Week 6 Vocabulary

WEEK 6 VOCABULARY10th Grade Literature

Stationery

Stationery Writing paper,

esp. with matching envelopes.

Writing and other office materials.

Stationary

Stationary Not moving or not

intended to be moved: "a car collided with a stationary vehicle".

Quarry

Quarry A place, typically a

large, deep pit, from which stone or other materials are or have been extracted.

An animal pursued by a hunter, hound, predatory mammal, or bird of prey.

Aesthetic

Aesthetic Concerned with

beauty or the appreciation of beauty

A set of principles underlying and guiding the work of a particular artist or artistic movement.

Perpetual

Perpetual Never ending or changing

Vantage

Vantage A place or position affording a good view

of something

Assiduous

Assiduous hard-working,

diligent The

construction workers built the skyscraper during two years of assiduous labor.

Weather

Weather The state of the atmosphere at a place

and time as regards heat, cloudiness, dryness, sunshine, wind, rain, etc.

Whether

Whether Expressing

a doubt or choice between alternatives: "he seemed undecided whether to go or stay".

Abraded

Abraded Scrape or wear away by friction or

erosion. Irritated