Vocabulary Words 3 Flashcards
Resistant to a particular toxin or infection
Immune
Not showing proper respect rude
Impertinent
A conclusion reached at the basis of evidence and reasoning
Inference
The examination or observation of ones own mental processes
Introspection
Having or expressing a lively, cheerful, and self-confident mood
Jaunty
Cheerful and friendly
Jovial
A metric unit of measurement that equals 1,000 meters
Kilometer
A complicated irregular network of passages
Labyrinth
Using few words
Laconic
A slow growing plant
Lichen
A unit of astronomical distance equivalent to the amount of time light travels in a year
Light-year
A movement that requires skill and care
Maneuver
A mammal who’s members are born incompletely
Marsupial
A figure of speech used to compare two things
Metaphor
A picture or pattern made by arranging small colored pieces
Mosaic
The action of changing the structure of a gene
Mutation
A cloud of dust and gas in space
Nebula
A animal that sleeps in the daytime
Nocturnal
Something causing inconvenience or annoyance
Nuisance
A person or animal that eats both meat and greens
Omnivore
