Vocab 1/5/15 Flashcards
Embryo
Perhaps the cows hated what had been done to them, because they certainly rejected the embryos.
An unborn unhatched offspring in the process of development.
Sullenly
Matt flopped sullenly into the big easy chair.
Gloomily
Lunar
A new record at the lunar colony.
Related to the moon
Consternation
Matt stared at the scene with consternation
Feelings of anxiety or dismay
Shards
He fell forward, and his hands and knees landed on the shards of glass.
A piece of broken glass, ceramic, metal, or rock
Rivulets
His knees sprouted rivulets of blood.
A very small stream.
Clone
Matt’s a clone.
An organism thats DNA is identical to the organism from which the cell came.
Warren
She carted Matt to a different part of the house, a warren of dim hallways that smelled of mold.
A network of interconnecting rabbit burrows.
Senile
Sometimes El Patron seems definitely senile.
Having or showing the weaknesses or diseases of old age, especially a loss of mental faculties.
Disconsolately
He sat disconsolately on the floor.
In grief-stricken loneliness.
Taut
Her cheekbones stood out between her taut skin.
Stretched or pulled tight. No slack.
Cowered
She cried as he cowered next to the window.
Crouch down in fear.
