6.6 Wordly Wise Flash Cards

motion

• n. 1. movement

• n. 2. a suggestion on which members at a meeting must vote

• v. to signal

• n. 3. a type of energy

shed

• v. 1. to lose; to give up

• v. 2. to cause to flow

• v. 3. to throw off water without letting it soak through

• v. 4. to send out or give off

hatch

• v. 1. to come or to bring forth from an egg

• n. a type of bird

• v. 2. to think up

• n. a large opening in the ground

minute

• adj. very small; tiny

• adj. extremely large; huge

• adj. moderately sized; average

• adj. slightly above average; considerable

function

• v. to serve a purpose

• n. a type of software application

• n. a mathematical equation

• n. a physical object

dissolve

• v. 1. to make or becomes liquid

• v. 2. to bring or to come to an end

• v. 3. to solidify or freeze

• v. 4. to separate into parts

transfer

• v. to move, carry, send, or change from one person or place to another

• n. a type of transportation service

• v. to lose something important

• n. a method of communication

emerge

• v. 1. to disappear from view; to vanish

• v. 1. to come into view; to appear

• v. 2. to remain hidden

• v. 2. to become irrelevant

domesticate

• v. to tame; to bring plants or animals under human control

• n. a wild animal that has not been tamed

• adj. a type of plant that grows in the wild

• v. to destroy or eliminate a species

appreciate

• v. 1. to see the worth of quality of

• v. 2. to decrease in value

• v. 3. to ignore the worth of quality

• v. 4. to evaluate without regard to quality