Vocabulary Test 14

Question 1

indication

Answer 1

Something that points out or indicates ;a sign

Question 2

contribute

Answer 2

To give help or money

Question 2

taffeta

Answer 2

A thief crisp shiny fabric made of silk nylon or rayth

Question 3

humorous

Answer 3

Full of humor ;amusing

Question 4

antidote

Answer 4

Something that works against the effects of poison

Question 4

loiter

Answer 4

To stand around in a public place doing nothing in particular

Question 5

tattered

Answer 5

broken down or worn-out

Question 5

exquisite

Answer 5

of evceptional beauty; finely made

Question 5

radiated

Answer 5

to give off heat or light

Question 6

tyrannical

Answer 6

Exercising power in a cruel or arbitvavy way

Question 7

eyeballing

Question 8

freak

Answer 8

a person, animal, or plant with an unusual physical abnormality

Question 8

accommodations

Answer 8

temporary lodgings, sometimes also including board

Question 9

biome

Answer 9

A large area of the Earth characterized by the plants, animal, soil, and climate find in the area

Question 10

geothermal

Answer 10

transferring heat from within the Earth to its surface

Question 10

weather

Answer 10

daily state of the atmosphere in a specific area

Question 11

jet stream

Answer 11

an area of fast-moving winds

Question 11

microburst

Answer 11

A phenomenon that occurred when a sudden downward rush of air form a thundercloud creates powerful winds

Question 12

theater of operations

Answer 12

Military term referring to land and sea areas to be invaded or defended

Question 13

leapfrogging

Answer 13

(island hopping)a strategy the Allies used to bypass islands that were heavily defended by the enemy

Question 14

D-Day

Answer 14

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

Question 15

segregate

Answer 15

To set apart from each other ;isolate or divide

Question 16

equivalent fraction

Answer 16

Different fractions that name the same amount

Question 17

reduce

Answer 17

To rewrite a fraction in lowest terms

Question 18

greatest common factor

Answer 18

The largest whole number that is factor of two or more given number

Question 19

exponent

Answer 19

the upper number in a exponential expression; It was how many times the base is to be used as a factor

Question 20

power

Answer 20

the value of an exponential expression; and exponent

Question 20

base

Answer 20

The lowest\ bottom number in an exponential expression

Question 21

composite number

Answer 21

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.

Question 22

prime number

Answer 22

A counting number greater than one whose only two factors are the number one and itself

Question 23

equivalence

Answer 23

equality

Question 23

clarified

Answer 23

made clear