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The Naming of Names
Vocab: The Naming of Names
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Submerged | (verb) sunk; covered with liquid |
| Amiss | (adj) wrong or improper |
| Convivial | (adj) sociable or friendly |
| Cease | (verb) to stop |
| Anachronism | (noun) something out of its proper time in history, like a television in the middle ages or penicillin in ancient Rome. |
| Forlorn | (adj) hopeless, deserted, abandoned |
| Receded | (verb) withdrew; became more distant |
| Dwindle | (verb) shrink, as in to lessen in quantity |
| Flimsy | (adj) poorly made; easily broken or damaged |
| Climes | ( noun) regions |
| Interior | (noun) inside of something ( usually a structure) |
| Mosaic | (noun) made of small pieces or colored stone, glass, etc |
| Pendulums | (noun) hanging weights that swing back and forth; used to regulate the movement of old-fashioned clocks |
| Vacuum | (noun) closed space with the air sucked out |
| Plague | (noun) deadly disease that spreads quickly |