Upper Level Day 39 Flashcards
Temporality
Noun
Definition: the quality of lasting only a short time
Synonym: mortality, humanity
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Sentence: The temporality of the nice weather was obvious, as snow was expected soon.
Routinize
Verb
Definition: to become routine
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Sentence: The teacher had to routinize her students at the beginning of the year.
Cephalic
Adjective
Definition: of the head
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Sentence: The cephalic structure of the organism was unlike anything seen before.
Effluence
Noun
Definition: thing that flows out
Synonym: emanation, effusion
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Sentence: The effluence of light coming from her window suggested she was still awake.
Apprehension
Noun
Definition: expectation of misfortune
Synonym: foreboding, trepidation
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Sentence: He had apprehensions about the test because he did not study enough.
Envisage
Verb
Definition: to form a mental picture of
Synonym: visualize
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Sentence: She could envisage her future with him.
Confutation
Noun
Definition: disapproval
Synonym: refutation, rebuttal
Antonym:
Sentence: His confutation of her proposal was cunning.
Filterable
Adjective
Definition: that can be filtered
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Sentence: Many germs in the air are filterable.
Incapacitant
Noun
Definition: chemical or drug which temporarily paralyzes the recipient
Synonym: crippler, disabler
Antonym: aid, assistant
Sentence: He was given an incapacitant by the doctor.
Clarion
Adjective
Definition: clear and high-pitched
Synonym: blaring, ringing
Antonym: hushed, quiet
Sentence: The bird’s cry was notable because of its clarion quality
Nonage
Noun
Definition: a being under the legal age of responsibility
Synonym: minor, immaturity
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Sentence: His nonage raised the question of how to be treated in court.
Inconsonant
Adjective
Definition: not in agreement
Synonym: conflicting, adverse
Antonym: consonant, harmonious
Sentence: They were inconsonant about where to go for dinner.
Colloquium
Noun
Definition: meeting or conference of scholars
Synonym: seminar, discussion
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Sentence: AlI of the science professors met in a colloquium.
Causality
Noun
Definition: the idea that nothing can happen without a cause
Synonym: origin, inception
Antonym: conclusion, effect
Antence: He believed the causality of the situation had to do with her bad decision.
Gemmate
Verb
Definition: put forth buds
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Sentence: The flowers began to gemmate in the spring.
Grievance
Noun
Definition: a real or imagined wrong
Synonym: complaint, grudge
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Sentence: Her grievance with him was that he had lied to her.
Akimbo
Adjective
Definition: stance with the hands on hips and elbows out
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Sentence: I could tell she was annoyed by the way she stood with her arms akimbo.
Catatonic
Adjective
Definition: being or appearing to be in a immobile or unresponsive
Synonym: comatose, unconscious
Antonym:
Sentence: After studying for ten hours, he was in a catatonic state.
Simulacrum
Noun
Definition: a faint, shadowy, or unreal likeness
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Sentence: The man she met at work was an eerie simulacrum of the man she’d seen in her dream the night before.
Matriarchy
Noun
Definition: social organization in which the mother is the ruler of the family
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Sentence: The novel took place in a society that was a matriarchy.
Vegetate
Verb
Definition: to be inactive or unthinking
Synonym: loaf, idle
Antonym: active
Sentence: After a long day of work, she went home to vegetate.
Cloven
Adjective
Definition: divided
Synonym: halved, split
Antonym: whole, single
Sentence: Some animals have cloven hooves.
Immunology
Noun
Definition: science dealing with the nature and cause of the body’s resistance to diseases
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Sentence: The biologist became an expert in immunology.
Caucus
Noun
Definition: a meeting of members of a political party to make plans
Synonym: gathering, assembly
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Sentence: The party held a caucus to decide who to elect to the committee.
Pageantry
Noun
Definition: an empty display
Synonym: affectation, spectacle
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Sentence: The pageantry surrounding the politician’s resignation was distasteful to many.
Epochal
Adjectives
Definition: having to do with a period of time
Synonym: periodic
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Sentence: His actions would later become epochal, defining the characteristics of his era.
Strophe
Noun
Definition: movement from right to left
Synonym:
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Sentence: The actor’s strophe across the stage was hurried and dramatic.
Junketeer
Noun
Definition: a person who goes on a feast or picnic
Synonym:
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Sentence: He and his girlfriend were quickly becoming weekend junketeers.
Disseminate
Verb
Definition: scatter widely
Synonym: spread, disperse
Antonym:
sentence: The man disseminated fliers to people on the sidewalk.
Purloin
Verb
Definition: to steal
Synonym: thieve, rob
Antonym: return, give
Sentence: The shoplifter tried to purloin several items from the store
