Vocab and Defin QUIZ 4

of very great extent or quantity; immense.

a strong desire to travel.

• extinct

• mutation

• awe

• wanderlust

of a species, family, or other group of animals or plants) having no living members; no longer in existence.

the combination of simultaneously sounded musical notes to produce chords and chord progressions having a pleasing effect.

a feeling of reverential respect mixed with fear or wonder.

• mutation

• awe

• ration

• founder

the changing of the structure of a gene, resulting in a variant form that may be transmitted to subsequent generations, caused by the alteration of single base units in DNA, or the deletion, insertion, or rearrangement of larger sections of genes or chromosomes.

or the action or process of mutating.

intensify, increase, or further improve the quality, value, or extent of.

• enhance

• wanderlust

• mutation

• extinct

important; famous.

• harmony

• awe

• prominent

• enhance

a thing that is or is likely to be wrongly perceived or interpreted by the senses.

a person who manufactures articles of cast metal; the owner or operator of a foundry.

• founder

• enhance

• mutation

• extinct