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Time Machine 5-8
Time Machine Vocabulary Chapters 5-8
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Complacency | The feeling you have when you are satisfied with yourself |
| Futile | Producing no result or effect |
| Stolid | Having or revealing little emotion or sensibility |
| Vestige | An indication that something has been present |
| Interpolate | Insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby |
| Plaintively | In a manner expressing sorrow |
| Expostulation | An exclamation of protest, opposition, or criticism |
| Tumult | Violent agitation |
| Clamber | Climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling |
| Stratification | The act of arranging persons into classes or levels |
| Zenith | The highest point of something |
| Discordant | Not in agreement or harmony |
| Eccentric | Conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual |
| Thither | To or toward that place; away from the speaker |
| Terrestrial | Of or relating to or characteristic of the planet Earth |
| Degradation | A change to a lower state |
| Contrivance | A device or control that is very useful for a particular job |
| Estuary | The wide part of a river where it nears the sea |
| Diminutive | The act of decreasing or reducing something |
| Disinclination | A certain degree of unwillingness |
| Semblance | The outward or apparent appearance or form of something |
| Volatile | Liable to lead to sudden change or violence |
| Dexterous | Skillful in physical movements; especially of the hands |