) from moving through or going by.
Example:
Synonym: Stop.
Have something to do with
Part of speech: Verb.
Definition: to be related to something or a cause of something but not in a way that you know about or understand exactly.
Example:
Synonym:
Further
Part of speech: Adjective.
Definition: additional to what already exists or has taken place, been done.
Example:
Synonym: additional.
So far
Part of speech: Other.
Definition: to a certain point, degree, or distance.
Example:
Synonym: until now.
Prove
Part of speech: Verb.
Definition: to show that something is true by providing facts, information etc.
Example:
Synonym: convince.