Week Eight (Final) Vocab

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graph,gram/scrib, script

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to write, record

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vis

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to see

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vor(e)

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to eat

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dic(t), voc, vok

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to speak, to call, voice

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scop/spec, spic

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to look

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autograph

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a person's own signature; something written in a person's own hand, as a manuscript or letter;

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biography

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a written account of another person's life

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bibliography

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a complete or selective list of works complied upon some common principle, as authorship, subject, place of publication, or printer; a list of source materials that are used or consulted in the preparation of a work or that are referred to in the text; a branch of library dealing with the history,physical description, comparison, and classification of books and other works

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calligraphy

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fancy penmanship, esp. highly decorative handwriting, as with a great many flourishes; the art of writing beautifully

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cinematographer

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a person whose profession is motion-picture photograph

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cardiograph

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a galvanometeric device that detects and records the minute differences in electric potential caused by heart action and occurring between different parts of the body: used in the diagnosis of heart disease

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script

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the letters or characters used in writing by hand; handwriting, esp. cursive writing; a manuscript or document; the manuscript or one of various copies of the written text of a play, motion picture, or radio or television broadcast; to plan or devise; make arrangements for

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scribe

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a person who serves as a professional copyist, esp. one who made copies of manuscripts before the invention of printing; a public clerk or writer, usually one having official status; a writer or author, esp. a journalist.

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visual

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of or pertaining to seeing or sight; used in seeing; perceptible by the sense of sight; perceptible by the mind; of the nature of a mental vision; the picture elements, as distinguished from the sound elements, in films, television, etc; photographs, slides, films, charts, or other visual materials, esp.as used for illustration or promotion; any item or element depending on the sense of sight

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envision

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to picture mentally, esp. some future event or events

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carnivore

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an animal that eats flesh; a flesh-eating mammal of the order Carnivora, comprising the dogs, cats, bears, seals, and weasels; an insectivorous plant

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herbivore

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an animal that feeds chiefly on plants

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voracious

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craving or consuming large quantities of food; exceedingly eager or avid

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savor

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season; flavor; to perceive by taste or smell, esp. with relish; to give oneself to the enjoyment of; a particular taste or smell

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vocal

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of, pertaining to, or uttered with the voice; rendered by or intended for singing

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vocation

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a particular occupation, business, or profession; calling; a strong impulse or inclination to follow a particular activity or career; a divine call to God's service or to the Christian life

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vociferous

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crying out noisily; clamorous

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convocation

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a group of people gathered in answer to a summons; assembly; a group of people gathered in answer to a summons

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invocation

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any petitioning or supplication for help or aid; an entreaty for aid and guidance from a Muse, deity, etc., at the beginning of an epic or epic-like poem; the magic formula used to conjure up a spirit; incantation; the enforcing or use of legal or moral precept or right

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evoke

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to call up or produce memories, feelings, etc.; top elicit or draw forth; to call up; cause to appear; summon; to produce or suggest through artistry and imagination a vivid impression of reality

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evocation

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an act or instance of evoking; a calling forth: the evocation of old memories

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microscope

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an optical instrument having a magnifying lens or a combination of lenses for inspecting objects too small to be seen or too small to be seen distinctly an in detail by the unaided eye

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kaleidoscope

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a continually shifting pattern, scene, or the like; a continually shifting pattern, scene, or the like

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kinescope

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a cathode-ray tube with a fluorescent screen on which and image is reproduced by a directed beam of electrons; the motion-picture record of a television program

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speculate

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to engage in thought or reflection; to indulge in conjectural thought; to engage in any business transaction involving considerable risk or the chance or large gains, esp. to buy and sell commodities, stocks, etc., in the expectation of a quick or very large profit

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inspect

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to view or examine formally or officially: The general inspected the troops; view closely and critcally

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introspect

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to practice introspection; consider one's own internal state or feelings; to look into or examine (one's own mind, feelings, etc.)

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perspective

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the faculty of seeing all the relevant data in a meaningful relationship; of depicting volumes and spatial relationships on a flat surface; the state of one's ideas, the facts known to one, etc., in having a meaningful interrelationship

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spectacle

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a public show or display, esp. on a large scale; anything presented to the sight or view, esp. something of a striking or impressive kind: The stars make a fine spectacle tonight; spectacles. eyeglasses, esp. with pieces passing over or around the ears for holding them in place

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spectator

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a person who is present at and views a spectacle, display, or the like; member of an audience; onlooker; observer; spectator shoe: a white shoe with a perforated wing tip and back trim, traditionally of dark brown, dark blue, or black but sometimes of a lighter color