The words below are taken from the text you are going to read. Match the words with their definitions on the right by putting the感官-angry. letters into the brackets.( )1. charismatica. of or relating to reptiles, including tortoises, turtles, snakes, lizards, alligators, crickets...
Of or relating to certain glands whose secretions are acted upon by bacteria to produce the characteristic odor of perspiration (distinguished from eccrine). apocryphal Of doubtful authenticity; practically a fable. apogee The point in the orbit that is furthest from the orbited body. apophasis Rhet...
Adj. intellectual [Relating to intellect], mental, rational, subjective, metaphysical, nooscopic^, spiritual; ghostly; psychical^, psychological; cerebral; animastic^; brainy; hyperphysical^, superphysical^; subconscious, subliminal. immaterial &c 317; endowed with reason. Adv. in petto. ...
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: a state or condition of sluggishness, inactivity, or torpor exhibited by reptiles (such as snakes or lizards) during winter or extended periods of low temperature About the Word Brumation is the creation of the American zoologist Wilbur W. Mayhew, who coined in a 1965 paper on the hibernat...
Disparage: to speak or think negatively about someone or something Recuperate: to recover from illness or injury Buzzard: a large bird of prey, typically with a broad wingspan and a rounded tail Atop: on top of Reptiles: a class of cold-blooded vertebrates that includes snakes, lizards, and...
“When Ophiuchus, encircled by the serpent’s great coils, rises he renders the forms of snakes innocuous to those born under him. They will receive snakes into the folds of their flowing robes, and will exchange kisses with these poisonous monsters and suffer no harm.” [Manilius,Astronomica...
~ Of, relating to, or felt to resemble a machine: machine repairs; machine politics. machine v. tr.machine v. intr.machinable adj. machineless adj.I still don't get it: SOED's 'machine-like' adverb to be more suitable than the plain and straightforward 'machineLY'.HERITAGE holds:hand...
The function of Structure O75 remains unclear. While the embedded cup-hole mortars might suggest communal plant processing activity, these could equally have been used for grinding pigments for decorating objects and bodies. The design of O75 makes it difficult to resist the idea that it has bee...
The 3 boys chose a location by and in the creek. The collected rocks, leaves and clay. In the end, their piece told a story, a fantastical narrative about a family of moss slugs and stick snakes. They were gathering and journeying and adventuring. ...