2022 May Flashcards
Brackish
Slightly salty
Cobot
A computer-controlled robotic device designed to assist a person
Preternatural
Beyond what is normal
Extraordinary
Fossik
To search for gold, especially by reworking washings or waste piles
To rummage or search around, especially for a possible profit
To search for by or as if by rummaging
Greenwashing
Disinformation disseminated by an organization so as to present an environmentally responsible public image
Eidetic
Relating to or denoting mental images having unusual vividness and detail, as if actually visible
Macroscopic
Visible to the naked eye
Not microscopic
Profligate
Wasteful
Dissolute
Monopsony
A market situation in which there is only one buyer
Leanwashing
The practise of making a product or service appear healthier than it is through advertising or other forms of marketing
Judder
Verb
(Especially of something mechanical) shake and vibrate rapidly and forcefully
Noun
An instance of rapid and forceful shaking and vibration
Lurid
Brightly coloured
Sensational
Ante penultimate
Two iterations before the last of a series
Pinniped
A carnivorous aquatic mammal of the order Pinnipedia, such as a seal or walrus
Senescent cell
A cell undergoing a cessation of cell division
Vagrancy
Homelessness
Numeracy
The ability to understand and work with numbers
Prurient
Having or encouraging an excessive interest in sexual matters
Salacious
Lascivious
Endue
To endow or provide with a quality or ability
Metathesis
The transposition of sounds or letters in a word
Chamois
An agile goat-antelope with short hooked horns, found in mountainous areas of Europe from Spain to the Caucasus
A type of soft pliable leather now made from sheepskin or lamb skin
A piece of leather used for washing windows or cars
Pidgin
A grammatically simplified form of a language, used for communication between people not sharing a common language
Maelstrom
Whirlpool
Turbulence
Lacuna
An unrolled space or interval
A gap
Sociolect
The dialect of a particular social class
Boswell
A person who accompanies another and records their life
Noetic
Relating to mental activity or the intellect
Apodeictic
Clearly established or beyond dispute
Rufous
Reddish brown in colour
Inscrutable
Enigmatic
Mysterious
Undergird
Secure or fasten from the underside, especially by a rope or chain passed underneath
To provide support or a firm basis for
Blithe
Heedless
Happy
Quantum computing
A computer which makes use of the quantum states of subatomic particles to store information
FOMC
Federal Open Market Committee
Vertiginous
Causing vertigo, especially by being extremely high or steep
Tepid
Lukewarm
Unenthusiastic
Demur
Raise doubts or objections
Show reluctance
Cubit
An ancient measure of length, approximately equal to the length of a forearm
It was typically approximately 44cm
Long cubit’s length: 52cm
Fiduciary
Involving trust, especially with regard to the relationship between a trustee and a beneficiary
Holophrasis
The expression of a whole phrase in a single word
E.g.,
Howdy
Cook with gas
To do well
Make rapid progress
Disavow
Deny
Epigram
Quip
Proverb
Florid
Ruddy
Ornate
Bleary
Blurred
Pleach
Entwine or interlace (tree branches) to form a hedge or provide cover for an outdoor walkway
Efficient market hypothesis
A hypothesis in financial economics that states that asset prices reflect all available information
A direct implication is that it’s impossible to “beat the market” consistently on a risk-adjusted basis since market prices should only react to new information
Clinquant
Flashy
Cheap (rhetoric)
Erstwhile
Former
Dithyramb
A wild choral hymn of Ancient Greece, especially one dedicated to Dionysus
Copestone
A flat stone forming part of the coping of a wall
The highest stone in a building, wall, or structure
A finishing touch of crowning achievement
Alliaceous
Botany
Relating to or denoting plants of a group that comprise the onions and other alliums
LAMBDA
A compute service that allows you to run code without provisioning or managing servers
Bemused
Puzzled
Confused
Bewildered
Portentous
Ominous
Pompous
Rhetorical
Foreboding
Fait accompli
A thing that has already happened or been decided before those affected hear about it, leaving them with no option but to accept it
(“The results were presented to shareholders as a fait accompli”)
Tardigrade
Zoology
A minute animal of the phylum Tardigrada
A water bear
Compunction
A feeling of guilt or moral scruple that prevents or follows the doing of something bad
“He had no compunction about behaving blasphemously”
Benison
A blessing
Relative-value trading
Also known as statistical arbitrage
Based around the fundamental idea that two or more assets are strongly related to each other for some persistent systematic reason
Because of this, traders are willing to bet that when these assets diverge, they will eventually revert back to their long term trading range resulting in a profit, if and when they do
Resistive touchscreen
Electrical engineering
A touch-sensitive computer display composed of two flexible sheets coated with a resistive material and separated by an air gap or microdots
Citadel
A fortress, typically on high ground, protecting or dominating a city
Jelq
A pes enlargement technique in which the thumb and index finger are wrapped around the pes with the aim of making it larger
Proffer
To hold out (something) to someone for acceptance
To offer
An offer or proposal
Deductible
In an insurance policy
A specified amount of money that the insured must pay before an insurance company will pay a claim
“A traditional insurance policy with a low deductible”
Epigenetic
Relating to heritable changes in the characteristics of a cell or organism that result from altered gene expression or other effects not involving changes to the DNA sequence itself
Veblen good
A type of luxury good for which the demand increases as the price increases
The higher prices may make them desirable as a status symbol in the practises of conspicuous consumption and leisure
Protein folding
The physical process by which a protein chain is translated to its native three-dimensional structure, typically a “folded” conformation by which the protein becomes biologically functional
Cytokine
Any of a number of substances, such as interferon, interleukin, and growth factors, which are secreted by certain cells of the immune system and have an effect on other cells
Trialogue
Trilogue
A dialogue among three people
RAS
Reticular Activation System
A section of the brain which participates in fight-or-flight responses, as well as dream construction
Moppet
A small, endearingly sweet child
Sachem
To hoe
Hippocrene
Used to refer to poetic or literary inspiration
Omnifarious
Comprising or relating to all sorts or varieties
Ivermectin
A compound used as an anthelmintic in veterinary medicine and as a treatment for river blindness
United Launch Alliance
A firm that provides spacecraft launch services to the US government
Scumble
To modify (a painting or colour) by applying a very thin coat of opaque paint to give a softer or duller effect
A thin, opaque coat of paint or layer of shading applied to give a softer or fuller effect
Anthelmintic
(Chiefly of medicines)
Used to destroy parasite worms
River blindness
A tropical skin disease caused by a parasitic filarial worm, transmitted by the bite of black flies which breed in fast flowing rivers
The larvae of the parasite can migrate into the eye and cause blindness
Also called “onchocerciasis”
Gamesome
Playful and merry
Vitriol
bitter criticism or malice
[“her mother’s sudden gush of fury and vitriol”]
sulphuric acid
fartlek
a system of training for distance runners in which the terrain and pace are continually varied
Assiduous
exhibiting great care and perseverance
diligent
Humectant
a hygroscopic substance used to keep things moist
used in many products, incl. food, cosmetics, medicines, etc.
Hygroscopic
Tending to absorb moisture from the air
Exonym
A name of a place or group that is only used outside of that place or group
Quaff
To drink (usually an alcoholic beverage) heartily
Malinger
To feign or exaggerate illness in order to escape duty or work
EPO
Emergency protective order
