Word Attack! Unit 2 Level C Vocabulary Flashcards

A complete set of vocabulary flashcards based on Word Attack! Unit 2 Level C, including terms, meanings, and multiple definitions where applicable.

abase

To reduce or lower in terms or rank or reputation; to put down or humiliate.

abet

To help, encourage, and support, especially in doing something wrong.

adjacent

1. Near, or close by; 2. next to; bordering.

conceive

1. To form an idea, opinion, or plan; 2. to believe or understand.

concurrent

1. Happening or existing at the same time; 2. acting or working together in agreement; 3. meeting at the same point.

duration

Period of time something continues or exists.

inclination

1. A state of mind related to someone's liking, or preference of, one thing over another; 2. a tendency to move or act in a certain way; 3. the act or state of being at an angle, slant, or bent position; 4. a surface which is slanting, leaning, or at an angle; 5. a difference, or the amount of difference, from a horizontal or vertical position.

inherent

Existing in someone or something as a natural and permanent part or characteristic, though not always obvious.

integrity

1. The firm and unchanging demonstration of high standards of moral and ethical behavior; honesty; 2. the quality or condition of being complete, unimpaired, or perfect.

maroon

To leave or abandon without help, resources, or hope of rescue; (n) 1. a person who has been abandoned or stranded; 2. a dark brownish or purplish red (also used as an adjective).

mastery

1. Great skill, knowledge, understanding, or control of something; 2. the act or state of controlling or ruling over.

ominous

1. Serving as a warning or suggestion that something bad is going to happen; threatening; 2. of or serving as an evil omen.

onus

1. A difficult or unpleasant responsibility or task; burden; 2. the responsibility to prove something; burden of proof.

passive

1. Without response to something which would normally cause a reaction; 2. accepting without resistance; 3. not actively participating; 4. the voice of a verb whose subject receives, rather than causes, the action of the verb.

perseverance

The act of persisting, or staying with, a course of action, purpose, or belief, especially in spite of difficulty.

pervasive

Spreading or tending to spread throughout.

protocol

1. An original copy of a document; 2. a code of correct conduct; 3. appropriate forms of ceremony and rules of behavior observed by diplomats and heads of state; 4. the plan for carrying out medical treatment or a scientific experiment; (v) to write or issue a protocol.

quantitative

1. Capable of being expressed as a quantity or amount; 2. related to measurement, number, or quantity.

subordinate

1. Lower in rank, class, or importance; secondary; 2. under the authority or control of another; (n) someone or something lower in rank, class, or importance; (v) to place in a lower position of importance.

supplementary

Added to complete, support, or make up for a lack in something; additional; (n) a person or thing which has been added to something else.