Vocabulary #10

To honor the memory of (someone or something), especially with a ceremony. verb

• deduction

• commemorate

• recede

• inference

The act of subtraction; subtraction. The process of reaching a conclusion by reasoning.  noun

• marsupial

• repose

• mosaic

• deduction

The act or process of deciding or concluding by reasoning from evidence. noun

• inference

• commemorate

• omnivore

• labyrinth

A complex structure of connected passages through which it is difficult to find one’s way; a maze noun

• labyrinth

• deduction

• recede

• mosaic

Any of various mammals, such as the kangaroo, opossum, or wombat, whose young continue to develop after birth in a pouch on the outside of the female’s body. noun

• omnivore

• repose

• marsupial

• inference

A picture or design made on a surface by fitting and cementing together small colored pieces, such as tile, glass, or stone.

• inference

• mosaic

• omnivore

• recede

An organism that eats both plants and animals. noun

• repose

• marsupial

• omnivore

• commemorate

A condition, period of time, or place in which a person or animal is confined or kept in isolation in an effort to prevent a disease from spreading. noun

• quarantine

• deduction

• recede

• labyrinth

To move back or away from a limit, degree, point or mark. verb

• repose

• quarantine

• deduction

• recede

The act of resting or the state of being at rest. noun

• repose

• omnivore

• quarantine

• marsupial