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Tuesday, October 7, 2014

VOCABULARY FALL LIST 6

Tatters: Pieces of an item or pieces of clothing, torn or ragged clothing
The paper had come off the bottom of the wall and hung there in tatters.

Merely: Only as specified and nothing more; simply:
Some say the report merely confirms common sense.

Vast: Very great in degree, intensity, etc.:
 Adaptation of a vast range of subjects and periods.

Parlor: A room, apartment, or building serving as a place of business for certain businesses or professions:
One pizza parlor now serves triangular pies on triangular platters.

Abrupt: Sudden or unexpected
An abrupt departure.

Refraction: The change of direction of a ray of light, sound, heat, or the like, in passing obliquely from one medium into another in which its wave velocity is different

Immense: Vast; huge; very great:
An immense territory.

Imperceptible: Something not capable of being perceived by the senses
Changes, when they do occur, come slowly and almost imperceptibly.

Ventilator: An opening or device, such as a fan, used to ventilate a room, building, etc

Olfactory: Of or pertaining to the sense of smell:
 The size and intensity of these sniffs turn out to be important gauges of olfactory ability.








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