russell vocab

Russelll vocab

initial effort

initial effort

First try

Trial run

A quick version of an experiment that can be used to work out the range of variables and the interval between the variables that will be used in the proper experiment.

dedication

Complete and wholehearted devotion, especially to a career, ideal, etc.

humorus

funny

accurate

correct in all details; exact.

careless

without a care; lack of thinking; not taking enough care in doing something

memorable

very good or interesting and worth remembering

serendipity

luck, finding good things without looking for them

cacophony

A harsh, discordant mixture of sounds

alcazar

any of various Spanish fortresses or palaces built by the Moors

sustanenance

Food or water

via

by way of

flatulant

bragging; pompous

absent-minded

Lacking in attention to immediate surroundings or business.

exausted

very tired

solitary

being alone; lacking the company of others

Plebes

(n.) a newly entered cadet or freshman, especially at a military academy

infraction

Minor violation of a rule or law

reprimand

(v.) to scold; find fault with; (n.) a rebuke

literate

(adj.) able to read and write; showing an excellent educational background; having knowledge or training

cynicism

an attitude or quality of belief that all people are motivated by selfishness

arrogant

overbearingly assuming; insolently proud

Phobias

irrational fears of specific objects or situations

staggering

astonishing, overwhelming

diligence

steadiness of effort; persistent hard work

apitude

a natural talent or abilty

riot

public disorder or violence

depresed

conquered

remorse

deep regret or guilt for a wrong committed

Buyer's remorse

Feeling regret or concern after making a large purchase

lien

a right to keep possession of property belonging to another person until a debt owed by that person is discharged.

serendipitous

occurring or discovered by chance in a happy or beneficial way

avalanche

great mass of falling snow and ice

alpine turing

a binding,bloot,and ski system for both climbing and descending montains

aspect

the direction of slode faces

avalanche beacon

a electronic device worn on the body tha help loccate avalenche victims.

avalenche pro

a clooapsable aumium or carbin brod used to pro throu gh avalanche debree and punpiont buried victims

avy report

short for avalanche report

blower

light,dry powder thats blows into your face while skying

bluebird

a beatiful sunny cloudles day od skying

Obliques

Side stomach Muscles

morosely

gloomily or sullenly ill-humored, as a person or mood

Feble

feeble, frail

overwhelmed

feeling like you have so much to do that you can't even get started

pain staking

very thorough; careful

adnaseum

to a sickening or nauseating extent

requisite

needed, necessary, regarded as essential or indispensable

intrusted

trusted with

accountable

expected to answer for one's actions; responsible, liable, answerable

fitfully

not regularly or continuously; intermittently.

promtly

adjective very quick and without delay

slack

(adj, v, n) loose, negligent, lazy, weak (adj); neglect to so one's duties; loosen up, relax (verb); period of little work (noun)

ass

ass

out of touch with reality

unrealistic; not aware of what's really going on

doomed

likely to have an unfortunate and inescapable outcome; ill-fated.

residency

determined as where one lives and is legally eligible to vote

change

to make or become different

pending

(adj.) waiting to be settled; (prep.) until

Acknkowledge

To admit something,own up to it.

dedication

The voluntary transfer of private property by its owner to the public for some public use, such as for streets or schools.

menagerie

collection of animals

ado

fuss; trouble; bother

unified

brought together or combined as a whole

grit

Graduated and Reciprocated Initiatives in Tension-Reduction - a strategy designed to decrease international tensions

sqaundered

wasted

What do principles do in formal analysis?

Principles integrate the elements of formal analysis.

How do principles relate to each other?

Principles build on one another.

What does each principle refer to in the photograph?

Each principle refers to the photograph of paddlers at left to illustrate key concepts.

aerials

Freestyle sky jumping involving flipping in the air.

Air to fakie

A halve pipe trick where you aproach the wall riding foward,No rotation is made in the air,And you land riding backwards.Alpine Skiing:Downhill as opposed to nordic skiing or telemark skiing.

apres-ski

Time spent in a bar after a day of skiing.

artificial snow

Man made snow wich is not as fine as real snow.

cable bar

A large aerial lift that transports Skiers and snowboarders up the slopes.

carving turns

Turns were the edge of the ski or snowboards are used.

carving skis

narrowers skis desighned for tight, clean turns.

cork

This is an of axis spin were the riders head dips below the relitive posotion of the board.

crevasse

A deep crack or fissure in the ice of a glacier.

cross-country skiing

A dicipline using narrow skis along flat trackss and gentel hills rather than ski slopes.

Fakie

Skiing or snowboarding backwards.

Jib

Ski or snowboard acrros a non snow surface like a rail or box.

Nordic Combined

Skiers compete in cross-country skiing and ski jumping with this sport.

Nordic skiing

cross-country skiing

outside ski

the ski on the outside of the turn

red run

A intermediate level slope

Uphill edges

The edge of the ski thats on the uphill side when traversing a slope.

Gate

A flag or pole in the snow that marks a racing area

Indy Grab

Grabbing the toe edge of your snowboard between the bindings with your rear hand; the most basic grab. Similarly executed on skis by grabbing a ski's outside edge.

Kicker

A small,Triangler shaped jump made of snow

heli-skiing

skiing in which the skier is taken up the mountain by helicopter

Mute Grab

While in the air,Grab the toe edge of the snowboard between the binding with your hand

nose bonk

To intentionly hit and rebound of a natrual or man made objet with the nose of the board

Unassailable

Unable to be attaked

cognizant

having knowledge or being aware of.

earnest

resulting from or showing sincere and intense conviction.

tangent

comletely diferen tline of thought or action.

plajorized

copy