Vocabulary Lesson 14

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• asteroid

• astronaut

• astronomical

• asterisk

a series of three novels or movies that are closely related and involve the same characters or themes

• trio

• trilogy

• diverse

• dilemma

a minor planet; one of thousands of small bodies that circle around the sun.

• astronaut

• asteroid

• astronomer

• asterisk

a group of three singers or musicians who perform together; a group of three people or things.

• trio

• trilogy

• dilemma

• bilingual

a person who travels into outer space in a spacecraft.

• astronomer

• astronomical

• asteroid

• astronaut

able to speak and understand two languages; using or expressed in two

languages

• diverse

• bilingual

• dilemma

• trio

a person who studies stars, planets, and other objects in outer space

• astronomer

• astronaut

• astronomical

• asterisk

different from each other; made up of people or things that are different

from each other.

• dilemma

• diverse

• trio

• bilingual

(1) extremely large. The electricity bill was astronomical during

December because we hung so many Christmas lights. (2) of or relating to astronomy

• astronomer

• astronomical

• astronaut

• asterisk

a situation in which you must make a difficult choice.

• dilemma

• diverse

• bilingual

• trilogy