The Expanse Flashcards
Anneal
verb
1. heat (metal or glass) and allow it to cool slowly, in order to remove internal stresses and make it easier to work.
“copper tubes must be annealed after bending or they will be brittle”
BIOCHEMISTRY
2. recombine (DNA) in the double-stranded form.
Proselytize
verb
1. convert or attempt to convert (someone) from one religion, belief, or opinion to another.
“the programme did have a tremendous evangelical effect, proselytizing many”
2. advocate or promote (a belief or course of action).
“Davis wanted to share his concept and proselytize his ideas”
Gamut
noun
1. the complete range or scope of something.
“the whole gamut of human emotion”
MUSIC
2. a complete scale of musical notes; the range of a voice or instrument.
“the orchestral gamut”
HISTORICAL
3. a scale consisting of seven overlapping hexachords, containing all the recognized notes used in medieval music, covering almost three octaves from bass G to treble E.
Secession
noun
1. the action of withdrawing formally from membership of a federation or body, especially a political state.
“the republics want secession from the union”
HISTORICAL
2. the withdrawal of eleven southern states from the US Union in 1860, leading to the Civil War.
3. variant of Sezession.
Ablation
noun
1. the surgical removal of body tissue.
2. the removal of snow and ice from a glacier or iceberg by melting or evaporation.
the erosion of rock, typically by wind action.
3. the loss of surface material from a spacecraft or meteorite through evaporation or melting caused by friction with the atmosphere.
Anoxia
noun
TECHNICAL
1. an absence of oxygen.
MEDICINE
2. an absence or deficiency of oxygen reaching the tissues; severe hypoxia.
“death due to anoxia resulting from strangulation”
Prodigal
adjective
1. spending money or using resources freely and recklessly; wastefully extravagant.
“prodigal habits die hard”
2. having or giving something on a lavish scale.
“the dessert was prodigal with whipped cream”
noun
1. a person who spends money in a recklessly extravagant way.
“he hated rich prodigals who lived useless, imprudent lives”
2. a person who leaves home to lead a prodigal life but later makes a repentant return.
Ululate
verb
howl or wail as an expression of strong emotion, typically grief.
“women were ululating as the body was laid out”
Consolidation
noun
1. the action or process of making something stronger or more solid.
“the permanent consolidation of peace”
2. the action or process of combining a number of things into a single more effective or coherent whole.
“a consolidation of data within an enterprise”
3. the action or process of combining a number of financial accounts or funds into a single overall account or set of accounts.
“a business selling debt consolidation services”
Triplicate
adjective
existing in three copies or examples.
“triplicate measurements”
noun ARCHAIC
a thing which is part of a set of three copies or corresponding parts.
“the triplicate of the form shall be retained by the traveller”
verb
make three copies of; multiply by three.
“titles which have been sparingly ordered can be later duplicated or triplicated”
Palsy
noun
DATED
1. paralysis, especially that which is accompanied by involuntary tremors.
“a kind of palsy had seized him”
ARCHAIC
2. a condition of incapacity or helplessness.
“is the calmness of philosophy, or the palsy of insensibility, to be looked for?”
verb
affect with paralysis and involuntary tremors.
“she feels as if the muscles on her face are palsied”
Aft
adverb
at, near, or towards the stern of a ship or tail of an aircraft.
“Travis made his way aft”
adjective
situated at, near, or towards the stern of a ship or tail of an aircraft.
“the aft cargo compartment”
Ebullient
adjective
1. cheerful and full of energy.
“she sounded ebullient and happy”
ARCHAIC
2. (of liquid or matter) boiling or agitated as if boiling.
“misted and ebullient seas”
Affinity
noun
1. a natural liking for and understanding of someone or something.
“he had a special affinity with horses”
2. a similarity of characteristics suggesting a relationship, especially a resemblance in structure between animals, plants, or languages.
“a semantic affinity between two words”
3. relationship, especially by marriage as opposed to blood ties.
“the distinction between kinship and affinity is not always clear-cut”
BIOCHEMISTRY
4. the degree to which a substance tends to combine with another.
“the bacterial proteins bind to these molecules with high affinity”
Tertiary
adjective
1. third in order or level.
“the tertiary stage of the disease”
BRITISH
2. relating to or denoting education at a level beyond that provided by schools, especially that provided by a college or university.
3. relating to or denoting the medical treatment provided at a specialist institution.
“patients in tertiary care”
GEOLOGY
4. relating to or denoting the first period of the Cenozoic era, between the Cretaceous and Quaternary periods, and comprising the Palaeogene and Neogene sub-periods.
CHEMISTRY
5. (of an organic compound) having its functional group located on a carbon atom which is itself bonded to three other carbon atoms.
6. (chiefly of amines) derived from ammonia by replacement of three hydrogen atoms by organic groups.
ECOLOGY
7. denoting or relating to carnivores that eat other carnivores and omnivores.
“the tertiary consumers must hunt for their food”
noun
GEOLOGY
1. the Tertiary period or the system of rocks deposited during it.
2. a lay associate of certain Christian monastic organizations.
“a Franciscan tertiary”
