"Native Gardens"
Vocabulary - Scenes 1-4
Vocabulary - Scenes 1-4
Moving quickly and lightly, with ease.
What is nimble?
Untidy, disordered, or messy.
What is disheveled?
Widespread destruction or devastation. Derives from a French word which refers to the pillaging and looting of homes by enemy soldiers during warfare.
What is havoc?
Having two parts that match exactly, where one half is a mirror image of the other half.
What is symmetrical?
Displaying great nobility or dignity. Grand or lofty.
What is majestic?
Marked by complexity or richness of detail. Elaborately decorated.
What is ornate?
The act of accepting or yielding to the will, authority, or control of another person.
What is submission?
Affected by a mental disorder that may involve anxiety or emotional instability but falls short of involving the distorted perceptions associated with psychosis.
What is neurotic?
Full of energy or enthusiasm.
What is vibrant?
Immaculately clean, as if it has never been used. Not spoiled, corrupted, or polluted.
What is pristine?
A notion or idea that is wrong because it is based on faulty thinking or incorrect assumptions.
What is a misconception?
Acting as if one is morally superior to others.
What is sanctimony?
Showing great attention to small details; careful and precise.
What is meticulous?
A person whose job is to measure and record details of areas of land.
What is a surveyor?
The art or practice of garden cultivatrion and management.
What is horticulture?
Well known or famous because of something bad.
What is notorious?
To have a bodily form, or to represent something (such as an idea or concept) in a clear and obvious way.
What is incarnate?
Wild and noisy disorder or confusion. A chaotic uproar.
What is pandemonium?
Dislike or prejudice against people from other countries.
What is xenophobia?
Having an exaggerated sense of self-importance and lacking a capacity for empathy.
What is narcissism?