Vocab Midterm
Terms
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- memento
- an object that reminds one of a special time or place
- subheading
- the title or heading for one section of an outline or paper
- verdict
- the words of decision from a jury
- autograph
- to sign one's name
- contradict
- to speak against
- subdue
- to bring under control or to quite down
- versus
- against / in contrast to
- geography
- the study of the features and places on earth
- auditorium
- a large room where people gather to hear speakers or view performances
- decrease
- to make less, to become smaller
- postscript
- a note added at the ending of a letter
- visable
- able to be seen
- mission
- a job one is sent to do
- subsistence
- the minimum amount to sustain life
- script
- the text of a play, movie, or broadcast
- reverse
- causing backward movement
- submerge
- to move or be pushed under water
- stereophonic
- an electronic system that blends sounds
- phonics
- the study of the sounds of the letters of the alphabet
- autobiography
- a life story written by the person who lived it
- missile
- a projectile, an object that can be launch or sent to hit something
- paragraph
- a section of a piece of writing dealing with one topic
- audience
- the people who hear a speech or performance
- antisocial
- unfriendly
- divert
- to turn aside / to entertain or amuse
- omit
- to exclude
- visor
- A shield for the eyes
- deportation
- an official order telling someone to leave the country
- emit
- to send forth or give off energy
- denominator
- the numeral below the line, or to the right of the line in a fraction
- dictator
- a person who rules with total authority
- symphony
- a long piece of music played by an orchestra
- association
- a club, society, or organization of people with similar interests
- vocal
- connected with speaking or with the voice
- society
- people living and working as a group or community
- spectator
- Onlooker, one who watches an event without taking part
- audition
- a try out for a role
- subside
- to go down or sink to a lower level
- vertebrate
- a creature with a spine or a backbone
- sociologist
- a scientist who works in sociology which examines relationships, values, institutions of communities of people
- submit
- to be controlled by
- contrary
- opposite, inclined to be stubborn
- addictive
- habit forming hard to break away from
- avocation
- a pastime or hobby practiced for enjoyment
- portafolio
- a container holding papers, drawings, or records
- remembrance
- an object that keeps a memory of something alive
- version
- a point of view, a way of presenting
- memorandum
- a written or typed note to help someone remember something
- memorial
- a monument or statue built in memory of a person or event
- audible
- able to be heard
- versatile
- talented, able to switch from one thing to another
- rapport
- a relationship based on feelings of trust
- prescription
- an order for medicine written by a doctor
- admit
- to allow to enter
- saxophone
- a curved wind instrument made of brass
- spectacular
- Impressive to look at, remarkable
- biography
- an account of someone's life written by another person
- predict
- to say what wil happen in the future
- vocation
- a job, a calling toward a type of work
- descend
- to come down, to go from a higher place to a lower place
- dictation
- the act of saying words for someone else to write down
- demote
- to lower in rank or position
- dejected
- downhearted, in low spirits, unhappy
- respect
- Admiration, high regard
- prospect
- To look for, something that is looked forward to
- dissociate
- to break the ties or stop associating with
- vocalist
- a singer
- megaphone
- a cone-shaped horn used to direct a voice
- inaudible
- not able to be heard
- commemorate
- to honor the memory of
- supervise
- To direct or oversee, to look after and take care of
- controversial
- debatable
- contrast
- to set apart one as unlike another / difference
- contradictory
- inclined to say the opposite or deny, inconsistent
- scribe
- a person who wrote by hand
- spectacle
- A strikingly grand or unusual sight
- portable
- able to be carry or moved about
- envision
- To imagine
- subscription
- an order for regular copies of a publication, plays, concerts, and so on
- revise
- To look back and change, to correct and improve