Peak Vocab pgs. 1-126

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What is a moleskine?

Back

A type of notebook with elastic to keep it closed.

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What does 'prosecute' mean?

Back

Start a legal fight against what someone did.

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What is an entourage?

Back

A group of assistants, servants or other people who travel with them.

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What is a glacier?

Back

A slow moving mass of ice.

Front

What does 'pulmonary' refer to?

Back

Lungs.

Front

What is the definition of 'ecosystem'?

Back

A community of living organisms and their physical environment interacting as a system.

Front

What does 'photosynthesis' mean?

Back

The process by which green plants use sunlight to synthesize foods with the help of chlorophyll.

Front

What is a 'metaphor'?

Back

A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as'.

Front

What does 'gravity' refer to?

Back

The force that attracts a body toward the center of the earth, or toward any other physical body having mass.

Front

What is 'biodiversity'?

Back

The variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or ecosystem.