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Terminology Flashcards

1
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Long loose Turkish dress

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What is a kaftan?

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2
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Small, 2-inch nail

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What is a six-penny?

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3
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Highest military honor

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What is a congressional medal of honor?

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4
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Latin word for horn

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What is cornu?

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5
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Black pudding is a type of this

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What is sausage?

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6
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Free swimming stage in a jellyfish’s life

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What is medusa?

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7
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Large marching band instrument

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What is a sousaphone?

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8
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Type of sleeve that extends all the way to the neck

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What is a raglan sleeve?

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9
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Latin for death

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What is mors?

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10
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Latin for soul or spirit

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What is animus?

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11
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Title for Gandhi meaning “Great Soul”

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What is Mahatma?

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12
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Name for coin collecting

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What is numismatics?

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13
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These slips of the tongue that bear a man’s name include ‘it is now kisstomary to cuss the bride’

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What are spoonerisms?

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14
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Saying they raised ‘customers’, Adam Smith called the English ‘a nation of’ this profession

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What are shopkeepers?

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15
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Spanish word meaning aged - often applied to rum or tequila

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What is Añejo?

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16
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Medallion worn by Christians for protection

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What is a St. Christopher Medallion?

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17
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Fragola means this in Italian

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What is Strawberry?

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18
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Term for lawyers who seek injured clients

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What is ambulance chasing?

19
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Basar means this - one of the 7 divine attributes of God in Islamic philosophy

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What is sight?

20
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Philosophy based on doing what is beneficial to the world

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What is utilitarianism?

21
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You give someone this phrase when you use extreme methods to extract a confession out of them

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What is the third degree?

22
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Illeism is using this when talking about themselves

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What is the third person?

23
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From the Greek for “Written with one’s own hand”

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What is autograph?

24
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From the Greek for “Having the same name”

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What is homonym?

25
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From the Greek for “Mother city”

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What is metropolis?

26
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In mythology, from the Greek for “round-eyed”

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What is cyclops?

27
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The name of this dessert made with sponge cake also means “of little importance”

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What is trifle?

28
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It is the interpretive body part of an orchestra conductor; an 1889 book says it has 100 “shades of delicate expression “

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What is the left hand?

29
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You can actually book a dinner in this part of London’s St. Paul’s Cathedral where many notables have been laid to rest

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What is the crypt?

30
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It’s a 5-letter word for a secret rendezvous between lovers

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What is a tryst?

31
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Though made in a manner closer to brewing, this Japanese drink is known as rice wine

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What is sake?

32
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Perhaps Don Ho meant Hula o Maui, a sparkling wine made of this fruit, when singing of “tiny bubbles in the wine”

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What is pineapple?

33
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Blackberry wine from this “#1 Kosher Wine Brand in America” is kosher for Passover

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What is Manischewitz?

34
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In Europe moose are known as these, our word for a different big North American deer

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What are elk?

35
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An 18th c. group of lovers of everything from archaeology to opera introduced this word for one who flits from one interest to another

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What is a dilettante?

36
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The wavy pattern in the metal of the knife indicates that it is made of steel named for this Mideast capital

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What is Damascus steel?

37
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From the French for horsehair, this 19th c. array of fabric & hoops under a skirt was revived by Jean Paul Gaultier

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What is crinoline?

38
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A furious rivalry between NYC’s World & Journal papers in the 1890s led to this term used for sensational news reporting

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What is yellow journalism?

39
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Using care is treating something with these, as if you had delicate handwear

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What are kid gloves?

40
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This term describes children who have to unlock the door when they come home to an empty house

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What are latchkey kids?

41
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Of dubious authenticity, specifically like non-canonical Bible books

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What is apocryphal?

42
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A new term for a suddenly old version of something, like “film camera”

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What is a retronym?

43
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A 1950s psychiatrist predicted the Mad Bomber wore a double-breasted suit, buttoned, using this technique; he was right

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What is profiling?

44
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“X”s & “O”s: This stiff silken fabric is favored for bridal gowns, like Christina Applegate’s in 2001

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What is organza?

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