Later in this lesson, you'll read an explanatory text called, All Together Now: The Team Behind Every Theater Performance. Some words in the essay may be difficult for you to understand. Use the activities on this page to help you become familiar enough with these words to remember what they mean when you start reading the excerpt.
| cavernous | replica |
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| immersed | ||
| concept | ||
| mundane | ||
| representation | ||
| practiced |
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| intuition | ||
| renderings |
Make a Guess
Flash Words
First, see if you already know some of the words in this lesson's list. Read each of the words below and guess what it means. (Say the meaning to yourself, or write it down.) Then click the word to check your answer.
| cavernous | like a cavern or cave |
| immersed | dip or submerge in a liquid |
| concept | an abstract idea or a general notion |
| mundane | not very exciting; dull |
| representation | the description or portrayal of someone or something |
| practiced | expert; the result of lots of experience |
| intuition | the ability to understand something immediately, without needing to think about it |
| renderings | the processing of a digital image using color and shading to make it appear solid and three-dimensional |
| replica | a copy or model of something, especially one on a smaller scale |
Think you have these words figured out? Try matching each card's clue with a word from the list above. Once you have figured out which word the card describes, click the card to check your answer. Click through the cards until you can identify each word based on its description.
boring or ordinary
mundane
like a cave
cavernous
how something is portrayed
representation
knowing by feeling, not thinking
intuition
an abstract idea
concept
realistic images made by computer
renderings
submerged or surrounded by
immersed
a copy or model
replica
expertly
practiced
Summary
Correct:
Incorrect:
| cavernous | immersed | concept |
| mundane | representation | practiced |
| intuition | renderings | replica |
