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Metaphor

A figure of speech in which a word or phrase that is ordinarily

Mosaic

A picture or design made on a surface by fitting and cementing together small colored pieces as a of tile glass or stone

Mutation

A change in a gene or chromosome of an organism that can be inherited by its offspring

Nebula

A thinly spread cloud of interstellar gas and dust

Nocturnal

Of relating to or occurring at night

Nuisance

A source if inconvenience or annoyance a bother

Omnivore

An organism that eats both plants and animals

Outrageous

Exceeding all bounds of what is right or proper

O•zone

A poisonous unstable form of oxygen that has three atoms per molecule rather than the usual two

Parasite

An organism that lives in or on a different kind of organism from witch it gets nourishment and to which it is sometimes harmful

Participle

A verb form that is used with auxiliary verbs to indicate certain tenses and that can also function as an adjective

Phloem

A plant tissue that conducts food from the leaves to the other plant parts

Plateau

An elevated comparatively level expanse of land

Polygon

A flat closed geometric figure bounded by tree or more line segments

Protagonist

The main character in a drama or literally work

Pulverize

Past participle and past tense

Quandary

A condition of uncertain or doubt

Quarantine

A condition period of time or place in witch a person or animal is confident or kept in isolation in an effort to prevent a disease from spreading

Quota

An amount of sown thing assigned

Rainforest

A dense evergreen forest with an annual rainfall of at least 160 inches