2021 Aug Flashcards
Hypocoristic
Relating to a pet name or diminutive name
Nickname
Parthenon
The temple of Athena
Recherchè
Exquisite
Elegant
Encomium
A speech or piece of writing that praises someone highly
Eulogy
Percipient
Astute
Extant
Still existing
Cabotage
Coastal shipping
Lucubrate
To write or study, especially by night
Shunt
The act of pushing or shoving something
To provide (an electrical current) with a conductor
Capacitor
A device used to store an electric charge
Raillery
Good humoured teasing
Viande
Meat
Flesh
Evanesce
Pass out of sight, memory or existence
Citadel
Fortress
Anosmia
Loss of the sense of smell
Yare
(Of a ship) easily manageable
Parhelion
A bright spot in the sky appearing on either side of the sun, formed by refraction of sunlight through ice crystals high in the earth’s atmosphere
Ensconce
To settle in a safe place
Helioseismology
The science of studying wave oscillations in the sun
Perdurable
Lasting
Imperishable
Xiphoid
Sword-shaped
Solipsistic
The view or theory that the self is all that is known to exist
Eidolon
An idealized person or thing
Winnow
To separate
To blow a current of air
