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Sci-Fi Vocab #1
Vocab for ¨The naming of names¨ and ¨The monsters are due on Maple Street¨
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Submerged (v.) | Sunk; Covered with Liquid |
| Amiss (adj.) | Wrong or Improper |
| Convivial (adj.) | Sociable or Friendly |
| Cease (v.) | To Stop |
| Anachronism (n.) | Something out of it´s proper time in history, like a television in the middle ages or penicillin in ancient rome |
| Forlorn (adj.) | Hopeless, Deserted, Abandoned |
| Receded (v.) | Withdrew; Became more distant |
| Dwindle (v.) | Shrink; To lessen in Quantity |
| Flimsy (adj) | Poorly made; easily broken or Damaged |
| Climes (n.) | Regions |
| Transfixed (v.) | To shock or terrify somebody so much, as to induce a momentary inability to move. |
| Intelligible (adj) | Capable of being understood, understandable |
| Assent (v.) | To agree to something |
| Intimidate (v.) | To frighten somebody into doing or not doing something. |
| Defiant (adj) | Openly disobedient, tending to confront and challenge. |
| Idiosyncrasy (n.) | Quirk, a way of behaving that is peculiar to an individual or a group possible source of danger. |
| Converging (v.) | To meet, to reach the same point coming from two different directions |
| Explicit (adj) | Clear and obvious |
| Variations (n.) | The degree to which something differs |
| Superstition (n.) | Irrational belief in the magical effects of a specific action or ritual, especially in the likelihood that good or bad luck will result from performing it |
| Scapegoat (n.) | Somebody who is made to take the blame for others |
| Metamorphosis (v.) | A change in physical form |
| Revelation (n.) | Information revealed |
| Fluster (v.) | To make or become nervous |
| Insomnia (n.) | Difficulty sleeping |
| Submerged (sent.) | The man jumped in the water and was ------- |
| Amiss (sent.) | The clues didn't add up, something was ---- |
| Convivial (sent.) | She was the most --- person at the party |
| Cease (sent.) | He needed to --- and decist his actions |
| Anachronism (sent.) | As he saw the people taking selfies in the ancient ruins, it felt like they were and anacronism |
| Forlorn (sent.) | He was ------- when he went to his study to work |
| Receded (sent.) | His hairline had ---------- |
| Dwindle (sent.) | The food began to --- in our kitchen |
| Flimsy (sent.) | The ------ plane broke after it flew once |
| Climes (sent.) | The ------of the land offered a great set of resources to be grown |
| Transfixed (sent.) | He became -------- at the site of the Chimera |
| Intelligible (sent.) | She found French a more ----- language than English |
| Assent (sent.) | They came to an ------ that they would work together to build the rocket. |
| Intimidate (sent.) | They need to ----------- the suspect to get them to talk |
| Defiant (sent.) | She was ------- when her parent told her to eat broccoli |
| Idiosyncrasy (sent.) | Her ------------ was that she always found the good in things |
| Converging (sent.) | The roads were ------ and the diverged |
| Explicit (sent.) | The content was ------ |
| Variations (sent.) | There are many ------- of the Doctor |
| Superstition (sent.) | Her -------- was that she always had to put her shoes on the right side of the bed |
| Scapegoat (sent.) | Chet Wallaby is little Ceasers corporate --------- |
| Metamorphosis (sent.) | The butterfly entered a state of ----------- |
| Revelation (sent.) | The scientist had a shocking -------- after years of research |
| Fluster (sent.) | She began to f---------- and get angry when the child started to whine |
| Insomnia (sent.) | He suffered with -------- on nights before meetings |
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