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2021 May Flashcards

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Hyaline

A

Having a glassy, translucent appearance

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Entelechy

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The realization of potential

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Infobesity

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The process of encountering a deluge of information

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Syncretism

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The (attempted) inosculation of various religions and cultures

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Betide

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Happen

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Irrefragable

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Indisputable

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Polychromy

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The art of painting in several colours (such as in pottery)

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Cryptonym

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A code name

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Leonine

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Relating to one of the popes names Leo

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Solatium

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A thing given to someone as a form of compensation or consolation

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Raillery

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Good humoured teasing

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Imprimatur

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An official licence by the Roman Catholic Church to print an ecclesiastical or religious book

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ecclesiastical

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Relating to the Roman Catholic Church and its clergy

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Piedmont

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A gentle slope leading down from the base of mountains to a region of flat land

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Anamnesis

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The remembrance of things from a previous existence

A patient’s account of a medical history

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Zelig

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A person who can change and adapt to any situation

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Corrigendum

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A thing to be corrected (e.g., in printed material)

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Stoush

A

To argue or quarrel

Fight or argument

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Capstone

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A stone fixed atop a wall or other surface

20
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Refection

A

Refreshment by food and drink

21
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Synecdoche

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A figure of speech in which a part is used to represent the whole

(e.g., Cleveland won by six runs)

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Astir

A

In a state of excited movement

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Prurient

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Salacious

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Pare

A

Cut off

Reduce

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Stalwart

A

Staunch, loyal, diligent, hardworking

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Lichen

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A slow-growing plant that forms on rocks, walls, and trees;

Skin disease characterized by pimples/ bumps appearing closely together

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Olivaceous

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Olive green

28
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Lanolin

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A fatty substance found in sheep’s wool; used primarily for ointments

29
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Calciferol

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One of the D vitamins that is routinely added to dairy products

30
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Endogenous

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Having an internal cause of origin

31
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Yare

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(Of a ship) responding promptly to the helm

Easily manageable

32
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Aplomb

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Poise

Self confidence or assurance

33
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Prepend

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To add something to the beginning of something else

34
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Cenotaph

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A monument to someone buried elsewhere

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