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Time Machine 1-4
Time Machine Vocabulary Chapters 1-4
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Controvert | Prove to be false or incorrect |
| Infirmity | The state of being weak in health or body |
| Intermittently | In a manner of stopping and starting at irregular intervals |
| Introspective | Given to examining own sensory and perceptual experiences |
| Transitory | Lasting a very short time |
| Anachronism | Locating something at a time when it couldn't have existed |
| Interminable | Tiresomely long; seemingly without end |
| Wont | An established custom |
| Irreverent | Characterized by a lightly pert and exuberant quality |
| Traverse | Journey across or pass over |
| Imminent | Close in time; about to occur |
| Intermittent | Stopping and starting at irregular intervals |
| Solstice | When the sun is at its greatest distance from the equator |
| Rudimentary | Being in the earliest stages of development |
| Verdigris | A green patina that forms on copper or brass or bronze |
| Temerity | Fearless daring |
| Posterity | All future generations |
| Indolent | Disinclined to work or exertion |
| Ameliorate | Make better |
| Subjugation | The act of conquering |
| Connubial | In a conjugal manner |
| Impetus | A force that makes something happen |