vocab lesson 11-14 great sourse voccab 1st course
vocab for achevement 1st course lessons 11-14
Terms
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- chameleon
- a type of lizzard that changes color
- talon
- the claw of a bird of prey
- coherence
- the quality of being cleanly connected
- extraneous
- not relevent
- pragmatic
- practical, concerned with realitys and facts
- audible
- able to be heard
- obsolete
- no longer in use or fashon
- orator
- skilled public speaker
- reiterate
- to say or do somthing again or repididly
- garble
- to mix up or confuse words; to make unclear
- applicable
- appropriate or relevant to the situation
- zoology
- the scientific study of animals
- utilleration
- designed to be useful rather then pleasing
- terse
- brief and to the point
- allusion
- an inderect mention to somthing
- habitat
- the environment a plant or animal normaly lives in
- serilized
- presented in a sequence
- oppertune
- well timed
- anthology
- collection of writings by various authers
- botany
- the scientific study of plants
- impromptu
- without rehearsal
- adage
- a traditional saying widely considered to be wise and true
- expedient
- convienient and selfserving
- aviary
- a large cage or building for holding birds
- digress
- to stray from the main subjecy
- terrarium
- a clear container housing plants and small land animals
- hyperbole
- an extreme exaderation
- proclaim
- A. to announce publicly and officialy -OR- B. to make clear or plain
- futile
- not successful, without effect
- cultivate
- A. to grow crops; to perpare soil for growing crops -OR- B. to encourage the development of a friendship or an interest
- nurture
- to help grow and develop; to take care of
- epic
- A. a long poem or other literary about heros and their adventures -OR- B. impressive in quality, size, or scope
- melodramatic
- overly emotional
- functional
- A. able to operate -OR- B. intendid to be useful
- eloquent
- persuasive and powerful in speaking and writing
- pseudonym
- a fake name used by an auther
- alliteration
- repititions of sounds at the beginnings of words
- relevant
- related or connected to
- personify
- A. to give somthing human qualitys -OR- B. to be the perfect example
- arboretum
- a park where trees and shrubs are displayed and studyed