martian chronicles
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 leviathan | something unusually large of its kind; especially a ship or whale |
| cupola | a domed roof or ceiling; a small rounded and domes structure |
| rococo | a style of art that originated in the 1700s marked by elaborate ornamentation |
| newel | a part at the bottom or at the landing of a staircase |
| chronometer | an expensive precise timepiece |
| hydroponic | cultivation of plants in a nutrient solution; rather than in soil |
| elixr | a substance or medicine believed to have power to cure all ills |
| scintilla | a small amount; a spark or flash |
| plangeant | loud and resounding; expressing or suggesting sadness |
| twigidly | swollen or distended as from a fluid; bloated |
| spicules | a small needle like point |
| tarn | a small mountain lake |
| sedge | any of numerous grass like plants |
| innocuous | harmless not likely to offend |
| cache | a hiding place used for storing provisions; a place for concealment |
| viand | item of food |
| warrens | a space or limited area in which rabbits breed or are numberous; any building or group of building crowded like rabbit warrens |
| opapi | an african animal related to a giraffe, but having a much shorter neck |
| titanic | very large, huge |
| marrow | the soft fatty tssue that fills the cavities of most bones |
| dappled | a spotted condition; an animal whose skin is spotted |
| garish | flashy, gaudy |
| flinder | bits or fragments |
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