Unit 6 Vocabulary
Louis Braille
Noah Writes a B & B Letter
calligraphyadvantagescalligraphy art or practice of
advantages benefits
beautiful handwriting
ambitionsambitions things for which you
circumstanceshave a strong desire
circumstances conditions that
accompany an act or event
blindnessblindness inability to see
committeecomplicatedcommittee group of people
complicated hard to understand;
appointed or elected to do some
not simple
special thing
meritmerit worth or value
generationrecognitiongeneration all of the people born
recognition favorable notice;
at about the same time
acceptance
handwritinghandwriting writing done by hand visualvisual of, for, or by sight
stationaryembossedstationary writing materials such
embossed standing out or raised
as paper, cards, and envelopes
up from a surface
ironicinstituteironic contrary to what would
institute organization or society
naturally be expected
for some special purpose
properlysimplicityproperly in a correct manner
simplicity freedom from difficulty;
retiredclearness
retired no longer working
tuxedostylustuxedo a formal suit for men
stylus a pointed tool for writing
on wax
tuberculosistuberculosis an infectious
disease, most often affecting the
lungs
The Librarian Who Measured the
Tyree’s Song
Earth
abandonedabandoned left without intending
accurateaccurate precisely correct; exact to return; deserted
angleangle space between two lines or alienalien an imaginary creature from
surfaces that meet
outer space
arcarc any part of a circumference
anxietyanxiety uneasy feeling
calculateimprovisecalculate to compute
improvise to make up music,
estimatepoetry, or the like, on the spur of
estimate to form a judgment or
the moment
careful guess about something
formulathemesformula combination of
themes the principal melodies of
mathematical symbols stating a
pieces of music
rule
variationsvariations (in music) themes
scholarrepeated with slight changes
scholar someone whose regular
work is study or research
conventionalconventional done according to
sphererecognized conventions or
sphere a round object; globe
axisstandards
axis a straight line around which
an object turns or seems to turn
eternaleternal without beginning or
circumferenceending, timeless
circumference the boundary line
of a circle or the distance around
performanceperformance concert, play, or
a sphere
other show
linearskepticslinear of or involving a straight
skeptics doubters
line or length
songsmithssongsmiths songwriters;
researchedcomposers
researched investigated a topic
for information
Cutters, Carvers, and the Cathedral
apprenticesapprentices people learning a trade or art
architecture
architecturechitecture science or art of planning and designing buildings
carvercarver sculptor
cathedralcathedral a large or important church
intricateintricate detailed or complicated
masonsmasons people who build with stone, brick, and so on
quarryquarry place where stone is dug, cut, or blasted out for use in building
cornerstonecornerstone stone built into the corner of a building as its formal
beginning
façadefaçade front part of a building
pneumaticpneumatic worked or powered by air
templatestemplates patterns