Vocabulary

• in particular: Specifically; especially.
• by hand: Done manually; not by machine.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• begin: To do the first part of an action; to start
• red: Being the color of blood
• small: Little in size; not big
• need: To be unable to manage without something; require
• black: To fill in something to make it a very dark color
• class: To place things into groups by common qualities
• hand: Cards given to a player in a card game
• word: Unit of language that has a meaning
• important: Having power or authority
• today: This day; day that is happening now
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• text: To send a message by phone or other device
• copying: To make something look the same as the original
• print: To make many copies of a page, magazine or book
• detailed: Developed or made with great care
• capital: Writing the first letter of a word in big letters
• size: How big or small a thing is
• mean: Average of a set of numbers
• century: Period of 100 years
• type: Printed letters or blocks used for printing them
• large: Big; of great size; broad, tall, wide, or fat
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• set: Prepared for something; ready
• lead: Wire for electricity, computer, etc.; cable
• colorful: Being exciting or interesting; lively
• surround: To be all the way around something
• minimum: Smallest degree or level that is acceptable
• switch: A change or shift from one method to another
• chapter: Small local group forming part of a larger one
• exact: Completely correct; accurate; specific
• visual: Of or relating to vision
• base: Place military personnel live, train, and operate
• increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
• tiny: Very, very small
• meaning: To express a particular idea or thought
• division: How many times a number is contained in another
• refer: To talk about or write about something
• device: Object, machine, or equipment for a specific use
• standard: Official unit of measuring something
• necessarily: In a way that is needed/required/is unavoidable
• miniature: Small model of something larger
• elaborate: To explain something in detail
• pigment: Substance that makes things have a certain color
• prominence: State or quality of being important or well known
• denote: To represent or have a meaning of something
• ornate: Decorated with many fancy objects or patterns
• tasked: To be given something to do, e.g. wash dishes
• spawned: To produce something or make something happen
• wee: Scottish and Northern English small; short
• compound: Series of buildings that are walled or fenced off