Vocab 2 Flashcards
Apiary
[Animal]
n. A shed containing a number of beehives
Aviary
[Animal]
n. A building where birds are kept
Antidote
[Health/Medicine]
n. a remedy that stops or controls the effects of a poison
Astringent
[Health/Medicine]
adj. tending to draw together or constrict soft organic tissue
Banter
[Jest]
n. light teasing repartee
Badger
[Animal]
n. sturdy carnivorous burrowing mammal with strong claws
Benign
[Health/Medicine]
adj. not cancerous
Convalesce
[Health/Medicine]
v. get over an illness or shock
Calumnious
[Defamation]
adj. harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign
Caricature
[Jest]
n. representation of a person that is exaggerated for comic effect
Deragatory
[Defamation]
adj. expressive of low opinion
Droll
[Jest]
adj. comical in an odd or whimsical manner
Encomium
[Praise]
n. a formal expression of praise
Eulogize
[Praise]
praise formally and eloquently
Extol
[praise]
v. praise enthusiastically
Farce
[Jest]
n. a comic dramatic work using buffoonery and horseplay in improbable situations
Fester
[Health/Medicine]
v. a wound or sore becoming septic; suppurate
Halcyon
[Animal]
n. a tropical asian and african kingfisher with colored plumage
Lionize
[Animal]
v. give a lot of public attention and approval to someone; treat as a celebrity
Molt
[Animal]
v. shed old feathers, hair, or skin, or an old shell, too make way for a new growth
Ornithology
[Animal]
n. the scientific study of birds
Parasite
[Animal]
n. an organism that lives in or on an organism of another species (its host) and benefits by deriving nutrients at the other’s expense.
Parrot
[Animal]
girl like its a bird
Scavenger
[Animal]
n. an animal that feeds on carrion, dead plant material, or refuse
Hypochondriac
[Health/Medicine]
n. A person who is abnormally anxious about their health
Immunity
[Health/Medicine]
n. the state or quality of being resistant to a particular infectious disease or pathogen
Lesion
[Health/Medicine]
n. a region in an organ or tissue which has suffered damage through injury or disease, such ad a wound, ulcer, abscess, or tumor.
Malignant
[Health/Medication]
adj. very virulent or infectious
pestilential
[health/medicine]
adj. relating to or tending to cause infectious diseases
Regimen
[Health/Medicine]
n. a systematic plan especially designed to improve and maintain the health of a patient
Salubrious
[Health/Medicine]
adj. Health-giving; healthy
Sebaceous
[Health/Medicine]
microscopic glands found in you hair follicles that secrete sebum
Therapeutic
[Health/Medicine]
adj. relating to the healing of disease
Toxic
[Health/Medicine]
adj. poisonous
Virulent
[Health/Medicine]
adj. extremely severe or harmful in its effects
Virus
[Medicine/Health]
n. an infective agent that typically consists or a nucleic acid molecule in a protein coat, is too small to be seen by light microscopy, and is able to multiply only within the living cells of a host
Acclaim
[Praise]
v. praise enthusiastically and publicly
Laudable
[Praise]
adj. deserving of praise and commendation
Laudatory
[Praise]
adj. (of a speech or writing) expressing praise and commendation
Plaudit
[Praise]
n. an expression of praise and approval
Plaudit
[Praise]
n. an expression of praise and approval
Imputation
[Defamation]
n. a charge or claim that someone has done something undesirable; an accusation
Libel
[Defamation]
n. a published false statement that is damaging to a person’s reputation
Malign
[Defamation]
adj. evil in nature or effect, malevolent
Rankle
[Defamation]
v. (comment, event, fact) cause annoyance or resentment that persists
Raillery
[Defamation]
n. good-humored teasing
Slander
[Defamation]
n. the action or crime of making a false spoken statement damaging to a person’s reputation
Stigma
[Defamation]
n. a mark of disgrace associated with a particular circumstance, quality, or person
Stigmatize
[Defamation]
v. describe or regard as worthy of disgrace or great disapproval
Traduce
[Defamation]
v. speaking badly of or tell lies about someone so as to damage their reputation
Flippant
[Jest]
adj. not showing a serious or respectful attitude
Harlequin
[Jest]
n. a mute character in traditional pantomime, typically masked and dressed in a diamond patterned costume
Hilarity
[Jest]
n. extreme amusement, especially when expressed by laughter
Irony
[Jest]
n. the expression of one’s meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite , typically for humorous or emphatic effect
Jocose
[Jest]
adj. playful or humorous
Levity
[Jest]
n. Humor or frivolity, especially the treatment of a serious matter with humor or in a manner lacking due respect
Ludicrous
[Jest]
adj. so foolish, unreasonable, or out of place as to be amusing; ridiculous
Parody
[Jest]
n. an imitation of the style of a particular writer, artist, or genre with deliberate exaggeration for comic effect
Sarcasm
[Jest]
n. the use of irony to mock or convey contempt
Sardonic
[Jest]
adj. grimly mocking or cynical
Satire
[Jest]
n. the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people’s stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues
Travesty
[Jest]
n. a false, absurd, or distorted representation of something
