mendoza set 4-12
Terms
undefined, object
copy deck
- stern
- strict; allowing no funny-business
- striped
- marked or decorated with stripes
- speech
- the act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience
- South Carolina
- a state in the Deep South
- solar
- relating to or derived from the sun or utilizing the energies of the sun
- site
- (n)a location, scene, or place where something was, is or will be
- surprise
- come upon or take unawares
- something
- a thing of some kind
- strong
- having strength or power greater than average or expected
- spiritual
- concerned with or affecting the spirit or soul
- strategy
- a set of plans used to accomplish something
- slippery
- difficult to hold firmly or stand on because it is smooth, wet, or slimy
- spaghetti
- pasta in the form of long strings
- speedometer
- instrument used to measure speed/velocity, a meter fixed to a vehicle that measures and displays its speed
- style
- distinctive and stylish elegance
- supposed
- based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence
- spoil
- treat with excessive indulgence
- snowball
- snow pressed into a ball for throwing (playfully)
- spoke
- one of the crosspieces that form the steps of a ladder
- spectator
- a person who watches something without taking part; onlooker.
- strengthen
- gain strength
- sponges
- phylum Porifera. sessile animals that appear so sedate than were mistaken for plants. range in height 1 cm-2m. have no nerves or muscles, but individual cells react to changes in the environment. only about 100 live in fresh water, the rest are marine.
- skull
- The group of bones that cover and protect the brain
- solve
- find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of
- stairway
- a way of access consisting of a set of steps
- subscribe
- to agree or approve, to pay in advance
- soothe
- to make calm and relaxed; to relieve soreness; to make less painful
- size
- how big or how little something is
- spinach
- southwestern Asian plant widely cultivated for its succulent edible dark green leaves
- stretch
- pull in opposite directions
- speck
- small piece or mark; Ex. speck of dust in the eye
- solar energy
- energy from the sun that is converted into thermal or electrical energy
- skateboard
- a board with wheels that is ridden in a standing or crouching position
- squirrel
- a kind of arboreal rodent having a long bushy tail
- summary
- a brief review of the plot of the story
- sunset
- atmospheric phenomena accompanying the daily disappearance of the sun
- sudden
- quick and swift. Very quickly and unexpectedly; suddenly.To happen without warning.
- sleigh
- a light vehicle on low runners for use on snow or ice
- suit
- be agreeable or acceptable to
- student
- a person studying at a school or in college
- speed
- Relative rapidity in moving, going etc.; Rate of motion or progress
- stroke
- a light touch with the hands
- sturdy
- (adj.) firmly or solidly built; determined
- snarl
- to growl threateningly or viciously, esp. with a raised upper lip to bare the teeth, as a dog.
- spotless
- completely neat and clean
- spine
- a sharp-pointed tip on a stem or leaf
- statue
- a sculpture representing a human or animal
- smear
- to spread or wipe on something
- spinning
- rotating rapidly about an axis
- squawk
- utter a harsh abrupt scream
- survey
- a set of questions that is used to gather information about a group or to find the preference of a group
- slender
- thin or slight; light and graceful
- somebody
- some person
- skunk
- a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible
- skimming
- gliding; moving swiftly and lightly over an surface
- slavery
- a social-economic system under which certain persons — known as slaves — are deprived of personal freedom and compelled to perform labour or services
- stunned
- confused; shocked
- surround
- to enclose on all sides
- sugar
- Occurs naturally in fruit, sugar cane, and sugar beets. Americans consume 100 pounds of it refined per year. Makes up about one-sixth of the average diet, but contains no vitamins, minerals, or protein. Tastes good and supplies energy, but most people eat too much of it.
- subtraction
- the act of subtracting (removing a part from the whole)
- slammed
- threw or hit something with great force
- slogan
- (n.) a brief attention-getting phrase used in advertising or promotion.
- slowly
- without speed ('slow' is sometimes used informally for 'slowly')
- sizable
- large in amount or extent or degree
- skeleton
- the complete set of bones of the body of a human or animal; the inner structure of framework
- students
- persons studying at a school or in college
- sparse
- (adj) thin; not dense; arranged at widely spaced intervals
- suburban
- characteristic of the suburbs, the mainly residential areas surrounding large cities
- solid waste
- Trash
- stroll
- to walk in a leisurely or idle manner
- slaughter
- the killing of animals (as for food)
- substance
- the stuff of which an object consists
- skill
- a learned power or ability
- spirituality
- concern with things of the spirit
- surrender
- relinquish to the power of another
- smoke detector
- Device that alerts people when there is smoke in the air
- south
- the cardinal compass point that is at 180 degrees
- succeed
- v. To accomplish what is attempted or intended.
- speaking
- the utterance of intelligible speech
- surface
- The outer or the topmost boundary of an object
- spare
- save or relieve from an experience or action
- stranger
- someone you don't know
- spear
- weapon with a metal point on a long shaft
- spectacular
- something that is very impressive and draws a lot of attention
- skimmed
- used of milk and milk products from which the cream has been removed
- stopped
- (of a nose) blocked
- souvenir
- something kept as a reminder of a special place or event
- stadium
- structure containing benches or seats where people sit to watch sporting events
- slope
- A hillside. A gradient, inclined surface
- squander
- to spend or use (money, time, etc.) extravagantly or wastefully
- soybean
- most highly proteinaceous vegetable crop known
- sprawl
- sit or lie with one's limbs spread out
- supported
- held up or having the weight borne especially from below
- stare
- look at with fixed eyes
- statement
- a message that is stated or declared
- straight
- without curves
- squeaking
- having or making a high-pitched sound such as that made by a mouse or a rusty hinge
- stumble
- miss a step and fall or nearly fall
- sleeveless
- having no sleeves
- starve
- to suffer or die from not having enough food; hungry
- sometimes
- on certain occasions or in certain cases but not always
- subject
- the subject matter of a conversation or discussion
- survive
- To stay alive where there is a chance of dying or being killed. To continue living or existing through a threatening situatuion.
- stalk
- the act of following prey stealthily
- sliver
- 1. an untwisted strand of textile fiber as it comes from a carding or combing machine 2. a small slender piece or portion 3. splinter
- sneer
- to show scorn by curling the upper lip slightly
- skinny
- having unattractive thinness
- slay
- kill intentionally and with premeditation
- skillful
- having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude
- strait
- a narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water
- spiral
- ornament consisting of a curve on a plane that winds around a center with an increasing distance from the center
- suggest
- make a proposal, declare a plan for something
- Supreme Court
- the highest federal court in the United States
- someone
- some person; somebody
- stripped
- having extraneous everything removed including contents
- spider
- predatory arachnid that usually has silk-spinning organs at the back end of the body
- stimulate
- To rouse to activity or to quickened action.
- strike
- deliver a sharp blow, as with the hand, fist, or weapon
- sting
- a kind of pain
- slide
- the act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it
- southern
- from the south
- smoke
- a hot vapor containing fine particles of carbon being produced by combustion
- species
- a specific kind of something
- suddenly
- happening without warning or notice