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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) |
| 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 |