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VOCAB words for The Naming of Names
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Submerged (Verb) | Sunk, covered with liquid |
| Amiss (adj) | wrong or improper |
| convivial (adj) | sociable or friendly |
| anachronism (noun) | something out of its proper time in history, like a television in the middle ages or penicillin in ancient Rome |
| forlorn (adj) | homeless, deserted, abandoned |
| receded (verb) | withdrew, became more distant |
| dwindle (verb) | shrink, as to lessen in quality |
| 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 of colored stone, glass, etc. |
| pendulums (noun) | hanging weights that swing back and forth to regulate the movement of old-fashioned clocks |
| vacuum (noun) | closed space with air sucked out |
| plague (noun) | deadly disease that spreads quickly |