Vocab Week 7 Flashcards
Annex (n)
A building which is in addition to an existing building
Censure
Blame
Didactic
Intended to teach, instructive
Extrinsic
Irrelevant; on the outside
Inconsequential
Unimportant; insignificant; negligible
Malediction
A curse
Panacea
A remedy for ills
Prevaricate
A remedy for ills
Scuttle
Sink
Unfrock
To remove a priest from his position
Annex (v)
Take possession of; seize; capture
Cerebral
Intellectual
Diffident
Lacking confidence
Fallacious
False
Inconspicuous
Not easily seen; subtle; not noticeable
Malefactor
A wrong-doer
Paradigm
- Example; 2. Model; 3. Way of looking at things
Seminary
An institution in which priests are trained
Unprecedented
Never having happened before
Geocentric
Having or relating to the Earth as a center
Anthropomorphic
Having human characteristics
Genetics
Study of genes
Cryptic
Having a meaning that is mysterious
Anthropoid
Resembling a human being in form
Geriatrics
The branch of medicine dealing with the health and care of old people
Pyrotechnics
The art of making or displaying fireworks
Aesthetic
Concerned with beauty or the appreciation of beauty
Anthropocentric
Regarding humankind as the central or most important element of existence as opposed to God or animals
Asteroids
Any of the small planets between Mars and Jupiter
Exotic
Originating in or characteristic of a distant foreign country
Dyspeptic
Of or having indigestion or consequent irritability or depression
Archaic
Very old or old-fashioned
Chronic
An illness persisting for a long time or constantly recurring
Demoniac
Of, like or characteristic of a demon or demons
Eupeptic
Having good digestion or a consequent air of healthy good spirits
Catholic
A person’s taste including a wide variety of things; all embracing
Eugenic
The science of improving human population by controlled breeding to increase the occurrence of desirable heritable characteristics
Anesthetic
A substance that induces insensitivity to pain
Cyclic
Occurring in circles; regularly repeated
Amnesia
Loss of memory
Anamnesis
The remembering of things
Anesthesia
Without feeling
Paresthesia
An abnormal sensation, tingling or prickling
Anti-Christian
Against Christianity
Ante-Christian
Before Christianity
Antiseptic
Substances that prevent the growth of disease causing micro organisms
Aseptic
Without disease causing micro organisms
Hypocritical
Less critical
Hypercritical
Over critical
Immoral
Against morals when you know what they are
Amoral
Without morals because you don’t know what morals are
Supersonic
A speed greater than sound
Hypersonic
A speed five times greater than sound
Symbolism
The use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities
Embolism
Obstruction of an artery
Sympathy
Feelings of pity and sorrow for someone else’s misfortune
Empathy
The ability to understand and share the feelings of another
Synonym
A word with the same or near same meaning as another
Homonym
A word with the same spelling but different meaning as another
Angst
A feeling of deep anxiety or dread, typically an unfocused one about the human condition or state of the world in general