Grade 7 Flashcards
massage of the hands or feet in the belief that pressure applied to specific points on these extremities benefits other parts of the body
reflexology
purposely
intentionally
the envelope which the larvae of many insects form about themselves before changing to a pupa and in which they pass the pupa stage
cocoon
composed of haphazard and incongruous mixture of different elements
motley
projections like cushions bearing a tuft of long hair on the back side of the leg above the hoof of the horse and similar animals
fetlocks
exceptional sensitivity to a drug, food, or other substance
intolerance
a tenacious tough elastic protein substance characteristic of flour (as from wheat) that gives cohesiveness to bread dough
gluten
destroyed by or as if smashing into fragments, demolished
pulverized (US)
pulverised (UK)
bewildered
mystified
the most ostentatious
swankiest
hitting forcefully especially with the hand or fist
clouting
behavior towards others: outward manner
demeanor (US)
demeanour (UK)
a tool with a large head for driving another tool (as a chisel) or striking a surface without damaging or spoiling it
mallet
island of the Malay Archipelago in the South China Sea off the southern end of the Malay Peninsula
Singapore
lacking substance, solidity, or reality that would normally be expected to be present
disembodied
peninsula in eastern Asia between the Yellow Sea and the East Sea (Sea of Japan) with a strait of the same name to the south and Chine to the north
Korea
passages for traffic in a building (such as a store or a warehouse)
aisles
not exhibiting the good conduct becoming to a person involved in athletics, and involving honesty, courteous relations, and graceful acceptance of results
unsportsmanlike
the condition of being brought into one’s power by stratagem: entrapment
ensnarement
a diseased state or symptom: ill health
morbidity
officers or students (as in a college or university) appointed to supervise students (as at an examination) or to check on attendance or perform some similar duty
proctors
pressed down by walking or stamping upon something
trodden
cruelly painful
torturous
the process of directing (as a patient) to an appropriate specialist for definitive treatment
referral
usually metallic devices for radiating or receiving radio waves: antennas
aerials
a specialist in a branch of medicine that is concerned with diseases and conditions requiring or amenable to operative or manual procedures
surgeon
a religion developed among the ancient Hebrews and characterized by belief in one transcendent God
Judaism
a position from which neither contestant can derive a winning advantage: deadlock
stalemate
an important street or highway
thoroughfare
infringements or violations of a law, command, or duty: sins
transgressions
the part of the body between the thorax and the pelvis, not including the back: the belly
abdomen
a policy of conciliating or buying off a potential aggressor by political or economic concessions
appeasement
something that works as a disadvantage: a drawback
liability
a strong learning or attraction; broadly: a liking
penchant
a natural inclination
propensity
determined by natural impulse or propensity: unlearned, unreasoned
instinctive
capable of being easily diffused or spread: readily communicated: catching
infectious
state in the northern U.S. bordering on Ontario and Manitoba, Canada, and on Lake Superior
Minnesota
a condition of suffering, destitution, or affliction
adversity
strongly held beliefs or views
convictions
the tubular portion of the alimentary canal that extends from the stomach and functions in digestion and assimilation of nutrients
intestine
careful or fastidious in selection: discerning, judicious
discriminating
a person expelled from their country by authority
exile
a group (such as a family) tracing descent from a common ancestor who is regarded as its founder
lineage
persuading or influencing a person by gentle urging or flattery
coaxing
the quality or state of being without marked change: durability
permanence
a cultivated annual plant with palmately divided leaves and irregular flowers in showy spikes
larkspur
dull, fatiguing, and unrelieved work or expenditure of effort
drudgery
