Vocab 12

Question 1

hoecake

Answer 1

a coarse cake made of cornmeal, originally baked on the blade of a farming hoe.

Question 2

floss

Answer 2

1. the rough silk enveloping a silkworm’s cocoon.
2. clean between (one’s teeth) with dental floss.
   “I flossed my teeth”
3. the silky down in corn and other plants.
   “milkweed floss”

Question 3

die (archaic)

Answer 3

have an orgasm

Question 4

brass

Answer 4

1. a memorial, typically medieval, consisting of a flat piece of inscribed brass, laid in the floor or set into the wall of a church.
2. the brass ring — a prize or goal that someone strives for.
   “Willa went for the brass ring4
3. a person’s hardness or effrontery.
   “he was the only one who had the brass to show his face”
4. people in authority or of high military rank. (plural: top brass)
5. a yellow alloy of copper and zinc.
   “a brass plate on the door”

Question 5

disembowel

Answer 5

cut open and remove the internal organs of.
“the dinosaur used its claw to disembowel prey”

Question 6

D. B. Cooper

Answer 6

D. B. Cooper (also known as Dan Cooper) is a false name for a man who hijacked an airplane in November 24, 1971. It’s one of the FBI’s greatest unsolved mysteries

Question 7

eviscerate

Answer 7

1. deprive (something) of its essential content.
   “myriad little concessions that would eviscerate the project”
2. disembowel (a person or animal).
   “the goat had been skinned and neatly eviscerated”

Question 8

brazen

Answer 8

1. bold and without shame.
   “he went about his illegal business with a brazen assurance”
2. made of brass.
   “brazen fire irons”
3. harsh in sound.
   “the music’s brazen chords”
4. endure an embarrassing or difficult situation by behaving with apparent confidence and lack of shame.
   “there was nothing to do but brazen it out”

Question 9

fo shizzle my nizzle

Answer 9

“for sure, my nigga” Snoop’s catchphrase

Question 10

hussy

Answer 10

a girl or woman who behaves in a disrespectful or inappropriate way or who has many casual sexual relationships.
“that brazen little hussy!”

Question 11

ASICS

Answer 11

1. Latin acronym, “a sound mind in a sound body”
2. Shoe-brand with “ASICS” as their motto

Question 12

asphyxiation

Answer 12

the state or process of being deprived of oxygen, which can result in unconsciousness or death from being too weak to hold your ribcage

Question 13

Anaphylactic shock

Answer 13

A rare, deadly allergic reaction releasing excess chemicals like histamine followed by a rapid onset of symptoms, (difficulty breathing), (low blood pressure), and other systemic reactions. Triggered by certain foods (such as nuts or shellfish), insect stings, medications, exercise, and latex.

Question 14

Zantac

Answer 14

a histamine blocker and antacid. Treats peptic ulcers, gastritis, acid reflux, anaphylactic shock

Question 15

jive

Answer 15

1. a lively style of dance popular especially in the 1940s and 1950s, performed to swing music or rock and roll.
2. jazz jargon
3. taunt or sneer at.
   “Willy kept jiving him until Jimmy left”
4. deceitful or worthless.

Phrase:
“All that jive” like “All that jazz”

Question 16

Peat

Answer 16

a brown deposit resembling soil, formed by partial vegetable decomposition. It’s the soil block that you always think is manure

Question 17

Mire

Answer 17

1. involve someone or something in (a difficult situation).
   “the economy is mired in its longest recession since the war”
2. a wetland area or ecosystem based on peat.
3. a situation or state of difficulty, distress, or embarrassment from which it is hard to extricate oneself.
   “he has been left to squirm in a mire of new allegations”
4. a stretch of swampy or boggy ground.
   “acres of land had been reduced to a mire”

Question 18

Moniker

Answer 18

a nickname or pet name for a person

Question 19

epithet

Answer 19

1. a phrase expressing a quality characteristic of the person or thing mentioned.
   “old men are often unfairly awarded the epithet “dirty.”

(as adjective)
“people jeered and hurled racial epithets”

Question 20

High Roller

Answer 20

1. a person who spends freely in luxurious living
2. a person who gambles recklessly or for high stakes

Question 21

Peasy head

Answer 21

African hair so uncatered it turns to giant coils
“Damn nigga yo head peasy as hell you needa brush that shit”

Question 22

Marxist

Answer 22

a supporter of the political and economic theories of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. (search what these are pls)
“some of the workers are Marxists”

Question 23

Duke

Answer 23

1. the fists, especially when raised in a fighting attitude.
   “he wasn’t afraid to put up his dukes to defend his honor”
2. a male holding the highest hereditary title in the British and certain other peerages.
   “news broke of the duke’s departure”
3. Duke (fight) it out

Question 24

bourgeois

Answer 24

1. (in Marxist contexts) upholding the interests of capitalism; not communist.
   “bourgeois society took for granted the sanctity of property”
2. of or characteristic of the middle class, typically with reference to its perceived materialistic values or conventional attitudes.
   “a rich, bored, bourgeois family”

Question 25

Foofer

Answer 25

1. Exert yourself to the point of exhaustion (cus push so hard you fart)
2. A fart
3. A fool

Question 26

languorous

Answer 26

1. characterized by an oppressive stillness.
   “the atmosphere is languorous and sultry”
2. characterized by tiredness or inactivity, especially of a pleasurable kind.
   “summer has a slow, languorous feel to it here”

Question 27

In the dog house

Answer 27

Being in trouble with someone who has the ability to affect your life. “Insubordinate athletes are often in the doghouse with their coaches like husbands with their wives.”

Question 28

Synthesia

Answer 28

Sensory from one sense is connected to another sense. For instance, people with synesthesia may experience colors when listening to music, see shapes when smelling certain scents, or perceive tastes when looking at words.

Question 29

Gravitational Contraction

Answer 29

the process of a cloud’s gravity overcoming its internal pressure and causing a collapse

Question 30

Patina

Answer 30

1. the impression or appearance of something.
   “he carries the patina of old money and good breeding”
2. a green or brown film on the surface of bronze or similar metals, produced by oxidation over a long period.
   “many bronzes have been overcleaned, their original patina removed and artificially replaced”
3. a green or brown film on the surface of bronze or similar metals, produced by oxidation over a long period.
   “many bronzes have been overcleaned, their original patina removed and artificially replaced”

Question 31

jurisprudenece

Answer 31

practical wisdom about law,” the intellectual capacity to frame and apply laws according to sound theoretical principles

Question 32

reconnaissance

Answer 32

1. military observation of a region to locate an enemy or ascertain strategic features.
   “an excellent aircraft for low-level reconnaissance”
2. preliminary surveying or research.
   “conducting client reconnaissance”

Question 33

Trepidation

Answer 33

1. a feeling of fear or agitation about something that may happen.
   “the men set off in fear and trepidation”
2. trembling motion.

Question 34

major-domo

Answer 34

1. a man in charge of a great household, as that of a sovereign; a chief steward.
2. a steward or butler.

Question 35

Sally

Answer 35

a sudden springing forth of besieged troops to defend against attackers