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Unit 1 Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| catapulted | hurled or launched with great force |
| charitable | capable of showing affection or good will to others |
| composition | arrangement of elements in a work of visual art |
| contradict | state the contrary or opposite; deny |
| dialogue | conversation |
| doubt | uncertainty |
| fluently | easily and smoothly |
| instinct | inborn ability; natural impulse |
| intense | highly focused; showing extreme concentration |
| interview subject | person being interviewed |
| lecture | talk in a critical way that seems unfair |
| light and shadow | elements that define and enhance parts of an image |
| linguists | people who study how languages work |
| lurched | moved jerkily |
| notable | outstanding; remarkable |
| paralysis | loss of the ability to move |
| perspective | particular way of looking at something; point of view |
| philanthropist | someone who does good work or donates money to help other people |
| pronouncing | speaking words correctly |
| proportion | sizes of objects in relation to each other or to the background |
| recording | storing sounds in a form, such as a digital file, so that they can be heard again in the future |
| set | location where a movie, play, or other production takes place |
| stunned | astonished; completely surprises |
| supervision | act of overseeing something or watching over someone |
| term | word or expression that has a specific meaning |
| tone | emotional quality of the conversation |
| transported | carried across to another place |
| unexplainable | impossible to make clear or describe |
| suffix -able | capable of; can be; able to |
| prefix un- | not |