Vocab Unit 3

Front

Inventors think of various __________ for making money, but most are unsuccessful.

Back

schemes

Front

Homeowner created a temporary fix for the leaking roof.

Back

rigged

Front

After dropping the diorama, I had to use extra tape to _______________________ the toothpick tower.

Back

stabilize

Front

Reading about the inventions of Thomas Edison made me want to start experimenting.

Back

astounding

Front

The Latin prefix 'dis' means 'separate, away.' The word 'disbanded' means...

Back

stopped working together

Front

Synonym for astounding?

Back

impressive

Front

Meaning of 'rigged' in the context: 'He rigged up a wind tunnel in a 46-cm long wooden box.'

Back

Built with available materials.

Front

Antonym for stabilize?

Back

weaken

Front

Meaning of 'pressure it exerts' in Bernoulli's discovery:

Back

Amount of force used to push on something.

Front

Replace the underlined word in the sentence: After constructing a model of the plane, visitors could pay to fly inside a bi-plane just like the Wrights had built years before.

Back

replica