Grade 12 On Libraries by Oliver Sacks Vocabularies

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On Libraries

- Oliver Sacks


Vocabularies


  • neurologist - n. a doctor who studies and treats diseases of the nerves.

  • laureate - a person who has been given an official honour/prize for something important they've acheived

  • ecstasy - n. a feeling or state of very great happiness

  • titans - n. a person who is very large, strong, intelligent or important

  • serendipitous - adj. the fact of something interesting / pleasant happening by chance

  • voracious - adj. wanting a lot of new information and knowledge.

  • oak - great / tall / something large and successful often begins in

  • oak-panelled - something to cover or decorate a surface with the flat strips of wood, glass, etc.

  • lounge - n. a room in a private house for sitting and relaxing in / living room / sitting room

  • soft morocco - n. a fine soft leather made from the skin of a goat used especially for covering books.

  • ur - n. formal (earliest / original)

  • devoured - v. to finish something

  • gift - edged(adj.) very safe

  • astronomy - the scientific study of the sun, moon, stars, planets, etc.

  • maze - n. a system of paths separated by walls or hedges built in a park or garden that's designed.

  • aloft - adv. high in the air

  • horrid - adj. very impleasant or unkind

  • pokey - adj. too small / without much space

  • spacious - adj. (of a room / building) large and with plenty of space for people to move around in

  • stacks - n. the part of a library, sometimes not to open to the public, where books are not often needed are stored.

  • camaraderie - n. a feeling of friendship and trust among people who work or spend a lot of time together.

  • shift - change

  • dispose - to get rid of somebody / something that you don't want / can't keep

  • sparsely - adv. only present in small amount or numbers and often spread over a large area.

  • reassured - v. to say or do something that makes somebody less frightened

  • heft - the weight of somebody / something

  • periodicals - n. a magazine that is published every week, month, etc. especially one that is concerned with an academic subject

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