unit4 Flashcards
carnivorous
Meat-eating or flesh-eating.
herbivorous
Plant-eating.
insectivorous
Feeding on insects.
voracious
Having a huge appetite.
carnage
Great destruction of life (as in a battle); slaughter.
carnal
Having to do with bodily pleasures.
incarnate
Given bodily or actual form; especially, having human body.
reincarnation
(1) Rebirth in new bodies or forms of life. (2) Someone who has been born again with a new body after death.
credence
Mental acceptance of something as true or real; belief.
credible
(1) Able to be believed; reasonable to trust or believe. (2) Good enough to be effective.
credulity
Readiness and willingness to believe on the basis of little evidence.
credo
(1) A statement of the basic beliefs of a religious faith. (2) A set of guiding principles or beliefs.
affidavit
A sworn statement made in writing.
diffident
Lacking confidence; timid, cautious.
fiduciary
(1) Having to do with a confidence or trust. (2) Held in trust for another.
perfidy
Faithlessness, disloyalty, or treachery.
concurrent
Happening or operating at the same time.
cursory
Hastily and often carelessly done.
discursive
Passing from one topic to another.
precursor
One that goes before and indicates the coming of another.
quadruped
An animal having four feet.
pedigree
The line of ancestors of a person or animal.
impediment
Something that interferes with movement or progress.
pedestrian
Commonplace, ordinary, or unimaginative.
deflect
To turn aside, especially from a straight or fixed course.
reflective
(1) Capable of reflecting light, images, or sound waves. (2) Thoughtful.
genuflect
To kneel on one knee and then rise as an act of respect.
inflection
(1) A change in the pitch, tone, or loudness of the voice. (2) The change in form of a word showing its case, gender, number, person, tense, mood, voice, or comparison.
posterior
Situated toward or on the back; rear.
posthumous
(1) Published after the death of the author. (2) Following or happening after one’s death.
postmodern
Having to do with a movement in architecture, art, or literature that is a reaction against modernism and that reintroduces traditional elements and techniques in odd contexts as well as elements from popular culture.
postmortem
(1) Occurring after death. (2) Following the event.
