Unit 10 Vocabulary

VIS, VEY, VIEW

• to hear

• to see

• to touch

• to smell

Inimitable

• So unique or exceptional that it cannot be imitated.

• Easily replicated or copied.

• Common and ordinary in nature.

• Difficult to understand or comprehend.

PURVIEW

• (n) a range of skills or authority; a capability

• (n) a type of legal document

• (n) a method of teaching

• (n) a physical location or space

ICON

• (n) a type of software application

• (n) a person who is famous for a particular skill

• (n) an image that best represents something; a symbol

• (n) a decorative object used in art

Artless

• Without guile or deception; natural and simple.

• Crafty and cunning; full of tricks.

• Artificial and pretentious; lacking authenticity.

• Deceptive and misleading; not straightforward.

INERT

• (adj) having the ability to move quickly

• (adj) not having power to move; slow to act

• (adj) capable of great energy and action

• (adj) easily influenced or affected

ICONOGRAPHY

• (n) the study of a group of representative pictures or symbols

• (n) the analysis of historical documents

• (n) the classification of musical notes

• (n) the interpretation of literary texts

INIMITABLE

• (adj) able to be easily copied

• (adj) impossible to imitate or copy

• (adj) similar to others

• (adj) frequently imitated

PURVEYOR

• (n) one who supplies or sells

• (n) a type of fish

• (n) a legal document

• (n) a person who collects taxes

ARTLESS

• (adj) without strategy or deceit; naïve

• (adj) cunning and deceitful

• (adj) overly sophisticated and complex

• (adj) lacking in creativity