A-B Flashcards
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- ab initio •
- abattoir
- abelia, Abelia
- abrogate
- absinthe, absinth
- absolution •
- acarid
- accelerant
- accommodative
- acerbated
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- from the beginning; Origin: Latin - ab, from; Ex: The response now obtained was vigorous and was ab-initio positive.
- capitalization is allowed
4. - two different ways to spell
- act of absolving; a freeing from blame or guilt; release from consequences, obligations, or penalties; Origin: Latin absolutio, acquittal; absolvere, to absolve; Ex: Like Gingrich, he is a convert and a thrice-married sinner engaged continually in confession and absolution.
- 10.
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- Adonis, adonis
- adrenocortical
- adventitious •
- advisory
- Aegean
- aerialist •
- Aesopian
- affability
- affiant
- afflatus
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- capitalization is allowed
- associated with something by chance rather than as an integral part; extrinsic.; Origin: Latin - adventicius, foreign; adventus, arrival; Ex: Such acknowledgments are of high value in keeping the issue clear, if not always of all adventitious, yet of all venomous matter.
- 25.
- a trapeze artist.; Origin: Greek - aēr, air; Ex: Aerialist Lydia Lassila nails her two jumps to win Olympic gold
- Capitalization is required
- 30.
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- acholia
- acrid •
- acrimonious
- acrophobia
- ad infinitum
- ad interim •
- addendum •
- adipose tissue •
- Adirondack Mountains
- adjustable
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- sharp or biting to the taste or smell; bitterly pungent; irritating to the eyes, nose; Origin: Latin - acer, sharp; Ex: Unlike California, it was physical, ugly and acrid back then.
- 14.
- in the meantime.; Origin: Latin - ad, to, for; interim, the meantime
- a thing to be added; an addition. Origin: Latin - addere, to add; Ex: That felt like cheating, I imagined my own reaction to reading a book and then finding such an addendum at the end.
- loose connective tissue in which fat cells accumulate. Origin: Latin - adeps and adip-, fat; Middle English - tissu, a rich kind of cloth; Latin - texere, to weave, fabricate; Ex:These are pressed upon and become atrophied, and may ultimately be replaced by adipose tissue
- 20.
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- aficionado •
- agent provocateur (singular) •
- aggress
- agranulocytosis
- agraphia
- aigrette, aigret
- al dente •
- albatross •
- alchemist
- aldolase
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- an ardent devotee; fan, enthusiast.; Origin: Spanish - aficionar, to induce a liking for; Spanish - afición, liking; Latin - afficere, to affect, to influence; Ex: For the aficionado or the neophyte, Comics is a useful overview of a richly creative period in a burgeoning art.
- a secret agent hired to incite suspected persons to some illegal action, outbreak, etc., that will make them liable to punishment.; Origin: French - agent, agent; French - provocateur, instigator; Ex: That is why one was never sure that the stranger who denounced Rasputin and his friends was not an agent-provocateur.
- 36.
- (especially of pasta) cooked so as not to be too soft; firm to the bite:; Origin: Italian - al, to the; Italian - dente, tooth; Ex: Cook for 6-8 minutes; you want them al-dente, because they’ll keep cooking in the hot soup.
38.any of several large, web-footed sea birds of the family Diomedeidae that have the ability to remain aloft for long periods.; Origin: Latin - albus, white; Arabic - al, the; Arabic - gattas, white-tailed sea eagle; Ex: Someone who is justifiably frustrated that his central public accomplishment, Romneycare, is now an albatross. - 40.
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- aldosterone
- alexandrite
- algicide
- alkaloidal
- alliterative
- almandine
- alopecia
- altruism
- alumni
- amalgamation •
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- 47.
48.
49. - the act or process of amalgamating.; Origin: Greek - malagma, soft mass; Ex: Each model is an amalgamation of many different women; eyes from one, lips from another.
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- amanuensis
- amaurosis •
- amblyopia
- Americanism
- amicable •
- amnioscopy
- amontillado
- amoral
- amplitude
- amputee
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- partial or total loss of sight, especially in the absence of a gross lesion or injury.; Origin: Greek - amauros, dark; Ex: M. Petrequin, in his Trait Pratique, records two cases of amaurosis in young girls produced by lumbrici.
