18.1 Flashcards
Words on range of 18k from WordUp application.
Acacia
A tree with yellow or white flowers. There are several types of acacia tree, some of which produce a sticky liquid used in making glue.
Anklet (2)
A piece of jewellery worn around the ankle.
A type of very short sock.
Aspen
A type of poplar tree, with leaves that move even when there is very little wind. Also a town in US.
Axiomatic
True in such an obvious way that you do not need to prove it.
Braggadocio
Behaviour that seems too proud or confident.
Broadsheet
A newspaper printed on a large size of paper, generally considered more serious than smaller newspapers.
Churlish
Rude or bad-tempered.
Congruence (2)
The quality of having the same size and shape.
The quality of being suitable for something, or being appropriate in a particular situation.
Croup
A disease of children that makes them cough a lot and have difficulty breathing.
Defamatory (noun?)
Intended to harm somebody by saying or writing bad or false things about them.
Defamation
Disbar
To stop a lawyer from working in the legal profession, especially because he or she has done something illegal.
Dray
A low flat vehicle pulled by horses and used in the past for carrying heavy loads, especially barrels of beer.
Dysphoria (2)
A state of worry or general unhappiness.
Gender dysphoria - A condition in which somebody feels that they were born with the wrong sex.
Epistle (2)
Any of the letters in the New Testament of the Bible, written by the first people who followed Christ.
A long, serious letter on an important subject.
Etymology (2)
The study of the origin and history of words and their meanings.
Folk/popular etymology - A popular but wrong belief about the origin of a word or phrase.
Flax
A plant with blue flowers, grown for its stem that is used to make thread and its seeds that are used to make linseed oil.
Foist on/upon
To force somebody to accept somebody/something that they do not want.
Gusher
An oil well where the oil comes out quickly and in large quantities.
Interlock
To fit or be fastened firmly together.
Lanyard (2)
A string that you wear around your neck or wrist for holding something.
A rope used to fasten something, for example the sail of a ship.
Notary
A person, especially a lawyer, with official authority to be a witness when somebody signs a document and to make this document valid in law.
Obeisance (2)
Respect for somebody/something or willingness to obey somebody.
The act of bending your head or the upper part of your body in order to show respect for somebody/something.
Ontological (2)
Connected with the branch of philosophy that deals with the nature of existence.
That shows the relationships between all the concepts and categories in a subject area.
Opprobrium
Severe criticism of a person, country, etc. by a large group of people.
Parallax
The effect by which the position or direction of an object appears to change when the object is seen from different positions.
Passover
The Jewish religious festival and holiday in memory of the _escape _ exit of the Jews from Egypt.
Peregrine
A grey and white bird of prey (= a bird that kills other creatures for food) that can be trained to hunt for sport.
Poinsettia
A tropical plant with large red or pink leaves that grow to look like flowers, often grown indoors in pots.
Probity
The quality of being completely honest.
Probate
To prove that a will is valid.
Provost
A head, high official, or senior officer of a university or college, governments, or armed forces.
Pupa, plural?
An insect in the stage of development between a larva and an adult insect.
Plural is pupae.
Purl
A stitch used in knitting. Also verb.
Selfsame
Used to emphasize that two people or things are the same.
Sepulchre
A place for a dead body, either cut in rock or built of stone.
Sloop
A small sailing ship with one mast (= a post to support the sails)
Sturgeon
A large sea and freshwater fish that lives in northern regions. Sturgeon are used for food and the eggs (called caviar) are also eaten.
Sweepstake
A type of betting in which the winner gets all the money bet by everyone else.
Synopsis
A summary of a piece of writing, a play, etc.
Taxonomy
A particular system of classifying things, process of doing so.
The International Herald
The former name of the New York Times International Edition.
Tribune (3)
An official elected by the people in ancient Rome to defend their rights; a popular leader.
A raised area that somebody stands on to make a speech or a raised area with seats, especially in a church.
An independent British left-wing political magazine, established in 1937, which represents the views of some members of the Labour Party. It used to support very left-wing policies but in recent times has become more moderate. In 2018 it moved from publishing every two weeks to publishing every two months.
Victuals
Food and drink.
