Tuesday, July 24, 2007

New Words Learned From Lesson and Dictionary.com Meaning

Vocabulary:
Dictionary.com (Meaning)

Accelerate:To cause faster or greater activity, development, progress, advancement, etc., in: to accelerate economic growth.

Apogee:The highest or most distant point; climax.

Decelerate: To decrease the velocity of: He decelerates the bobsled when he nears a curve.

Drag: To draw with force, effort, or difficulty; pull heavily or slowly along; haul; trail: They dragged the carpet out of the house.

Gravity: the force of attraction by which terrestrial bodies tend to fall toward the center of the earth.

Igniter: Electronics. the carborundum rod used to initiate the discharge in an ignitron tube.

Launch: A heavy open or half-decked boat propelled by oars or by an engine.

Propellant: Serving or tending to propel or drive forward.

Thrust: To push forcibly; shove; put or drive with force: He thrust his way through the crowd. She thrust a dagger into his back.

Velocity: Rapidity of motion or operation; swiftness; speed: a high wind velocity.

Force: Physical power or strength possessed by a living being: He used all his force in opening the window.

Mass: A body of coherent matter, usually of indefinite shape and often of considerable size: a mass of dough.

Motion: The action or process of moving or of changing place or position; movement.

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