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The Naming of Names
The Naming of Names vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 |