Part 2 Flashcards
Specialist of kidney
Nephrologist
The words with opposite meanings used together
Oxymoron
A man who hates marriage
Misogamist
A professional rider in horse races
Jockey
Hospital for recuperation or for the treatment of chronic diseases
Sanatorium
A person who is talkative
Garrulous
A person who enters without any invitation
Intruder
Thick skined animal
Pachyderm
Study of birds
Ornithology
Please where money is coined
Mint
Act of abdicating or renouncing The Throne
Abdication
An annual calendar containing important dates and statistical information such as astronomical data and type tables
Almanac
A cold blooded vertebrates animal that is born in water and breath with gills
Amphibians
I story poem or picture that can be interpreted to reveal hidden meaning typically a moral or political one
Allegory
A statement or preposition on which an abstractly defined structure is based
Axiom
A nation of person engage in a war or conflict as recognised by international law
Belligerent
The arrangement of events or dates in the order of their occurrence
Chronology
Spoken or done without preparation
Extempore
A state of disorder due to absence a non recognition of authority or other controlling system
Anarchy
A form of government in which power is held by the nobility
Aristocracy
System of government by one person with absolute power
Autocracy
A self governing country or region
Autonomy
System of government in which most of the important decisions are taken by the state official rather than by elected representative
Bureaucracy
System of government by the whole population or all The Eligible members of a state typically through elected representatives
Democracy
State society or group governed by old people
Gerontocracy
Gradual recovery from illness
Convalescence
Commencement of words with the same letter
Alliteration
A person who believes that pleasure is a chief good
Hedonist
Determined to exact full vengeance for wrong done to him
Vindictive
One who despises persons of lower social position
Aristocrat
A person who dishonestly pretends to have medical skills or knowledge
Quack
A person who relies solely upon practical experience rather than on scientific principles
Empiric
An adjective of phrase expressing a quality or attribute regarded as characteristic of the person or thing mentioned
Epithet
A short question or saying at the beginning of a book or chapter intended to suggest its theme
Epigraph
A phrase or form of words written in memory of a person who has died especially as an inscription on a tomstone
Epitaph
A section or speech at the end of a book or play that serve as a comment on or a conclusion to what has happened
Epilogue
A small fleet of ships or boats
Flotilla
Struggle of stagger clumsily in mud or water
Flounder
The profession of teaching or the approach or style of teaching
Pedagogy
(Especially of a process or organisation) just coming into existence and believing to display signs of future potential
Nascent
System of methods used in a particular area of study or activity
Methodology
Particular form of a language which is Peculiar to a specific region or a social group
Dialect
Type of language consisting of world and phrases that are regarded as very informal
Slang
The one who loves good food and know a lot about it
Gourmet
The one who does not believe in God
Atheist
The act or custom of talking to one self or talking when alone
Soliloquist
Someone who talks while asleep
Somniloquist
A person who takes part in a dialogue or conversation
Interlocutor
A person who travels a lot
Pandestrian
A person who lives in city town cave etc
Dweller
A person who spends their time travelling from place to place
Rover
