Vocabulary-List 17

Comp Lit 3A

TRACT: to draw or pull

1. tractor: n. powerful motor-driven vehicle for pulling machinery

2. retractable: adj. can be drawn back or in (as "retractable seatbelts")

3. detract: v. to draw away from (as "detracts from the beauty of..")

PEND: hang

4. pendulum: n. something hung as to swing freely

5. suspend: v. to hang by a support; to exclude from school

6. appendix: n. extra material added to the end of a book

7. impending: adj. hanging over one, as doom

ASTER / ASTRO: star

8. asteroid: adj. like a star; n. a small body that rotates around the sun

9. astrology: n. the study of the stars as having an influence on one’s destiny (horoscopes)

10. astronomy: n. science of heavenly bodies (stars, planets, etc.)

MIT / MISS: send

11. submit: v. to present to others for consideration

12. emit: v. to send out from a sources: radiate

13. remit: v. to make payment

14. remiss: adj. careless; negligent

POP: people

15. over populated: adj. having too many people

16. depopulate: v. to cut down the size of the population

17. populace: n. the people of a city, country, etc.

AMBI: both

18. ambivalent: adj. having conflicting feelings

19. ambidextrous: adj. able to use both hands with skill

20. ambiguous: adj. having a double meaning

Practice

1.__________ is interesting; to think that the stars control our fates!

2.Not even the giant purple boil perched atop her nose could __________ from her natural beauty and elegance.

3.Father, I __________ to you my report card. Please remember I am your child and you love me.

4.The entire __________ of Costa Mesa is clowns! Of course, it kind of makes birthday parties a bit awkward.

5.The ____________ vocabulary test hung over me like death's fiery fiery piñata!

6.That __________ comment you made caused me to sit and think about all of the possible meanings. You made me think, jerk!

7.You may __________ payments for your grades after the second semester has ended. Please, no personal checks.

Astrology

populace

detract

submit

impending

ambiguous

remit