- Scientistsdivide their numbers into life scientists(botanists and zoologists),
physical scientists(chemists and physicists), and earth/space scientists
(geologists, meteorologists, and astronomers).
scrutinize(SKROOT in YZ) vt. to look at very carefully; examine closely - If a deal sounds too good to be true, scrutinizeit because almost invariably
it will prove to be so. - A jeweler uses a loupe to scrutinizediamonds and other gemstones.
[-d, scrutinizing] [Syn. examine, inspect]
sculpture(SKUHLP chir) n. 1. the art of carving wood, chiseling stone, molding
metal or clay, etc. into three-dimensional figures, statues, etc.; 2. any figure so
made or collection of same —vt.1. to cut, carve, mold, chisel, etc. into figures,
statuary, etc.; 2. to change a form by erosion - Sculpturescan be as small as cameos that women wear as jewelry or as large
as the presidential faces that adorn Mount Rushmore. - Rodin’s “The Thinker” is one of the best-known sculpturesof nineteenth-
century Europe. - Michelangelo preferred to sculpturein marble and insisted that the statue
had always been in the marble; he had just removed the excess stone. - The forces of wind and water have served to sculpturethe thousands of
natural sculpturesthat adorn Utah’s Bryce Canyon National Park.
[-d, sculpturing, sculptural adj., sculpturally adv.]
séance(SAY ahns) n. a meeting at which a medium or psychic attempts to
communicate with the dead - Morticia went to séancesto attempt to communicate with her dead uncle
Fester. - After Morticia’s sixth unsuccessful try at contacting Uncle Fester at a
séance,it became clear that he was not going to say “Boo!” to her.
secrecy(SEE kri see) n. 1. the condition of being concealed or secret; 2. the
practice of keeping things hushed up - A veil of secrecysurrounded the building of the first atomic bomb.
- The secrecysurrounding the just-referenced Manhattan Project could not
approach the secrecy of the formula for Coca-Cola syrup. - The government maintains secrecyof things it does not want the public to
know about by categorizing such events as classified.
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