Vocab Flashcards
Aardvark
Badger - sized African burrowing mammal with long ears, a tubular snout, and a long extensible tongue, feeding on ants and termites.
Acmeist
Denoting an early 20th century movement is Russian poetry which favoured formal technique and a clarity of exposition.
Caduceus
An Ancient Greek or Roman herald’s wand, typically one with two serpents twined round it,carried by the messenger god of the Hermes or Mercury.
Marketable
Able or fit to be sold or marketed in demand.
Leech
A parasitic or predatory annelid worm with suckers at both ends, example of which were formerly used in blood letting.
Historical
Of or concerning history of past events.
Rubicon
A point of no return 2 an act of winning a game against an opponent whose total score is less than 100.
Sage
An aromatic plant with greyish - green leaves used as a culinary herb, native to Southern Europe and the Mediterranean.
Sienna
A kind of ferruginous earth used as a pigment in painting normally yellowish- brown in colour or deep reddish - brown when roasted.
Lark
A songbird with brown streaky plumage elongated hind claws, and a song that is delivered on the wing.
Larch
A northern coniferous tree with bunches of deciduous bright green needles and tough wood.
Harass
Torment by subjecting to constant interference or intimidation.
Lecture
An educational talk to an audience, especially one of students in a university, a long serious speech especially on given as a scolding or reprimand.
Porpoise
A small toothed whale with a low triangular dorsal fin and a blunt rounded snout.
Rebarbative
Unattractive and objectionable.
