Word classifications Flashcards

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soprano

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N: highest singing voice 高音主唱 (usually female)

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alto

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N: the highest adult male singing voice 男高音

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tenor

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N: a male singer whose voice is fairly high

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basses

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N: the lowest adult male singing voice.

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aria

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solo in orchestra/performance 独唱

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anthology

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a published collection of poems or other pieces of writing.

“an anthology of European poetry”

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paleontologist

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N: person who studies fossils

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archeologist

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N: a person who studies human history through excavating sites and analysis of arrtifacts

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plethora

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N: a large amount

the internet offers a plethora of writing ideas

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elitism-elite

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N: The idea that the rich should get their way.

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stellar

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A: outstanding, wonderful

Thomas Edison invented many things, but his stellar achievement might have been the light bulb.

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skeptic-skepticall

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N: a person inclined to dought accepted opinions; cynic, doubter

skeptics said the marrage wouldn’t last

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