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The Naming of Names
Term | Definition |
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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) |
mosiac | noun: made of small pieces of 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 |