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Stems List #4
Term | Definition |
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Astronomical | Enormously large or great |
Astronaut | A person who travels outside the Earth’s atmosphere |
Astrology | A pseudo-science claiming to foretell the future by the influence of the stars and planets |
Chronological | Arrangement of events in the order of occurrence |
Chronic | Lasting a long time; recurring |
Anachronism | Anything out of its proper historical time; being in the wrong place according to time of occurrence |
Heliograph | A device for transmitting messages by reflecting sunlight using a mirror |
Heliolatry | The worship of the sun |
Heliocentric | Regarding the sun as the center |
Vertebrate | Having a back bone or spinal column |
Advertence | The act of being attentive; heedfulness (attentiveness) |
convert | To change or alter; to change one’s views, religion or beliefs to another |
temporary | Lasting for a limited time |
temporal | Of or relating to this world, secular; temporary, as opposed to eternity |
Extemporaneous | Done or spoken with little preparation; spur of the moment |
Astro | star |
Chron | time |
Helio | sun |
Vert | turn |
Temp/Tempo | time |