Page 4 Flashcards
grenadier
a member of the first regiment of household infantry
gracioso
a buffoon or clown in Spanish comedy
grimalkin
an old cat
guillemot
a black or brown-speckled seabird
gustatory
of or pertaining to taste or tasting
habergeon
a short, sleeveless coat of mail
Haifa
a seaport in NW Israel
halophile
any organism that requires a salt-rich environment for its growth and survival
haplology
the omission of one of two similar adjacent syllables or sounds in a word
hecatomb
a public sacrifice; a great slaughter
hemialgia
pain or neuralgia involving only one side of the body or head
heresiarch
a leader in heresy
hidalgo
a man of the lower nobility in Spain
hippodrome
an oval track for horse races and chariot races
hookah
a tobacco pipe with a long, flexible tube by which the smoke is drawn through a jar of water and thus cooled
huarache
a Mexican sandal having the upper woven of leather strips
hydrarch
originating in a wet habitat
ichneumon
a slender, long-tailed mongoose inhabiting Africa and southern Europe
ikebana
the art of floral arrangement
imbroglio
a complicated or difficult situation
immanent
remaining within; inherent
immolation
a sacrifice
impetigos
a contagious skin disease, especially of children marked by a superficial pustular eruption
impudicity
immodesty
in absentia
in absence
in vacuo
in a vacuum
innominate
having no name, anonymous
interminable
unending
ipse dixit
an assertion without proof
irascible
irritable
jaconet
a cotton fabric of light weight
jaguarundi, jaguarondi
a long-bodied and long-tailed tropical endangered wildcat
jejune
without interest or significance, dull
jugate
overlapping
kaffiyeh
an Arab headdress for men
kakemono
a vertical hanging scroll containing either text or a painting
kedge
to warp or pull along by hauling on the cable of an anchor carried out from the ship and dropped
keratectomy
excision of part of the cornea
kerygma
the content or message of Gospel preaching
kinesthesia
muscle sense
knobkerrie
a short, heavy wooden club with a knob on one end
