Artemis Flashcards
Pauper
noun
1. a very poor person.
“he died a pauper”
HISTORICAL
2. a recipient of relief under the provisions of the Poor Law or of public charity.
“he was buried in a pauper’s grave”
US•LAW
3. a poor person who may bring a legal action without payment of costs.
Reconstituted
adjective
1. having been formed again.
“the first meeting of the reconstituted board of directors”
2. (of dried food or drink) restored to its original state by the addition of water.
“reconstituted milk”
Tenure
noun
1. the conditions under which land or buildings are held or occupied.
2. the holding of an office.
“his tenure of the premiership would be threatened”
3. a period for which an office is held.
4. guaranteed permanent employment, especially as a teacher or lecturer, after a probationary period; security of tenure.
“tenure for university staff has been abolished”
verb
give (someone) a permanent post, especially as a teacher or lecturer.
“I had recently been tenured and then promoted to full professor”
Gestate
verb
1. carry a fetus in the womb from conception to birth.
“rabbits gestate for approximately twenty-eight days”
2. (of a fetus) undergo gestation.
3. develop over a long period.
“a series that has been gestating for three years”
Credenza
noun
a kind of low, wide cupboard with several parts and sometimes with drawers, usually used for holding glasses, plates, etc.
Snide
adjective
1. derogatory or mocking in an indirect way.
“snide remarks about my mother”
NORTH AMERICAN
2. (of a person) devious and underhand.
“a snide divorce lawyer”
noun INFORMAL
an unpleasant or underhand person.
“he’s not a snide, he’s better than most”
Wheedle
verb
use flattery or coaxing in order to persuade someone to do something or give one something.
“she wheedled her way on to the guest list”
Lark
noun
1. a small ground-dwelling songbird with elongated hind claws and a song that is delivered on the wing, typically crested and with brown streaky plumage.
2. used in names of birds of other families that are similar to the lark, e.g. meadowlark.
INFORMAL
3. a person who habitually gets up early and feels energetic early in the day.
noun
1. something done for fun, especially something mischievous or daring; an amusing adventure or escapade.
“I only went along for a lark”
INFORMAL•BRITISH
2. an activity regarded as foolish or a waste of time.
“he’s serious about this music lark”
verb BRITISH
enjoy oneself by behaving in a playful and mischievous way.
“he’s always joking and larking about in the office”
Docent
noun
1. (in certain US and European universities and colleges) a member of the teaching staff immediately below professorial rank.
2. a person who acts as a guide, typically on a voluntary basis, in a museum, art gallery, or zoo.
Libration
noun ASTRONOMY
an apparent or real oscillation of the moon, by which parts near the edge of the disc that are often not visible from the earth sometimes come into view.
Enact
verb
1. make (a bill or other proposal) law.
“legislation was enacted to attract international companies”
2. put into practice (an idea or suggestion).
“the pressure group’s aim was to see the proposals enacted”
Exudate
noun
fluid that leaks out of blood vessels into nearby tissues.
Nebbish
noun INFORMAL•NORTH AMERICAN
a person, especially a man, who is regarded as pitifully ineffectual, timid, or submissive.
“He’s a nebbish. No money, no prestige, no future”
Rigor
noun
MEDICINE
1. a sudden feeling of cold with shivering accompanied by a rise in temperature, often with copious sweating, especially at the onset or height of a fever.
short for rigor mortis.
2. US spelling of rigour.
3. the quality of being extremely thorough and careful.
“his analysis is lacking in rigour”
4. severity or strictness.
“the full rigour of the law”
5. harsh and demanding conditions.
“the rigours of a harsh winter”
Philistine
noun
a person who is hostile or indifferent to culture and the arts.
“I am a complete philistine when it comes to paintings”
adjective
hostile or indifferent to culture and the arts.
“there were displays to inspire even the most philistine of visitors”
