Vocabulary Lesson 1
Vocation not vacation
Terms
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- audi & phon
- hear, sound listen
- super
- big; above
- vocalist
- singer
- spectacular
- impressive to look at, remarkable
- addictive
- habit-forming, hard to breakaway from, easy to say "yes" to
- spectator
- onlooker, one who watches and event without taking part
- auditorium
- a large room or hall where people gather to hear speakers or view performances
- dict & voc
- speak
- audience
- the people who hear a speech or performance
- pre
- before
- supervise
- to direct or oversee to look after and take care of
- sterophonic
- an electronic system that blends sounds from more than one source
- saxophone
- a curved wind instrument made of brass with a reed mouthpiece and keys for the fingers
- respect
- admiration. high regard
- inaudible
- not able to be heard, too soft or faint to hear, unheard
- visible
- able to been seen or preceived
- megaphone
- a cone-shaped horn used to direct the voice and make it sound louder
- audition
- a tryout for a role; a hearing to test and judge a performer's ability
- dictation
- the act of saying words for someone else to write down
- vocal
- connected with speaking or with the voice & expressing one's ideas firmly and often; outspoken
- vocation
- a job; a calling or inclination torward a a type of work or service
- visor
- a sheild for the eyes like the brim of a cap or the sunshade in a car
- verdict
- the words of decision from a jury
- spectacle
- a strikingly grand or unsual sight
- phonics
- the study of the sounds of the letters of the alphabet
- predict
- to say what will happen in the future, often using reason or experience
- audible
- able to be heard, loud enough to hear
- prospect
- to look for; to explore and search for mineral deposits
- -orium/-arium
- place
- envision
- to imagine; to form a picture in the mind of something that has not yet happened
- vis & spect
- see, look at
- revise
- to look back and change or to correct and improve
- symphony
- a long piece of music to be played by an orchestra
- avocation
- a past time or hobby; a profession practiced with enjoyment
- dictator
- a person who commands and rules with total authority
- contradict
- to speak against, to say the opposite of