| Word * | Part of Speech | Definition | Audio Available? |
|---|---|---|---|
| metaphor | Noun | The use of a word or phrase to refer to something that it isn't, implying a similarity between the word or phrase used and the thing described | Yes |
| metaphor | Noun | The word or phrase used in this way; an implied comparison | Yes |
| editor | Noun | A person who edits or makes changes to documents | Yes |
| editor | Noun | A copy editor | Yes |
| editor | Noun | A person who edited a specific document | Yes |
| editor | Noun | A person at a newspaper or similar institution who edits stories and decides which ones to publish | Yes |
| editor | Noun | A machine used for editing movie film | Yes |
| editor | Noun | A program for creating and making changes to files, especially text files | Yes |
| editor | Noun | Someone who manipulates video footage and assembles it into the correct order, etc. for broadcast | Yes |
| senator | Noun | A member, normally elected, in the house or chamber of a legislature called a senate | Yes |
| specimen | Noun | An individual instance that represents a class; an example | Yes |
| specimen | Noun | A sample, especially one used for diagnostic analysis | Yes |
| speculate | Verb | To think, meditate, or reflect on a subject; to deliberate or cogitate | Yes |
| speculate | Verb | To make an inference based on inconclusive evidence; to state as an opinion or guess: | Yes |
| speculate | Verb | To make a risky trade in the hope of making a profit; to venture or gamble | Yes |
| formula | Noun | Any mathematical rule or principal frequently expressed in algebraic symbols | Yes |
| formula | Noun | A symbolic expression of the structure of a compound | Yes |
| formula | Noun | A liquid food for infants, containing most of the nutrients in human milk | Yes |
| formula | Noun | A plan of action intended to solve a problem | Yes |
| formula | Noun | A formulation; a prescription; a mixture or solution made in a prescribed manner; the identity and quantities of ingredients of such a mixture | Yes |
| formula | Noun | Any fixed or conventional method for doing something | Yes |
| orderly | Noun | A hospital attendant given a variety of non-medical duties | Yes |
| orderly | Noun | A soldier who carries out minor tasks for a superior officer | Yes |
| orderly | Adjective | Having or with order | Yes |
| orphanage | Noun | A public institution for the care and protection of orphans | Yes |
| criticism | Noun | The act of criticizing; a critical judgment passed or expressed; a critical observation or detailed examination and review; a critique: | Yes |
| cylinder | Noun | A solid figure bounded by a cylinder and two parallel planes intersecting the cylinder | Yes |
| cylinder | Noun | Any object in the form of a circular cylinder | Yes |
| cylinder | Noun | A cylindrical cavity or chamber in a mechanism, such as the counterpart to a piston found in a piston-driven engine | Yes |
| cylinder | Noun | A container in the form of a cylinder with rounded ends for storing pressurized gas | Yes |
| cylinder | Noun | An early form of phonograph recording, made on a wax cylinder | Yes |
| mystery | Noun | Something secret or unexplainable; unknown | Yes |
| mystery | Noun | Someone or something with an obscure or puzzling nature | Yes |
| mystify | Verb | To thoroughly confuse, befuddle, or bewilder | Yes |
| physical | Adjective | Having to do with the body | Yes |
| physical | Adjective | Having to do with the material world | Yes |
| physical | Adjective | Involving bodily force | Yes |
| physical | Adjective | Having to do with physics | Yes |
| physical | Noun | Physical examination | Yes |
| typify | Verb | To embody, exemplify; to represent by an image, form, model, or resemblance | Yes |
| typify | Verb | To portray stereotypically | Yes |
| typify | Verb | To serve as a typical or reference specimen of a species | Yes |
Vocabulary Word Activities
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- What words rhyme with this word?
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