Vocabulary Practice 3

notorious

• well-known or famous especially for something bad

• a combination of words that have opposite or very different meanings

• full of danger

• having great charm or appeal

cavernous

• resembling a large cave : very large

• seeming to be seen everywhere

• to fill or build up (something) again

• a type of animal that does not have a backbone

mutation

• a change in the genes of a plant or animal that causes physical characteristics that are different from what is normal

• a type of animal that does not have a backbone

• an advanced branch of mathematics that deals mostly with rates of change and with finding lengths, areas, and volumes

• having great charm or appeal

impenetrable

• impossible to pass or see through

• well-known or famous especially for something bad

• a theory developed by Albert Einstein which says that the way that anything except light moves through time and space depends on the position and movement of someone who is watching

• full of danger

oxymoron

• a combination of words that have opposite or very different meanings

• having or showing an ability to understand things and to make good judgments

• the right to vote

• well-known or famous especially for something bad

franchise

• the right to vote

• a combination of words that have opposite or very different meanings

• having great charm or appeal

• a change in the genes of a plant or animal that causes physical characteristics that are different from what is normal

ubiquitous

• seeming to be seen everywhere

• to fill or build up (something) again

• resembling a large cave : very large

• having or showing an ability to understand things and to make good judgments

invertebrate

• a type of animal that does not have a backbone

• full of danger

• a change in the genes of a plant or animal that causes physical characteristics that are different from what is normal

• a combination of words that have opposite or very different meanings

relativity

• a theory developed by Albert Einstein which says that the way that anything except light moves through time and space depends on the position and movement of someone who is watching

• impossible to pass or see through

• to fill or build up (something) again

• a change in the genes of a plant or animal that causes physical characteristics that are different from what is normal

calculus

• an advanced branch of mathematics that deals mostly with rates of change and with finding lengths, areas, and volumes

• seeming to be seen everywhere

• having great charm or appeal

• very small or too small in amount