- characterized by or showing goodwill; friendly; peaceable. Origin: Latin - amicus, friend; Ex: “It was a very peaceful, amicable, lovely divorce, where my siblings and I had a great, fun, healthy childhood,” he says.
- 60.
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- anachronous
- anadiplosis •
- analects
- anapest, anapaest
- anchovies
- Andalusia •
- anechoic
- angina
- angiography
- Anglo-Saxon •
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- repetition in the first part of a clause or sentence of a prominent word from the latter part of the preceding clause or sentence, usually with a change or extension of meaning. Origin: Greek - anadiploun, to redouble; Greek - diploun, to double; Greek - diplous, double; Greek - ana, up; Ex: Anadiplosis exhibits a typical pattern of repeating a word
- Spanish Andalucía; a region in S Spain, bordering on the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. 33,712 sq. mi. (87,314 sq. km).; Origin: former name of southern Spain, from Spanish, from Arabic al Andalus, name for the entire peninsula, from Late Latin *Vandalicia “the country of the Vandals,” in reference to one of the Germanic tribes that overran the Western Empire 3c.-4c. and for a time settled in southern Spain.; Ex: We see it in the history of Andalusia and Cordoba during the Inquisition.
- 68.
69. - an English person of the period before the Norman Conquest.; Origin: Latin - Angli, the English people; Latin - Saxo, a Saxon; Ex: When Viking invaders tore through 9th-century Europe, only one Anglo-Saxon leader was able to withstand their ferocious onslaught.
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- animosity
- ankh •
- annotator
- anonymity •
- Anschluss •
- answerable
- antemeridian
- anthracosis
- anthropomorphism
- anticatalyst
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- a tau cross with a loop at the top, used as a symbol of generation or enduring life. Origin: Egyptian - ‘nh, life; Ex: “With the ankh —just lay your hand on him like Mbopo did,” explained Critch, laughing.
- the state or quality of being anonymous. Origin: Greek - anonumous, nameless; Greek - an-, without; Greek - onuma, name; Ex: Arm people with a cloak of anonymity and a shield of non-accountability, and watch the cavalcade of crazy charge.
- union, especially the political union of Austria with Germany in 1938. Origin: German - Anschluss, annexation; German - anschilessen, to enclose, annex; German - an, on; German - schliessen, to close; Ex: After the Russian Anschluss in Crimea last week, people around the world are asking themselves uneasily: How far will Moscow go?
- 80.
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- Antietam
- antihero, anti-hero
- antisepsis
- antitussive
- aphasia
- apiculture •
- apnea, apnoea
- apodictic
- apologue
- apotheosize
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81. 82. 83. 84. 85. 86. beekeeping, especially on a commercial scale for the sale of honey. Origin: Latin - apis, bee; Latin - colere, to till; Ex: IT is not my intention to write a treatise on apiculture, or on practical bee-keeping. 87. 88. 89. 90.
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- apparition •
- appendage
- appetence
- appurtenance •
- apraxia •
- arabesque
- arachnoid
- arbovirus •
- Archeozoic, Archaezoic
- architectonics
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- a supernatural appearance of a person or thing, especially a ghost; a specter or phantom; wraith. Origin: Latin - apparitio, apparition-, an appearance; Latin - apparere, to appear; Ex: His challenge to use this week to cast the race as between two flesh-and-blood men, not the apparition of 2008.
- something subordinate to another, more important thing; adjunct; accessory. Origin: Latin - appertinere, to appertain; Ex: The Zulus hold that a dead body can cast no shadow, because that appurtenance departed from it at the close of life.
- a disorder of the nervous system, characterized by an inability to perform purposeful movements, but not accompanied by a loss of sensory function or paralysis. Origin: Greek - apraxia, inaction; Greek - a-, without; Greek - praxis, action; Ex: Similar to apraxia is “aphasia” or loss of ability to speak.
