Vocabulary test 15! Flashcards
(29 cards)
Retaliate
To strike back or get revenge
Translucent
Allowing only some light to pass through so that images can’t be seen clearly
Jut
To stick out sharply
Asset
Something valuable or useful
Immerse
1 to involve or occupy completely
2 to cover completely with liquid
Temptation
Something that tempts or attracts
Ravenous
Very hungry
Facilitate
To make less difficult; to help, to progress
Unfazed
Not disturbed, worried, or surprised
Opperative
Functioning or having affect
Suspicious
A cautious distrust of someone or something
Guffawing
To laugh in a loud or boisterous way
prying
excessively interested in a person’s private affairs; too inquisitive
heroically
in a admirably brave or determined manner
rowdy
noisy and disorderly
dubiously
with hesitation, doubt, or distrust
prestigious
inspire respect and admiration; may be talking about a person or place
light pollution
it includes any negative effects of human-made lights
astronomers
scientists who study space
solar flare
a sudden eruption of brightness on the sun’s surface
fusion
the process of combining atoms
nuclear power plant
A thermal power station that generates electricity from the heat produced by the controlled fission. Miss heat is then used to boil water, creating steam that spins a turbine connected to a generator, which produces electricity
Cold war
A state of political hostility between countries characterized by threats, propaganda, and other measures short of open Warfare
Atomic bomb
A nuclear weapon that derives its destructive power from the splitting of atomic nucleus or a chain reaction called fission
