Unit 28 vocab -- grade 8

a little world; a community regarded as an epitome of the worlds

• bibliophile

• microcosm

• thermometer

lasting a long time

• chronic

• microscope

• philharmonic

error in fixing a date or dates

• anachronism

• parallelogram

• thermostat

universe thought of as an orderly, harmonious system

• cosmos

• graphite

• thermal

producing by words the effect of a picture; lifelike; vivid

• graphic

• mimeograph

• periscope

arranged in the order in which events happened

• stethoscope

• cosmopolitan

• chronological

of or having to do with the surface (rivers, mountains, etc)

• parallelogram

• stethoscope

• topographical

to make agree in time

• periscope

• philharmonic

• synchronize

an optical instrument consisting of a lens or a combinations of lenses for magnifying things that are invisible to the eye

• chronic

• graphite

• microscope

an instrument for measuring the temperature

• microcosm

• thermometer

• thermostat