Vocabulary Lesson 23

to make a written copy; to write down something that is spoken.

• scribble

• transcribe

• manuscript

• descriptive

of or relating to a whole group or class; not sold or made under a particular brand name.

• generic

• domestic

• ambitious

• prestigious

to write something quickly and in a way that makes it difficult to read; to draw lines and shapes that have no particular meaning in a quick and careless way

• transcribe

• descriptive

• manuscript

• scribble

of, relating to, or made in your own country; relating to or involving someone’s home or family; relating to the work that is done in a person’s home

• ambitious

• domestic

• generic

• orderly

a written message from a doctor that officially authorizes someone to use a medicine or treatment; a medicine or drug that a doctor has authorized someone to use.

• manuscript

• descriptive

• prescription

• transcribe

having a desire to be successful, powerful, or famous; not easily done or achieved

• prestigious

• orderly

• domestic

• ambitious

the original copy of a play, book, or piece of music before it has been printed

• descriptive

• prescription

• scribble

• manuscript

inspiring respect and admiration; having high status

• prestigious

• domestic

• ambitious

• generic

giving information about how something or someone looks, sounds, etc.; describing with words what someone or something is like

• manuscript

• prescription

• descriptive

• transcribe

neatly and methodically arranged.

• generic

• prestigious

• orderly

• ambitious