English Vocab
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- verdant
- Green with vegetation/ in color.
- commitment
- The state of bveing bound emotionall or intellectually to a person, group, cause, or action.
- arboreal
- Resembling a tree.
- incumbent
- Currently holding office.
- default
- The failure to perform a task or fulfill an oblication, usually financial.
- deciduous
- Shedding or losing foliage at the end of the growing season.
- dissonance
- A harsh or disagreeable combination of sounds; discord.
- negligence
- Lack of proper care or attention; neglect.
- staccato
- In music, cut short crisply; disconnected.
- libretto
- The text of an opera or other dramitic musical work.
- horticultural
- Relating to the science or art of cultivating vegetables, fruits, flowers, and plants.
- crescendo
- A gradual increase, such as the volume of a piece.
- flora
- Plants of a particular region.
- burgeon
- To put forth new buds, leaves, or branches; sprout.
- accountable
- Required to answer for one's actions; responsible.
- feckless
- Careless; irresponsible.
- a cappella
- Without musical accompaniment.
- sonata
- An instrumental muscial composition, for the piano, usually having 3 or 4 movements.
- motif
- A repeated significant phrase that identifies an idea or character in a musical composition.
- cadence
- The rhythmic flow or beat of poetry, etc.
- sylvan
- Abounding in trees; wooded.
- aria
- A vocal piece sung by a single voice, as in an opera.
- octave
- The musical interval of eight full tones.
- onerous
- Troublesome; burdensome; oppressive.
- mandatory
- Required; compulsory.
- germination
- The PROCESS of beginning to grow or develop.
- incumbent
- Imposed as an obligation or duty; obligatory.
- lichen
- Any plant that contains a fungus with blue-green or green algae that form crusty or branching growth on rocks or tree trunks.
- remiss
- Lax in attending to duty; slackness.
- fauna
- Animals of a particular region.