Word classifications Flashcards
soprano
N: highest singing voice 高音主唱 (usually female)
alto
N: the highest adult male singing voice 男高音
tenor
N: a male singer whose voice is fairly high
basses
N: the lowest adult male singing voice.
aria
solo in orchestra/performance 独唱
anthology
a published collection of poems or other pieces of writing.
“an anthology of European poetry”
paleontologist
N: person who studies fossils
archeologist
N: a person who studies human history through excavating sites and analysis of arrtifacts
plethora
N: a large amount
the internet offers a plethora of writing ideas
elitism-elite
N: The idea that the rich should get their way.
stellar
A: outstanding, wonderful
Thomas Edison invented many things, but his stellar achievement might have been the light bulb.
skeptic-skepticall
N: a person inclined to dought accepted opinions; cynic, doubter
skeptics said the marrage wouldn’t last