mendoza set 4-6
Terms
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copy deck
- mosaic
- an image composed of many small, colored tiles or pieces
- missionaries
- religious teachers sent to convert natives to christianity
- need
- A basic requirement for survival
- natural resources
- the renewable and nonrenewable gifts of nature that can be used to produce goods and service, including but not limited to landform and bodies of water.
- missile
- rocket carrying passengers or instruments or a warhead
- neglect
- lack of attention and due care
- noise
- sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound)
- nonrenewable resources
- resources such as fossil fuels, which can not be made again.
- mountain
- a land mass that projects well above its surroundings
- napkin
- to protect clothing
- navigator
- a person who plans the direction of a ship
- muscular
- (of a person) possessing physical strength and weight
- naughty
- To be badly behaved or mischievous.
- nearby
- a short distance away
- muscle
- organ that can relax, contract and provide the force to move bones and body parts
- neutron
- an elementary particle with 0 charge and mass about equal to a proton
- moisture
- dampness
- north
- the cardinal compass point that is at 0 or 360 degrees
- morning
- the earliest period
- nonmetals
- elements that are dull (not shiny) and that are poor conductors of thermal energy and electric current
- misunderstanding
- putting the wrong interpretation on
- nearest
- (superlative of 'near' or 'close') within the shortest distance
- nomads
- People who move from place to place to find food
- moan
- an utterance expressing pain or disapproval
- monitor
- The video display of a computer system.
- mysterious
- hard to explain or understand, full of mystery
- nevertheless
- despite anything to the contrary (usually following a concession)
- miniature
- being on a very small scale
- mule
- sterile offspring of a male donkey and a female horse
- mother
- a female parent
- necessarily
- in an essential manner
- northern
- situated in or oriented toward the north
- mistletoe
- Old World parasitic shrub having branching greenish stems with leathery leaves and waxy white glutinous berries
- narrative
- a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events
- miner
- laborer who works in a mine
- mural
- a large painting applied directly to a wall or ceiling surface
- museum
- a depository for collecting and displaying objects having scientific or historical or artistic value
- movement
- a change of position that does not entail a change of location
- nominate
- v. To designate as a candidate for any office.
- Monday
- first school day of the week
- mile
- a unit of length equal to 1760 yards
- minor
- a young person of either sex
- million
- the number that is represented as a one followed by 6 zeros
- nervous
- causing or fraught with or showing anxiety
- mumble
- talk indistinctly
- natural
- (used especially of commodities) in the natural unprocessed condition
- misconstrue
- to misunderstand the meaning of; take in a wrong sense; misinterpret
- murmur
- a complaint uttered in a low and indistinct tone
- music
- any agreeable (pleasing and harmonious) sounds
- moisten
- moisten with fine drops
- moist
- slightly wet
- monument
- a structure erected to commemorate persons or events
- miserable
- extremely poor or unhappy
- millionaire
- a person whose material wealth is valued at more than a million dollars
- navigation
- the science of planning and controlling the direction of a ship
- nostril
- either one of the two external openings to the nasal cavity in the nose
- mollusks
- soft-bodied invertebrates that usually have shells
- monopoly
- (economics) a market in which there are many buyers but only one seller
- module
- a self-contained unit or system within a larger system
- molecule
- (physics and chemistry) the simplest structural unit of an element or compound
- nation
- a reasonably large group of people with a common culture, a territory they view as their homeland, and sharing one or more important cultural traits (language, religion, political institutions, values, historical experience).
- noisy
- making a lot of noise
- millions
- a very large indefinite number (usually hyperbole)
- minute
- a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour
- necessary
- absolutely essential
- mystery
- something that is not known or is hard to explain
- missing
- not able to be found
- month
- a time unit of 30 days
- nasal
- of or in or relating to the nose
- modern
- ahead of the times
- military
- of or relating to the study of the principles of warfare
- millimeter
- a unit of measure 1/1000 of a meter
- model
- a representation, on a smaller scale to look at objects and distances that normally would be difficult to study. Allows you to test and manipulate your ideas and hypothesis
- motor
- machine that converts other forms of energy into mechanical energy and so imparts motion
- miser
- n. A person given to saving and hoarding unduly.
- necklace
- jewelry consisting of a cord or chain (often bearing gems) worn about the neck as an ornament (especially by women)