Vocab Words 10 Flashcards
Altar
a table or flat surface used for religious offerings or rituals
Insinuate
to suggest something in an indirect or subtle way
Cadaver
a dead human body used for scientific or medical study
Recapitulate
to repeat the main points or summarize something briefly
Incarnate
given a physical or human form
Cordial
warm and friendly in manner
Encrypt
to convert information into a secret code
Cursive
a style of writing in which the letters are connected
Baroness
a woman of noble rank or the wife of a baron
Ethnocentrism
belief that one’s own culture is superior to others
Centrifuge
a machine that spins quickly to separate substances
Progeny
children or descendants of a person or animal
Aesthetics
the study or appreciation of beauty and art
Isotope
atoms of the same element with different numbers of neutrons
Soliloquy
a speech in which a character talks to themselves on stage
Moribund
close to death or no longer active
Transmutation
the change of one thing into another
Nascent
beginning to exist or develop
Vagueness
lack of clarity or certainty
Paleoanthropic
relating to early types of human beings
Pedestrian
a person who is walking or dull and lacking excitement
Pedagogue
a teacher especially one who is strict or dull
Psychosis
a severe mental disorder that affects thoughts and emotions
Sacrosanct
extremely sacred or not to be interfered with
