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Time Machine 9-12
Time Machine Vocabulary Chapters 9-12
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Insidious | Working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way |
| Fermentation | Breaking down an organic substance, as sugar into alcohol |
| Incessant | Uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing |
| Steadfast | Marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable |
| Versatility | Having a wide variety of skills |
| Prodigious | Great in size, force, extent, or degree |
| Revert | Go back to a previous state |
| Incrustation | The formation of a hard outer layer |
| Rarefied | Having low density |
| Corrugated | Shaped into alternating parallel grooves and ridges |
| Ungainly | Lacking grace in movement or posture |
| Ebb | Flow back or recede |
| Apace | Rapidly; in a speedy manner |
| Truncated | Terminating abruptly by having an end or point cut off |
| Phantasm | Something existing in perception only |