My Vocab Deck 2

Question 1

Ethos “E thas” Noun

Answer 1

The guiding beliefs of a person, group or organization.

Question 2

En.do.crine “End dough crin” crin like cringe. Adj.

Answer 2

Secreting internally secretions that are distributed in the body by way of the bloodstream.

Question 3

Di.dac.tic “Die dack tick” Adj.

Answer 3

Used to describe someone or somethng that tries to teach something in a way that is annoying or unwanted.

Example: Badgering a person to change to your religion.

Question 4

Mono.the.ism “Mäna theism” Noun

Answer 4

The belief that there is only one God.

Question 5

An.drog.y.nous “an drä Jen us” Adj.

Answer 5

Having both male and female characteristics or qualities. Suitable for both men and women.

Question 6

Hy.po.thal.a.mus “Hypo thal a mus” Noun

Answer 6

The regulator center of the brain.

Example: regulates body temperature

Question 7

Heu.ris.tic “hear ris tik” Adj.

Answer 7

Using experience to learn and improve. Serving as an aid to learning, discovery, or problem solving by experimental and trial and error methods.

Example: Learning golf by trial and error.

Question 8

Ge.nome “G nome” Noun

Answer 8

Your cellular structure. The genetic material of an organism.

Question 9

Schizo.phre.nia “skit so free knee ah” Noun

Answer 9

A psychotic disorder characterized by loss of contact with the environment by noticeable deterioration in the level of functioning in everyday life. They also experience delusions.

Question 10

Folk.lore Noun

Answer 10

Ideas or stories that are not true but that many people have heard or read. Traditional customs, tales, sayings.

Question 11

Ghost.write “ghost write” Verb

Answer 11

To write something for someone else using that person’s name.

This is writing with permission from the person. It is not pseudonymously written.

Question 12

Conj.jure “CON jur” Verb

Answer 12

To make something appear or seem to appear by magic. Like to conjure up a dead person’s spirit.

Question 13

Con.nois.seur “Kan ah sewer” Noun

Answer 13

An expert in a particular subject.

Question 14

An.thro.po.mor.phic “Aunt throw pole mor fik” Adj.

Answer 14

Thought of as being like human beings in appearance and behavior.

In 600 BCE the Jewish people declared their God was Anthropomorphic and was all powerful over all the other gods.

Question 15

Mettle “metal” Noun

Answer 15

Strength of spirit. Ability to continue despite difficulties.

Question 16

Pen.ul.ti.mate “Pen ultimate” Adj.

Answer 16

Next to the last.

Examples: Penultimate chapter in the book. Penultimate episode before the season finale.

Question 17

Trans.mi.grate “TRANS migrate” Verb.

Answer 17

Of the soul: to pass at death from one body to another.

Question 18

Psy.che “Psy key” Noun

Answer 18

The soul, mind, or personality of a person or group. The soul, Mind, the ego.

Question 19

Lon.gi.tu.di.nal “Long Ja tud an all” Adj.

Answer 19

Placed or going along the long side of something.

Example: The insect’s body is black with yellow longitudinal stripes.

The longitudinal position of a ship.

Question 20

MNE.mon.ic “Knee mon ic” Adj.

Answer 20

Something as a rhyme or jingle to help someone remember something important like a list of names. Or a made up story using names you want to remember.

Question 21

Pheromone N. FAIR ah moan

1. A chemical substance released by the hypothalamus to other parts of the brain that serves as a stimulant to other species (and the same species) to generate behavioral responses.

EX: Plants giving unpleasant odor or taste to an animal eating the plant.

EX: Plants releasing pheromones as a herbicide to kill other plants in their space. Trees do this all the time.

EX: A female animal in heat to attract a mate.

EX: A human’s bacteria usually from their armpits to attract a mate. (done unconsciously)

EX: Two gay humans, (male or female) connecting as lovers. One will be the male role, the other being the female role.

EX: A rapist. Normally humans can resist the temptation, but some people have little or no resistance to alluring pheromones and will rape a person without having that intention when they first left their house. They see it, they have to have it. For instance the Religious store where the man left the store to get a gun from his car then sodomized the women and shot one in the head in Manchester, Mo. 2018.