651 Flashcards
Lackey
Male servant
Heresy
Convention
Opinion that strongly disagrees with what others belief
Behaviour accepted by all
etiolate
Foliate
To make pale or silky
To decorate with foil
percolate
Procreate
Spread gradually
To produce more individuals
Arbitrator
Someone chosen to hear both sides and give a judgement
delectable
Delicious
Arable
Suitable for growing crops
Venerable
People or thing which deserves respect by age dignity character position
Sprout
Sterilized
New part growing on a plant
To kill bacteria in or on something
Feint
To pretend to attack(suma adikura mari)
Hydrophobia
Cynophobia
Fear of water
Fear of dogs
Analgesia
Marathu poga vaikura usi
Dactylogy
Dendrology
Science of communicating by sign language
Scientific study of trees
Annals
Official record of events year by year
Hallucination
Utopia
Image of object without reality
Imaginary place where everything is perfect
Oncology
Study and treatement of tumours
Changeling
Tiddler
Secretly exchanging a child
A very small fish
Tyke
Nipper
Small child one who behaves badly
Small child
Indolent
Lazy
General
Chief or commander of army
order in armed force
Lieutenant Captain Major Colonel Brigader General Field marshal
Urn
Vessel to collect ashes of dead person
Turncoat (renegade)
One who leaves one party and joins the opposite
Subservient
Subjugate
Subaltern
Too willing to obey other person
To defeat someone
Any officer lower in rank tan captain in british army
Avaricious
Extreme desire for money
Fervent
Very strong and sincere feelings for something
Erratum
Axiom
Jargon
Mistake in a book or printing
Rule or principle that most people believe to be true
Words used by particular profession people that is difficult to be understood
interregnum
Anachronism
A period between two rulers (no king in throne)
Very old thing which very familiar and boring
Plunder
To steal using force during war
Tautology
To say something twice like superflous
they came one after the other in succession
temerity
Tarragon
Extremely confident behaviour that most people misunderstands a rude
Plant with leaves with strong taste used in cooking
limber
Capable of moving bending
Liturgy
Public worship
Annihilate
To destroy completly
Dawdle
Bluster
Chide(rebuke)
To take long time to do something
To say something in a angressive manner
To criticize
adonis
Debonair
Handsome person
Fashonable and confident man
Sabotage
Intentional attack over machines
Sangfroid(imperturable)
Ability to remain calm in tough situation
Blurb
Short description of a book or new product
Lexicon
Lexical
All words or phrases used in a particular language
Connected with the words of language
Apiary
Place where bees are kept