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Leading Figures
Chapter 30
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Chapel | a room, sometimes inside a larger church,set aside for prayer or worship. |
| proportion | the relative size of things, such as the length of an arm compared to the whole body. |
| engraving | a print of an image that has been engraved, or etched, in a hard surface, such as metal. |
| woodcut | a print of an image that has been carved in wood. |
| axis | an imaginary line drawn through a sphere, or ball, such as Earth |
| dissect | to cut/separate the parts of a living thing for scientific study |
| New World | the name given by Europeans to the Americas |
| subject | a person under the rule of a monarch |
| playwright | an author of plays |
| armada | a large fleet of ships |
| comedy | an amusing play with a happy ending |
| tragedy | a serious play with a sad ending |
| satire | a work that uses sharp humor to attack people or society |