Sunday, November 25, 2012

Deadly Feasts: Ch. 10 & 11 Words

1. elusive (adj)
difficult to catch 
(pg. 154)

2. aficionado (n)

an ardent supporter or devotee
(pg. 154)


3. Amyloidoses (n)
a deposit of amyloid  in tissues or organs.
(pg. 157)

4. fibrils (n)
a small or fine fiber or filament. any of the delicate hairs on the young roots of some plants.
(pg. 158)

5. incubated (v)
to develop; grow; take form
(pg. 160)

6. preemption (n)

the act or right of claiming or purchasing before or in preference to others.
(pg. 163)

7. carcasses (n)
the dead body of an animal
(pg. 172)

8. bovine (adj)
oxlike; cowlike
(pg. 173)

9. tallow (n)
the fatty tissue or suet of animals.
(pg. 177)

10. thymus (n)
a glandular organ of vertebrates, consisting in man of two lobessituated below the thyroid
(pg. 179)



2 comments:

  1. I like how the definitions are really short. Thank you for taking the time to define these vocabulary.

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  2. Thank you for doing the definitions. It helps me a lot when I read

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