Literary and Scientific Terms

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Symbolism

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A literary device that uses a person, object, word, or situation to represent another thing.

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Signify

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Be an indication of.

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Decipher

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Succeed in understanding, interpreting, or identifying something.

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Epic

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A long poem, typically one derived from ancient oral tradition, narrating the deeds and adventures of heroic or legendary figures or the history of a nation.

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Geology

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The science that deals with the earth's physical structure and substance, its history, and the processes that act on it.

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Fossilized

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Preserved to become a fossil.

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Prickly

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(Of a person) ready to take offense; easily upset.

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Majestically

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With impressive beauty or scale.

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Gasped

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Inhale suddenly with the mouth open, out of pain or astonishment.

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Minuscule

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Extremely small; tiny.