VOCABULARY FOR INVENTIONS

Inventor: someone who designs or creates something that did not exist before

Sentence: alexander graham bell is the inventor of the telephone.

Enigma: something hard to understand or explain

Sentence: sadly, the little girl’s disappearance continues to be an enigma.

Feasible: possible to do easily or conveniently.

Sentence: driving with your eyes closed is not feasible.

Inspiration: someone or something that gives you ideas for doing something

Sentence: he was an inspiration to everyone who worked for him

Artisan: a person who does skilled work with his or her hands:

Sentence: the vase made by the artisan is wonderful.

Patent: the legal right to be the only person or company to make or sell a product for a particular number of years

Sentence: he patented the idea that the atom could be split.

Phenomenon: something that exists and can be seen, felt, tasted, etc.,

Sentence: one of the most mysterious phenomena in nature is the human mind itself.

Posterity: all future generations of people.

Sentence: posterity will remember her as a woman of courage and integrity.

Serendipity: the fact of finding interesting or valuable things by chance

Sentence: their chance to meet them at the shop turned out to be pure serendipity.

Invention: something that has been designed or created for the first time

Sentence: the invention of the printing press changed the world

Innovation: a new idea or method

Sentence: the vegetarian burger was an innovation which was rapidly exported to britain.