Sunday, March 15, 2015

Vocab #11

Vocabulary #11 -----

1.
   Foray:A sudden attack or raid

Sentence: The foray surprised the Vietnamese soldiers.

2.
    Regime: A system or rule of government

Sentence: The people of Russia are protesting their Government’s regime.

3.
    Nape: Back of the neck

Sentence: The spider was crawling down the nape of his neck.

4.
    Rejuvenated: Made to feel refreshed ; or life like

Sentence: I feel rejuvenated after seven hours of sleep.

5.
    Stanched: Stopped or slowed down

Sentence The truck stanched due to the heavy traffic on the freeway.

6.
    Avenger: Someone who gets even for a wrong or injury

Sentence: Stephanie decided she would be the avenger after being bullied by Terry.

Bonus:

1.
    Conspiring: Planning in secret to do something bad
2.
    Quavering: Shaking ; trembling

 

Vocab #10

Vocab. List #10- Math 


      1.The Number System: Expression, convert, value, truncate, rational numbers, approximation,                                         number line, decimal, irrational numbers, expansion

2.
   Expressions & Equations: Radian, expression, midpoint formula, rational function, exponent, ratio, frequency, synthetic division, step function, logarithm, range, interquartile range, union, hyperbola, domain, parabola, exponential, null, disjunction, variation, Pythagorean theorem, run, leg, finite, hypotenuse, absolute value, infinite, slope intercept form, rise, asymptote
3.
    Statistics & Probability: Probability, matrix, standard deviation, survey, mean, mode, median, certainty, statistical, random
4. Functions: Linear function, graph, qualitative, function, quantitative, equation, ordered pairs, output, input, rule
5.
   Lines:Corresponding, postulate, circumscribed, concurrent lines, axiom, circumcenter, chord, apothem, arc, ray
6.
    Angles: Pyramid, isosceles, exterior angles, degrees, angle of elevation, equiangular, scalene, protractor, cosine, tangent, sine, central angle, adjacent, supplementary angles, complementary angles, vertical angles, acute, obtuse, right angle, radian

 

Bonus:

 

Transformation: Rotation, translation, trigonometric, transversal, functions, tangent, reflection, tessellation, translation, symmetry

Additive inverse: The additive inverse of any number x is the number that gives zero when added to x. The additive inverse of 5 is -5