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McCoy Lesson 8
Review of Lessons 5-7
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| postscript | A note added after ending a letter (often abbreviated PS) |
| prescription | An order for medicine or other treatment written by a doctor |
| scribe | Before the invention of printing, a person who writes books by hand; a writer |
| script | 1:The text of a play, movie, or broadcast. 2: handwriting |
| subscription | An order for, or pledge to pay for, regular copies of a publication, a group of plays or concerts, and so on. |
| autobiography | A life story written by the person who lived it. |
| autograph | to sign one's name; a signature |
| biography | An account of someone’s life, written by another person. |
| geography | The study of the features of different places on Earth. |
| paragraph | A section of a piece of writing, dealing with one topic. |
| antisocial | 1: Unfriendly; not enjoying the company of others. 2: Harmful or hostile to the society of other people. |
| association | 1: A club, society, or organization of people with similar interests; 2: Connection, friendship |
| dissociate | To break the ties between, separate from, stop associating with. |
| society | 1: People, human beings living and working as a group or a community; 2: A club, association, or organization of people with similar interests. |
| sociologist | A scientist who works in the area of sociology, which examines the relationships, values, and institutions of communities of people. |
| commemorate | To honor the memory of. |
| memento | An object that reminds one of a special time or place. |
| memorandum | A written or typed note to help one remember something. Often shortened to memo. |
| memorial | A monument or statue built in memory of a person or an event. |
| remembrance | An object that keeps a memory of something alive. |
| decrease | 1: to make less; to become smaller; 2: the process of getting smaller |
| dejected | downhearted, in low spirits, unhappy |
| demote | to lower in rank or position, to move down or back |
| denominator | the numeral below the line or to the right of the line, in fractions. |
| descend | to come down, to go from a higher to a lower place |
| subdue | to bring under control, to quiet down, to conquer |
| subheading | the title or heading for one section of an outline or paper |
| submerge | to move, or be pushed, under water. |
| subside | to go down, recede, settle, sink to a lower level. |
| subsistence | the minimum amount to sustain life |
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