easy level vocab for GED students

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  1. interpret
    make sense of; assign a meaning to
  2. graphic
    written or drawn or engraved
  3. facility
    a building or place that provides a particular service
  4. court
    an area wholly or partly surrounded by walls or buildings
  5. aquarium
    a tank or pool filled with water for keeping live fish
  6. exhibit
    make visible or apparent
  7. context
    the set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation
  8. promotion
    the act of raising in rank or position
  9. inspect
    look over carefully
  10. swamp
    a situation fraught with difficulties and imponderables
  11. vow
    a solemn pledge to do something
  12. extraordinary
    highly unusual or exceptional or remarkable
  13. improve
    to make better
  14. creep
    move slowly
    past tense: crept
  15. enjoy
    derive or receive pleasure from
  16. clever
    mentally quick and resourceful
  17. protest
    a formal and solemn declaration of objection
  18. racism
    the prejudice that one people are superior to another
  19. refuse
    show unwillingness towards
  20. illegal
    prohibited by law or by official or accepted rules
  21. suspect
    someone who is believed to be guilty of a crime
  22. risk
    a source of danger
  23. revise
    make changes to
  24. tragedy
    an event resulting in great loss and misfortune
  25. event
    something that happens at a given place and time
  26. criminal
    someone who has committed a punishable act
  27. stare
    look at with fixed eyes
  28. financial
    involving fiscal matters
  29. advise
    give advice to
  30. relative
    a person connected by blood or marriage
  31. explore
    travel to or penetrate into
  32. certainly
    definitely or positively
  33. convince
    make realize the truth or validity of something
  34. valuable
    having worth or merit
  35. edge
    the boundary of a surface
  36. accident
    an unfortunate mishap
  37. confusion
    a mistake that results from taking one thing to be another
  38. voyage
    a journey to some distant place
  39. confident
    having or marked by assurance
  40. athletic
    relating to sports
  41. religious
    having or showing belief in and reverence for a deity
  42. creative
    having the ability or power to invent or make something
  43. nervous
    easily agitated
  44. agitate
    cause to be excited or roused
  45. scientific
    consistent with systematic study of the physical world
  46. interested
    showing curiosity or fascination or concern
  47. prepare
    make ready or suitable or equip in advance
  48. factual
    existing in fact
  49. persuade
    cause somebody to adopt a certain position or belief
  50. opinion
    a personal belief or judgment
  51. strand
    leave isolated with little hope of rescue
  52. tentacle
    a flexible appendage adapted for grasping or feeling
  53. capture
    seize as if by hunting, snaring, or trapping
  54. species
    taxonomic group whose members can interbreed
  55. preserve
    keep in safety and protect from harm, loss, or destruction
  56. donate
    give to a charity or good cause
  57. gauge
    an instrument for measuring and indicating a quantity
  58. illustrate
    depict with a visual representation
  59. favorite
    preferred above all others and treated with partiality
  60. label
    a brief description given for purposes of identification
  61. stalk
    a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant
  62. material
    things needed for doing or making something
  63. estimate
    an approximate calculation of quantity or degree or worth
  64. trace
    copy by following the lines of the original drawing
  65. spatial
    pertaining to the expanse in which things are located
  66. shape
    the visual appearance of something or someone
  67. rectangle
    a parallelogram with four right angles
  68. repeat
    say or state again
  69. pattern
    something intended as a guide for making something else
  70. data
    a collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn
  71. analysis
    a detailed investigation or examination of something
  72. compare
    examine and note the similarities or differences of
  73. average
    around the middle of a scale of evaluation
  74. allow
    let have
  75. probability
    a measure of how likely it is that some event will occur
  76. certainly
    definitely or positively
  77. select
    pick out or choose from a number of alternatives
  78. equal
    having the same quantity, value, or measure as another
  79. separate
    standing apart; not attached to or supported by anything
  80. range
    the limit of capability
  81. mode
    the most frequent value of a random variable
  82. lap
    movement once around a course
  83. sequence
    a following of one thing after another in time
  84. complete
    come or bring to a finish or an end
  85. column
    a vertical array of numbers or other information
  86. difference
    the number that remains after subtraction
  87. combine
    put or add together
  88. split
    separate into parts or portions
  89. extend
    continue
  90. counter
    a table over which business is transacted
  91. quantity
    how much there is or how many there are of something
  92. afford
    have the financial means to do something or buy something
  93. admission
    the act of letting someone enter
  94. mortgage
    a conveyance of property as security for repaying a loan
  95. species
    a specific kind of something
  96. prepare
    make ready or suitable or equip in advance
  97. recovery
    gradual healing through rest after sickness or injury
  98. fabulous
    extremely pleasing
  99. starve
    die of food deprivation
  100. investigate
    conduct an inquiry of
  101. relief
    the feeling that comes when something unpleasant is removed
  102. confidence
    belief in yourself and your abilities
  103. handle
    the appendage to an object designed to be held
  104. appendage
    a part that is joined to something larger
  105. audience
    a gathering of spectators or listeners at a performance
  106. memory
    the cognitive process whereby past experience is remembered
  107. grace
    elegance and beauty of movement or expression
  108. decision
    a position or opinion reached after consideration
  109. imagination
    forming a mental picture of things not present to the senses
  110. gullible
    naive and easily deceived or tricked
  111. assistant
    a person who contributes to the furtherance of an effort
  112. astronaut
    a person trained to travel in a spacecraft
  113. weigh
    have a certain heft
  114. neighbor
    a person who lives near another
  115. interrupt
    interfere in someone else's activity
  116. glare
    a light that is brighter than what the eyes are adapted to
  117. discount
    an amount or percentage deducted
  118. parcel
    a wrapped package
Created on Thu May 10 19:32:17 EDT 2012 (updated Fri May 11 08:22:01 EDT 2012)

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