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Word: Arboretum
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1. A place where many varieties of trees are grown for research, educational, and ornamental purposes.
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Word: Aviary
Definition: A house, encloseur large cage, or other place for keeping birds confined; a birdhouse |
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Word: Botany
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- The scientific study of plants, a branch of biology. Typically those disciplines that involve the whole plant.
- The plant life, or the properties and life phenomena exhibited by a plant, plant type, or plant group.
- A botanical treatise or study, especially of a particular system of botany or that of a particular place.
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Word: Chameleon
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- A small to mid-size reptile, of the family Cehamaeleonida, and one of the best known lizard families able to change color and project its long tongue.
- A person with inconstant behavior; one able to quickly adjust to new circumstances.
- A hypothetical scalar particle with a non-linear self-interaction, giving it an effective mass that depends on its environment: the presence of other fields.
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Word: Cultivate
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Word: Habitat
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- A statement of the meaning of a word or word group or a sign or symbol.
- A statement expressing the essential nature of something; formulation
- The action or process of defining.
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Word: Nurture
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- The act of nourishing or nursing; tender care; education; training.
- That which nourishes; food; diet.
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Word: Talon
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- A sharp, hooked claw of a bird of prey or other predatory animal.
- One of certain small prominences on the hind part of the face of an elephant's tooth.
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Word: Terrarium
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- An enclosure where very small animals are displayed, often with some plants, in a naturalistic setting.
- A partially enclosed glass container for displaying plants, especially plants that need high humidity.
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Word: Zoology
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- That part of biology which relates to the animal kingdom, including the structure, embryology, evolution, classification, habits, and distribution of all animals, both living andextinct.
- a treatise on this science.
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Word: Adage
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- An old saying, which has obtained credit by long use.
- An old saying, which has been overused
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Word: Alliteration
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- The repetition of consonants at the beginning of two or more words immediately succeeding each other, or at short intervals.
- The recurrence of the same letter in accented parts of words, as in Anglo-Saxon alliterative meter.
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Word: Allusion
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- An indirect reference; a hint; a reference to something supposed to be known, but not explicitly mentioned; a covert indication.
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Word: Anthology
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- A collection of literary works, such as poems or short stories.
- An assortment of things.
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Word: Epic
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- An extended narrative poem in elevated or dignified language, celebrating the feats of a deity or demigod (heroic epic) or other legendary or traditional hero.
- A series of events considered appropriate to an epic.
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Word: Hyperbole
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- Extreme exaggeration or overstatement; especially as a literary or rhetorical device.
- Deliberate exaggeration.
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Word: Melodramatic
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- Of or pertaining to melodrama; like or suitable to a melodrama; unnatural in situation or action.
- Exaggeratedly emotional or sentimental.
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Word: Personify
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- To be an example of; to have all the attributes of.
- To create a representation of an abstract quality in the form of a literary character.
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Word: Pseudonym
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1. A fictitious name, often used by writers and movie stars. |
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Word: Serialized
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- Simple past tense and past participle of serialize.
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Word: Audible
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1. Able to hear |
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Word: Coherance
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- Quality of cohering; of being coherent; internal consistency.
- a logical arrangement of parts
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Word: Digress
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- To step or turn aside; to deviate; to swerve; especially, to turn aside from the main subject of attention, or course of argument, in writing or speaking.
- To turn aside from the right path; to transgress; to offend.
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Word: Eloquent
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- fluently persuasive and articulate
- effective in expressing meaning by speech
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Word: Garble
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- To sift or bolt, to separate the fine or valuable parts of from the coarse and useless parts, or from dross or dirt; as, to garble spices.
- To pick out such parts of as may serve a purpose; to mutilate; to pervert; as, to garble a quotation; to garble an account.
- To make false by mutilation or addition
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Word: Impromptu
Definition: 1.Improvised; without prior |
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Word: Orator
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- Someone who orates or delivers an oration.
- A skilled and eloquent public speaker.
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Word: Proclaim
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- To excitedly, verbosely and candidly describe.
- To announce or declare.
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Word: Terse
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1. Polished, burnished; smooth; fine, neat, spruce. |
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