Vocabulary 1
powerful explosive
What is dynamite?
citizen of the world
What is cosmopolitan?
water fixture
What is a hydrant?
Repeated consonant sounds at the beginning of several words in a phrase.
What is alliteration?
Making an inanimate object or animal act like a person.
What is personification?
Without water
What is dehydrate?
a small universe
What is microcosm?
The study of mechanical force from heat.
What is thermodynamics?
A comparison using "like" or "as".
What is a simile?
Boom! Pow! Bang!
What is onomatopoeia?
the study of the forces of moving air
What is aerodynamics?
sailor of the universe
What is cosmonaut?
study of the distribution of water
What is hydrology?
An exaggeration.
What is hyperbole?
She ran like a gazelle.
What is a simile?
sail on the air
What is aeronautical?
study of the universe
What is cosmology?
operated by fluid (water) in a pipe
What is hydraulic?
A comparison of two unlike things that suggests a similarity between the two items.
What is a metaphor?
The boy was a cheetah on the track
What is metaphor?
requires air for life
What is aerobic?
gas which produces water
What is hydrogen?
study of the pressures of standing liquids
What is hydrostatic?
Words that sound like what they are.
What is onomatopoeia?
The trees sang with delight.
What is personification?