Sovereign

Monarch or supreme ruler.
Having supreme rank, power or authority.

Unwonted

Not customary, unusual.

Wont

The way someone usually does something.
Custom, habit.

Elementary

Basic, simple.
Early stages of studying a subject.

Quasar

The most luminous and distant objects in the universe.
At the centre of a galaxy and contains great energy.

Quark

Believed to make up the particles of an atom.

Francis Bacon

  • 1561 – 1626
  • English scientist, author, philosopher, statesman and lawyer
  • Pioneer of the scientific method
  • Died of pneumonia, which he got while studying the effects of freezing on the preservation of meat
  • Went to study at Cambridge when he was 12
  • Served as Attorney General and Lord Chancellor
  • Political career ended in disgrace when he got into debt
  • Wrote “New Atlantis” in which he created an idealistic land
  • There is a theory that he is the author of Shakespeare’s plays.

Axial

Relating to, forming or on an axis.

Axis

A real or imaginary line about which a rotating body turns.
A line that bisects a shape.

Syncline

A downward / u shaped fold in the layers of the Earth.

 

Anticline

An upward curved fold in the layers of the Earth.

Lucid

Clearly expressed and easily understood.
Characterised by clear perception and understanding.

Unfathomable

Impossible to understand.

Fathom

A unit of water depth – 1.8M / 6 feet.

Esoteric

Understood or liked only by the select few who have special knowledge.

Arcane

Mysterious, secret.
Known only by a few people.

Immemorial

For a very long time.
Since before memory.

Sentient

Capable of physical and emotional feelings and the ability to perceive through the senses.

Primordial

Existing since the beginning of the world.

Nepotism

Favouritism on the basis of family.

Nebulae

A cloud of gas or dust in space.

Mundane

Common, ordinary, hence not interesting.
Off this earth.

Fickle

Changeable, usually suddenly and without warning.
Disloyal.

Congenial

Friendly, pleasant, suitable.

Deft

Quick and skilful.

Trillion

A million million.

Profound

Intense emotion or experience.
Deep insight and understanding.

Taxonomy

The science of classification. Putting things into groups with similar qualities.

Quantum

The smallest amount of something.

Avant-garde

Works, style or methods that are very original, modern and advanced.

Eponymous

The person after whom a movie, book, etc. is named.

Debussy

  • Claude DeBussy, 1862 – 1918
  • French Composer
  • Known to be argumentative and experimental
  • Took piano lessons from the age of 7
  • Music focused on mood and colour but also based around mathematical models
  • Greatly influenced by Wagner
  • Died of rectal cancer

Philosophy

The study of topics relating to existence, knowledge, values, reason, mind and language.

From the Greek word philosophia which,  means “love of wisdom”.

Ethereal

Light and delicate, heavenly.

Clairvoyance

The ability to see the future.

Cipher

A system of writing in code, so that most people can’t understand it.

Quiescent

Temporarily inactive and quiet.