Vocabulary College Prep Essentials — Set 3: Quick Drills flashcards
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Meaning to word: 33 of the Set 3 words, from a fresh one-line definition back to the word itself.
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Which word means to turn an idea or quality into something real you can point to, as a person or object can?embodyCharacter & Behavior
The old harbor pilot embodied the town's stubborn independence. -
Which word means having to do with emotions and moods, as studied in psychology?affectiveFeelings & Attitudes
Affective symptoms such as sadness and irritability can follow a concussion. -
Which word means a double nature, in which one thing holds two contrasting sides at once?dualityThinking & Knowing
Theater's paired masks of comedy and tragedy capture its duality. -
Which word means a book of research, aimed at fellow specialists, that trades breadth for depth by sticking to one narrow topic?monographSpeaking & Arguing
Professor Haddad's monograph covers only one year in the life of one village. -
Which word means to shut off a possibility ahead of time so that it cannot happen?precludeActions & Effort
Thick fog precluded any flights that morning. -
Which word means to pare a procedure down to its essentials so that it takes less time and effort?streamlineChange & Growth
The cafeteria streamlined lunch by letting students order ahead on a tablet. -
Which word means a single case or value that lands well outside the range where the rest of its group falls?outlierSize & Amount
At ninety degrees, Tuesday was an outlier in an otherwise cool week. -
Which word means to strip a document or result of its official force, or show it unsound?invalidateQuality & Judgment
Using a calculator invalidated Kai's score on the no-calculator section. -
Which word means to make someone the holder of a title, a right or some other benefit by awarding it?conferSociety & Power
In 1909 the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences conferred the Nobel physics prize on Marconi and Braun for their work on wireless telegraphy. -
Which word means describing a partnership in which organisms of different kinds share their lives closely, often to each one's benefit?symbioticNature & Time
Each lichen is a symbiotic pairing, most often of a fungus with an alga.
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