Vocabulary- The Inventor's Secret

patents

• bright light

• legal document to protect an invention

• failure

incandescent

• legal document to protect an invention

• make popping noises

• bright light

flop

• failure

• fall down

• machine that plays recorded sound

sputtered

• engine that moves a train

• machine that plays recorded sound

• work in a rough way and make popping noises

phonograph

• machine that plays recorded music or sound

• failure

• small, specialized machines

gadgets

• train engine

• small, specialized machines

• move in rough, uneven way

chugged

• move slowly and noisily

• train engine

• bright light

locomotives

• move noisily

• engine that makes train go forward

• legal documents

impoverished

• wealthy

• smart

• poor

auditorium

• room where audience gathers to watch performance

• water supply

• impressive