Vocab Part 3
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VolleyBaller14 on May 22, 2011
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Jaunty | stylish or smart in appearance |
| Jovial | jolly |
| Kilometer | a metric unit of length equal to 1000 meters (or 0.62 miles) |
| Labyrinth | complex system of paths or tunnels in which it is easy to get lost |
| Lichen | plant composed of a fungus and alga, growing on rocks, tree trunks |
| Light-year | light distance travels in one year (9.5 trillion km) |
| Maneuver(N) | 1. A planned military movement. 2. A skillful move or clever trick. |
| Maneuver(V) | to handily or skillfully go around something |
| Maneuver(Transitive Verb) | to cause troops or warships to carry out a military maneuver |
| Marsupial | pouched mammal (like a kangaroo) |
| Metaphor | A firgure of speech in which a word phrase that is ordinarily associated with one thing is applied to something else, thus making a comparison between the two. |
| Mosaic | art consisting of a design made of small pieces of colored stone or glass |
| Mutation | change in a DNA sequence that affects genetic information |
| Nebula | A thinly spread could of interstellar gas |
| Nocturnal | of or relating to or occurring in the night |
| Nuisance | a source of annoyance; a bother |
| Omnivorre | an organism that eats both plants and animals |
| Outrageous | greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation |
| Ozone | a toxic form of oxygen; has 3 molecules instead of 2 |
| Parasite | an organism that lives on or in a host and causes harm to the host |
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