Vocabulary Cards

CARD 1

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APALL

Definiton: To fill or overcome with horror, consternation, or fear.

Example: He was appall by the strange sounds in his home.

CARD 2

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APRON

Definiton: Something, such as a protective shield for a machine, that resembles this garment in appearance or

function.

Example: Most of all the chefs wears an apron to protect their clothes while cooking.

CARD 3

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ACUPUNTURE

Definiton: A system of complementary medicine that involves pricking the skin or tissues with needles, used to

alleviate pain and to treat various physical, mental, and emotional conditions.

Example: Use acunpunture to cure any disease is healthier than take somemedicines

CARD 4

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APPRENTICE

Definiton: One who is learning a trade or occupation, especially as a member of a labor union.

Example: By 2015 the apprentice will have learn everything about plumber proffesion.

CARD 5

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BIZZARE

Definiton: Strikingly unconventional and far-fetched in style or appearance

Example: Art created with parts of animals is consider bizzare.

CARD 6

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BULGED

Definiton: Swell or protrude to an unnatural or incongruous extent

Example: You must visit the doctor! Your head has a big bulge

CARD 7

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CRAMP

Definiton: A sudden, involuntary, spasmodic muscular contraction causing severe pain, often occurring in the leg or

shoulder as the result of strain or chill.

Example: He needn’t have touched his leg while he had a muscle cramp

CARD 8

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CIRRUS

Definiton: A high-altitude cloud composed of narrow bands or patches of thin, generally white, fleecy parts.

Example: There are cirrus in the sky, probably is going to rain

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CCRACK

Definiton: A line on the surface of something along which it has split without breaking into separate parts.

Example: Cracks on the road must be fix to avoid car accidents.

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DDOORWAY

Definiton: The entranceway to a room, building, or passage.

Example: The front doorway is bigger than the room doorway.

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DDEFER

Definiton: To put off; postpone.

Example: I have’t decide when to dye my hair so I defer my decision until nezt month.

CARD 12

DDAGGER

Definiton: A short knife with a pointed and edged blade, used as a weapon

Example: Many decades ago people used daggers to kill what they hunt.

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DDISARM

Definiton: Take a weapon or weapons away from

Example: Robbers had been disarmed and take to the jail.

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FFLUTTER

Definiton: To wave or flap rapidly in an irregular manner

Example: Birds keep fluttering their wings to fly.

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FFELLOW

Definiton: A person in the same position, involved in the same activity, or otherwise associated with another.

Example: They have been fellows since childhood.

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FFOND

Definiton: Having a strong liking, inclination, or affection

Example: Fond men likes to attent to every soccer game just to watch their favortite players playing

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FFLAP

Definiton: A projecting or hanging piece usually intended to double over and protect or cove

Example: The wing of the plane has a flap where the engines are.

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FFLEEING

Definiton: To run away, as from trouble or danger

Example: People in Chile had been fleeing from the fire of the forest.

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GGRIP

Definiton: A tight hold; a firm grasp

Example: Mary watch Titanic and she was gripped by a feeling of sadness.

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GGRAZE

Definiton: To feed on growing grasses and herbage.

Example: Cows should graze from the grass at least ten times a day to keep healthy.

CARD 21

GGEYSER

Definiton: A natural hot spring that intermittently ejects a column of water and steam into the air.

Example: Yellowstone is famous by its big geyser

CARD 22

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GEAR

Definiton: One of a set of toothed wheels that work together to alter the relation between the speed of a

driving mechanism

Example: Gears of a vehicle helps it to move fast and properly

CARD 23

GGUTTER

Definiton: A channel at the edge of a street or road for carrying off surface water.

Example: Every street must have gutter to carry the rainwater to avoid floods

CARD 24

HHICCUP

Definiton: A spasm of the diaphragm resulting in a rapid, involuntary inhalation that is stopped by the sudden

closure of the glottis and accompanied by a sharp, distinctive sound.

Example: To get rid of hiccup a good advice is to drink a glass of water while holding breath

CARD 25

HHEM

Definiton: An edge or border on a piece of cloth, especially a finished edge, as for a garment or curtain, made

by folding an edge under and stitching it down.

Example: The hem of my purse need to be iron.