Vocab (section 5)

full of or showing high-spirited merriment

• lichen

• mosaic

• jovial

• laconic

a metric unit of length equal to 1000 meters (or 0.621371 miles)

• kilometer

• light-year

• metaphor

• labyrinth

complex system of paths or tunnels in which it is easy to get lost

• jovial

• maneuver

• marsupial

• labyrinth

brief and to the point; effectively cut short

• kilometer

• maneuver

• Laconic

• lichen

any thallophytic plant; occur as crusty patches or bushy growths on tree trunks or rocks or bare ground etc.

• lichen

• laconic

• mosaic

• marsupial

the distance that light travels in a vacuum in 1 year; 5.88 trillion miles or 9.46 trillion kilometers

• kilometer

• light-year

• marsupial

• labyrinth

move skillfully or adroitly, as around obstacles or into a position

• light-year

• lichen

• jovial

• maneuver

mammals of which the females have a pouch (the marsupium) containing the teats where the young are fed and carried

• marsupial

• metaphor

• mosaic

• jovial

a figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not literally denote in order to suggest a similarity

• marsupial

• metaphor

• mosaic

• laconic

art consisting of a design made of small pieces of colored stone or glass

• jovial

• kilometer

• mosaic

• maneuver