FROM HEAD TO TOE: lessons 9+10 Flashcards
capitalist2
- person who has invested personal wealth in business
- a very wealthy person
capitulation
surrender, ending resistance
decapitate
to cut off the head of, to behead
precipice2
- very steep or vertical face of a cliff or rock
- edge of a dangerous situation
precipitate3
- to throw down from a great height
- to make happen suddenly or quickly
- speeding along heedlessly, headstrong
recapitulation2
- restatement of a main idea
- summary or concise review
caput, capitis
head
cerebrum
brain
cerebral2
- pertaining to the brain
- intellectual
cerebration
action of thinking, thought
facies
face, form, shape
deface
to mar or spoil the appearance or surface of something
efface2
- to wipe out, to obliterate, to make less clear
- to make oneself inconspicuous
facade2
- face of a building
- face or front of anything, especially an artificial or false front
facet2
- one of the many sides of a cut stone or jewel
- one aspect of a situation or of a tooth
frons, frontis
front, forehead, face
affront2
- to insult intentionally, to offend or embarrass
- an insult or offensive act
confront2
- to stand or come directly in front of
- to face with defiance or hostility
effrontery
flippant or insulting boldness, audacity
supercilium
eyebrow
supercilious
disdainful, showing lack of respect
os, oris, oro, orare, oravi, oratum
mouth, to speak
inexorable
relentless, unyielding
oracle4
- shrine where ancient greeks consulted one of their gods for advice or prophecy
- prophecy made at a shrine
- person who transmits prophecy from deity
- person regarded as able to give wise guidence
oration
address or formal speech give on a special occasion
orifice
mouth, vent or opening
osculate
to kiss
dens, dentis
tooth
indentation
cut or notch
indenture2
- written contract between 2 parties
- to bind by written contract
trident
a long three pronged fork or weapon
odon, odontos
tooth
orthodontist
specialist who corrects irregularly positioned teeth
gurges, gurgitis
throat, whirlpool
gorge4
- deep, narrow passage
- feeling of nausea (gorge rise)
- to eat greedily
- to fill full, to stuff
disgorge2
- to expel from the throat or stomach, vomit
- to discharge violently
gargantuan
of immense size, gigantic
gargoyle
grotesque carved human or animal figure
regurgitate2
- to cause to pour back or cast up partially digested food, to vomit
- to rush or surge back
