2020 Dec Flashcards
Retroject
To project backwards
Cairn
A mound of rough stones built as memorials
A small terrier
Festoon
A chain or garland of flowers
Sapid
Having a strong, pleasant taste
EQ
The level of frequency response to an audio signal
Elegy
Funeral poem/ song
Dulcify
Sweeten
Ashram
A hermitage (indicative of South Asia)
Adaptogen
A natural substance considered to help the body adapt to stress
e.g., ginseng
Flivver
A cheap aircraft or car in bad condition
Bathos
Anticlimax
Nurdle
A very small pellet of plastic used for plastic manufacturing
Moncler
A brand of puffer jackets
Saft
Juice
Apogee
The highest point or climax
Antediluvian
Prehistoric
Before the Biblical flood
Sonata
A composition for an instrumental soloist (usually on the piano)
ASIC
Application specific integrated circuit
Superficies
Surface
Ratoon
A new shoot or sprout which emerges from a base crop (like sugar)
Bibelot
Ornament
Aphyllous
Leafless
Prosaic
Mundane
Unimaginative
Lagniappe
Something given as a bonus or extra gift
Camber
Arched shape of a horizontal surface
e.g., a road