8th Grade Lesson 11 Vocabulary

similarities between organisms based strictly on common function, with no assumed common evolutionary descent

• personification

• analogies

• monologue

• homophones

advanced, chased after

• demoted

• promoted

• predator

• pursued

All the meanings, associations, or emotions that a word suggests

• connotation

• denotation

• imagination

• simulations

a person who is trained to plan the course of and drive a ship or plane

• captain

• ship hold

• navigator

• aviator

number of deaths from a disease in relation to the population in a given time

• mortality rate

• disease rate

• populous rate

• rate of spread

intimidating, causing one to lose courage

• daunting

• enduring

• exposing

• vulnerability

a large-scale disaster, misfortune, or failure

• mediocre

• obstacle

• catastrophe

• challenge

moved from one place to another

• stagnant

• possibility

• transparent

• migrated

underneath enclosed portion of a ship

• mast

• stern

• bow

• ship hold

mistakenly, inaccurately

• erroneously

• meticulously

• judgmentally

• ardently