Vocabulary List #5 6th

Summon

• To call upon or request the presence of someone or something
• To forget about
• To ignore completely
• To send away

Pomp

• Grandeur or splendor, especially in a showy or ostentatious way
• A loud, unpleasant noise
• A type of hat worn by clowns
• A small, insignificant event

Noxious

• Harmful or poisonous in nature
• Delightful and refreshing
• Innocuous and harmless
• Pleasant and beneficial

Dilemma

• A situation with no choices to be made
• A situation in which a difficult choice has to be made between two or more alternatives
• A situation with only one possible choice
• A situation with an easy choice to be made

Artificial

• Not real or genuine; made or produced by human beings
• Natural and authentic
• Spontaneously occurring
• Organically created

Triumph

• A great victory or achievement.
• A minor inconvenience or setback
• A mediocre outcome or result
• A terrible failure or defeat

Benefit

• A type of financial assistance
• Disadvantage or loss received from something
• A type of punishment or penalty
• Advantage or gain received from something

Defeat

• To win a victory over an opponent
• To surrender to an opponent
• To collaborate with an opponent
• To tie with an opponent

Analogy

• Comparison between two things
• A type of insect
• A mathematical equation
• A type of food

Symbiosis

• The interaction between two different organisms living in close physical association, typically to the advantage of both.
• The process of one organism completely destroying another
• The competition between two organisms for resources
• The process of one organism benefiting at the expense of another