239-249 Flashcards
For a moment, or briefly.
momentarily
the TV programme would pause———— for a commercial break.
momentarily
An aerial ropeway having a single moving cable.
monocable
growing only one crop or keeping only one type of animal on an area of farm land
monoculture
You can ruin the soil with continuous———.
monoculture
funeral home.
mortuary
To dry like a mummy.
The dead lizard was ——- by the hot desert air.
mummified
The dead lizard was——— by the hot desert air.
mummified
the fact of being very ordinary and therefore not interesting
mundanities
The family planned a vacation in order to escape the——– of everyday life.
mundanities
Puzzling or curious.
mysterious
The———— object we saw in the sky turned out to be a meteor.
mysterious
Having or expressing credulity
naive
She was———- to believe their promises.
naive
(used with not____) possibly, but not certainly
necessarily
Money doesn’t———– buy happiness.
necessarily
too slight or small in amount to be of importance
negligible
The children were looking forward to a good snowfall, but unfortunately for them the amount was———–.
negligible
system of medieval musical notation
neume
In medieval years,———- was first used in musical songs in church.
neume