ch 6 14-20
eng vocab ch 6 14-20
Terms
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- synthesis
- combination of parts or elements into a whole
- cartographer
- person skilled in cartography, the science or art of mapmaking
- disaster
- sudden or extraordinary misfortune; calamity; catastrophe
- economic
- having to do with economics; the social science dealing with production, distribution, and consumption
- thermonuclear
- having to do with the fusion at an extraordinarily high temperature
- cellophane
- cellulose substance that "shows" through or permits seeing through
- astronomocial
- having to do with astronomy, inconceivably large
- thermal
- pertaining to heat; hot; warm
- antitheis
- direct opposite; contrary; reverse
- nemesis
- person that inflicts just punishment for evil deeds
- astronomer
- expert in astronomy, science of the stars, planets, sun, moon. and other heavenly bodies
- phantom
- something that has appearance but no reality; ghost
- astrologer
- person who practices astrology, a study professing to interpret the supposed influence of the moon, sun , and stars on human affairs
- thermostat
- automatic device for regulating temperature
- gastronome
- one who follows the principal of gastronomy, the art or science of good eating
- asterick
- star-shaped mark (*) used to call attention to a footnote, omission
- graphic
- written or told in a clear, lively manner; vivid; picturesque
- synthetic
- artificial; factitious; not of natural origin
- fantastic
- based on fantasy rather than reason; imaginary; unreal; unbelievable
- protocol
- first draft or record from which a treaty is drawn up / rules of etiquette of the diplomatic corps, military services, etc..
- protoplasm
- fundamental substance of which all living things are composed
- anagram
- word or phrase formed from another by transposing the letters
- monograph
- written account of a single thing or class of things
- economical
- managed or manging without waste
- protagonist
- the leading character in a play, novel, or story
- phenomenon
- any observable fact or event, extraordinary person, event, or thing
- diaphanous
- of such fine texture as to permit seeing through; transparent
- astronaut
- traveler in outer space
- fancy
- imagination; illusion
- thermometer
- instrument for measuring temperature
- asteroid
- very small planet resembling a star in appearance / starfish
- fantasy
- illusory image; play of the mind; imagination
- protozoan
- animal consisting only of a single cell
- cryptogram
- something written in secret code
- epigram
- bright or witty thought concisely and cleverly expressed
- aster
- plant having small, starlike flowers
- diathermy
- generation of heat in the body tissues through high-frequency electric currents for medical purposes
- prototype
- first or original model of anything; model; pattern
- thesis
- claim put forward; proposition; statement; contention / essay written by a candidate for an advanced degree
- epithet
- characterizing word or phrase descriptive name or title
- graphite
- soft black carbon used in lead pencils
- electrocardiogram
- "writing" or tracing made by an electrocardiograph, an instrument that records the amount of electricity the hear muscles produce during a hearbeat
- agronomy
- branch of agriculture dealing with crop production and soil management
- monogram
- person's initials interwoven or combined into one design
- typographical
- pertaining to or occurring in printing or typography
- hypotheesis
- supposition or assumption made as a basis for reasoning or research
- phenomenal
- extraordinary; remarkable; exceptional; unusual
- stenographer
- person skilled in, or employed to do, stenography, the art of writing in shorthand