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The Naming of Names
The Naming of Names vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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Submerged | (verb) Sunk; covered in liquid. |
Amiss | (adj) Wrong or improper. |
Convival | (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 | (nouns) Regions. |
Interior | (noun) Inside of something (usually a structure) |
Mosaic | (noun) Made of small pieces of colored stone, glass, etc. |
Pendulums | (noun) Hanging waits 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 |