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01/15/2014

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Word: Arboretum


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1. A place where many varieties of trees are grown for researcheducational, 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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  1. The scientific study of plants, a branch of biology. Typically those disciplines that involve the whole plant.
  2. The plant life, or the properties and life phenomena exhibited by a plant, plant type, or plant group.
  3. 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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  1. 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.
  2. A person with inconstant behavior; one able to quickly adjust to new circumstances.
  3. 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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  1.  A statement of the meaning of a word or word group or a sign or symbol.
  2. statement expressing the essential nature of something; formulation
  3. The action or process of defining.
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Word: Nurture

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  1. The act of nourishing or nursing; tender careeducationtraining.
  2. That which nourishesfooddiet.
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Word: Talon

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  1. sharphooked claw of a bird of prey or other predatory animal.
  2.  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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  1. An enclosure where very small animals are displayed, often with some plants, in a naturalistic setting.
  2. A partially enclosed glass container for displaying plants, especially plants that need high humidity.
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Word: Zoology

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  1. That part of biology which relates to the animal kingdom, including the structure, embryologyevolutionclassification, habits, and distribution of all animals, both living andextinct.
  2. a treatise on this science.
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Word: Adage

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  1. An old saying, which has obtained credit by long use.
  2. An old saying, which has been overused
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Word: Alliteration

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  1. The repetition of consonants at the beginning of two or more words immediately succeeding each other, or at short intervals.
  2. 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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  1. 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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  1. collection of literary works, such as poems or short stories.
  2.  An assortment of things.
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Word: Epic

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  1. 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.
  2. series of events considered appropriate to an epic.
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Word: Hyperbole

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  1. Extreme exaggeration or overstatement; especially as a literary or rhetorical device.
  2.  Deliberate exaggeration.
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Word: Melodramatic

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  1. Of or pertaining to melodrama; like or suitable to a melodrama; unnatural in situation or action.
  2. Exaggeratedly emotional or sentimental.
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Word: Personify

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  1. To be an example of; to have all the attributes of.

  2.  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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  1. 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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  1. Quality of cohering; of being coherent; internal consistency.
  2. logical arrangement of parts
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Word: Digress

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  1. 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. 
  2. To turn aside from the right path; to transgress; to offend.
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Word: Eloquent

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  1. fluently persuasive and articulate
  2. effective in expressing meaning by speech
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Word: Garble

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  1.  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.
  2. To pick out such parts of as may serve a purpose; to mutilate; to pervert; as, to garble a quotation; to garble an account.
  3. 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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  1. Someone who orates or delivers an oration.
  2. skilled and eloquent public speaker.
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Word: Proclaim

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  1. To excitedlyverbosely and candidly describe.
  2. To announce or declare
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Word: Reiterate

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Word: Terse

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1. Polished, burnished; smooth; fine, neat, spruce.

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