Unit 5 vocabulary Flashcards

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What is a menagerie?

A

A collection of wild or foreign animals kept especially for exhibition

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What part of speech is menagerie?

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Noun

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What does the word mourn mean?

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To feel sorrow, esp. over someone’s death

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4
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How do you spell the word that means to feel sorrow, esp. over someone’s death?

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M-o-u-r-n

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5
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What part of speech is mourn?

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Verb

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6
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What is a parcel?

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A package

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What part of speech is parcel?

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Noun

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What does the word peculiar mean?

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Strange or odd; unusual

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What part of speech is peculiar?

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Adjective

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How do you spell the word that means strange or odd; unusual?

A

P-e-c-u-l-i-a-r

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What does the word plummet mean?

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To fall straight down; to plunge

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12
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What part of speech is plummet?

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Verb

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13
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What does the word shudder mean?

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To tremble with fear or horror

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14
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What part of speech is shudder?

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Verb

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15
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What is a silhouette?

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A picture of the outline of an object filled in with a solid color (usually black); the outline of an object seen against the light

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How do you spell a word that means A picture of the outline of an object filled in with a solid color (usually black); the outline of an object seen against the light

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S-i-l-h-o-u-e-t-t-e

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17
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What part of speech is silhouette

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Noun

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18
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What does slay mean?

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To put to death violently or in great numbers

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19
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What part of speech is slay?

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Verb

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20
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What does the word smother mean?

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To overcome or kill by depriving of air or exposing to smoke or fumes

21
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What part of speech is smother?

22
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What does transform mean?

A

To change completely in appearance or form

23
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What part of speech is transform?

24
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How do you spell a word that means To change completely in appearance or form?

A

T-r-a-n-s-f-o-r-m

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What is a deluge?
A flood (of water, for example); an overwhelming amount of something
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What part of speech is deluge?
Noun
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How do you spell a word that means A flood (of water, for example); an overwhelming amount of something?
D-e-l-u-g-e
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What is an executioner?
A person who carries out a convicts death sentence
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What does gaunt mean?
being thin or bony(as from hunger or suffering)
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how do you spell a word that means being thin or bony(as from hunger or suffering)?
G-a-u-n-t
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What part of speech is gaunt?
Adjective
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What does grotesque mean?
Very ugly, deformed or monstrous
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What part of speech is grotesque?
Adjective
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How do you spell a word that means Very ugly, deformed or monstrous ?
G-r-o-t-e-s-q-u-e
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What does haste mean?
Excessive speed; quickness
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What part of speech is haste?
Noun
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What does immense mean?
Huge; colossal
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What part of speech is immense
Adjective
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How do you spell a word that means Huge; colossal?
I-m-m-e-n-s-e
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What is inferno mean?
A place or state that resembles hell, esp. in great heat or raging fire 🔥
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What part of speech is inferno?
Noun
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What does inquisitive mean?
Asking many questions; curious about other people's affairs
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What part of speech is inquisitive?
Adjective
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How do you spell a word that means Asking many questions; curious about other people's affairs ?
I-n-q-u-i-s-i-t-i-v-e
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What does loom mean?
To appear suddenly, often with a large, strange form; to come into view
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What part of speech is loom?
Verb
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What does lunatic mean?
An insane person
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How do you spell the word that means an insane person?
L-u-n-a-t-i-c
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What part of speech is lunatic?
Noun