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Memoir Vocabulary
Analysis
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Splinter | A small, thin, sharp piece of wood, bone, or the like, split or broken off from the main body. |
| Avalanche | anything like an avalanche in suddenness and overwhelming quantity. |
| Insulate | To cover, line, or separate with a material that prevents or reduces the passage, transfer, or leakage of heat, electricity, or sound. |
| Puce | A dark or brownish purple. |
| Date (fruit) | Any of several date-bearing palms of the genus Phoenix, especially P. dactylifera, having a stem reaching a height of 60 feet (18 meters) and terminating in a crown of pinnate leaves. |
| Scant | Barely sufficient in amount or quantity; not abundant; almost inadequate. |
| Ethereal | Barely sufficient in amount or quantity; not abundant; almost inadequate. |
| Lichen | Any complex organism of the group Lichenes, composed of a fungus in symbiotic union with an alga and having a greenish, gray, yellow, brown, or blackish thallus that grows in leaflike, crustlike, or branching forms on rocks, trees, etc. |
| Grapple | The edible, pulpy, smooth-skinned berry or fruit that grows in clusters on vines of the genus Vitis, and from which wine is made. |