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The naming of names
"The Naming of Names" Vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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submerged | sunk; covered with liquid |
amiss | wrong or improper |
convivial | sociable or friendly |
cease | to stop |
anachronism | something out of its proper time in history, like in television in The Middle Ages or Penicillin in Ancient Rome |
forlorn | hopeless, deserted, abondoned |
receded | withdrew; became more distant |
dwindle | shrink, as in to lessen in quantity |
flimsy | poorly made; easily broken or damaged |
climes | regions |
interior | inside of something (usually a structure) |
mosaic | made of small pieces of colored stone, glass, etc. |
pendulums | hanging weights that swing back and forth; used to regulate the movement of old-fashioned clocks |
vacuum | closed space with the air sucked out |
plague | deadly disease that spreads quickly |