- any of several groups of RNA-containing viruses that are transmitted by bloodsucking arthropods, as ticks, fleas, or mosquitoes, and may cause encephalitis, yellow fever, or dengue fever. Origin: C20: from ar (thropod-) bo (rne) virus ; Ex: Many experts believe that dengue is now the most worrisome arthropod-borne virus, or arbovirus, in the world
- 100.
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- arduousness
- argosy
- Aristotelian, Aristotelean
- armadillos
- arrant
- arteriosclerosis
- artesian well
- arthritis
- articulation
- artiste
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101. 102. 103. capitalization is required, different spelling 104. 105. 106. 107. 108. . 109. 110.
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- arugula
- askew
- assailant
- asseveration
- assiduity
- asthenosphere
- astigmatism
- astomatous
- atavistic
- atrioventricular
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111. 112. 113. 114. 115. 116. 117. 118. 119. 120.
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- attenuated
- attorney general, Attorney General
- audiology
- autistic •
- autochthonous •
- avatar
- aviarist
- azimuth •
- Baalbek •
- baby boomer, baby-boomer
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- 122.
- a pervasive developmental disorder of children, characterized by impaired communication, excessive rigidity, and emotional detachment: now considered one of the autism spectrum disorders; a tendency to view life in terms of one’s own needs and desires.; Origin: ; Ex:
- pertaining to autochthons; aboriginal; indigenous (opposed to heterochthonous ).; Origin: 1910-15; aut- + -ism; Ex: But when the specious claims are directed at the parents of autistic children, the situation has gone from silly to malevolent.
- the arc of the horizon measured clockwise from the south point, in astronomy, or from the north point, in navigation, to the point where a vertical circle through a given heavenly body intersects the horizon. Origin: Arabic - as-samt, the way, compass being; Latin - semita, path; Ex: Variables like weather, azimuth, elevation, crude launchers, and rocket viability quickly add up.
- a town in E Lebanon: ruins of ancient city; Temple of the Sun. 16,000. Ancient Greek name, Heliopolis.; Origin: the name `Baalbek’ means Lord Baal of the Beqaa Valley; Ex: Baalbek still possesses some of the best-preserved Roman ruins in Lebanon; capitalization is required
- two words; hyphen is allowed
14
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- bacillary
- bacteriology •
- baculiform
- Bahrain, Bahrein
- bal musette •
- balladist
- balletomane
- banderilla
- bandoleer, bandolier •
- bandwidth
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- a branch of microbiology dealing with the identification, study, and cultivation of bacteria and with their applications in medicine, agriculture, industry, and biotechnology. Origin: Latin - bacterium, bacterium; Greek - logos, word, speech, reason; Greek - -logos, one who deals with; Greek - legein, to speak; Ex: It requires not only an understanding of bacteriology, but skilled workmanship and earnest attention to details.
- a French dance hall with an accordion band. Origin: French - bal, dance; French - musette, musette; Ex: Bal musette is a dance.
- a broad belt worn over the shoulder by soldiers and having a number of small loops or pockets, for holding a cartridge or cartridges. Origin: Spanish - banda, band; Ex: At ten o’clock by his watch he fell-in his four Houssas, serving out to each a short carbine and a bandoleer.; two different ways to spell it
140.
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- bangalore torpedo
- Barbary Coast
- barcarole, barcarolle
- barkentine, barquentine
- basil (herb) •
- bathophobia •
- bathymetry •
- batophobia
- bayadere
- bedizened
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- two words
- two words; capitalization is required for both words
- two different ways of spelling
- two different ways of spelling
- any of several aromatic herbs belonging to the genus Ocimum, of the mint family, as O. basilicum (sweet basil) having purplish-green ovate leaves used in cooking. Origin: Greek - basilikos, royal; Ex: Just as relevant, he was also the son of the important Harlem political figure, basil Paterson.
- An abnormal fear of depths. Origin: Greek - bathus, deep; Greek - phobos, fear; Ex: My friend has bathophobia.
- the measurement of the depths of oceans, seas, or other large bodies of water. Origin: Greek - bathus, deep; Greek - bathos, depth; Greek - metron, measure; Ex: Bathymetry is a type of measurement.
- 150.
