vocab3 - Sheet1 Flashcards
dandled
to move (a baby) up and down in your arms or on your knee as a way of playing
mansuetae
animals which are now generally domestic, presumed gentle and readily tamed, such as dogs, cats, cows and horses
remand
place (a defendant) on bail or in custody, especially when a trial is adjourned.
marplot
one who frustrates or ruins a plan or undertaking by meddling.
laches
unreasonable delay in making an assertion or claim, such as asserting a right, claiming a privilege, or making an application for redress, which may result in refusal. “equity aids the vigilant and not those who slumber on their rights.”
chiffonier
a tall chest of drawers, often with a mirror on top.
pediment
the triangular upper part of the front of a building in classical style, typically surmounting a portico of columns.
mortice
a hole, groove, or slot into or through which some other part of an arrangement of parts fits or passes; especially : a cavity cut into a piece of material (as timber) to receive a tenon — see dovetail illustration.
colliery
a coal mine and its connected buildings.
enjoin
instruct or urge (someone) to do something.
vernissage
a private viewing of paintings before public exhibition.
jerrybuilt
badly or hastily built with materials of poor quality.
impleader
a procedural device before trial in which one party joins a third party into a lawsuit because that third party is liable to an original defendant.
aspic glaze
a savory jelly usually made with meat or fish stock and gelatin, chilledand used as a garnish and coating for meats, seafoods, eggs, etc. // a similar jelly made with spiced tomato juice and gelatin, served as asalad.
pied
having patches of two or more colors, as various birds and otheranimals:
depilitory
a cream or lotion for removing unwanted hair.
bechamel
also known as white sauce, is made from a roux and milk. It is one of the mother sauces of French cuisine. It is used as the base for other sauces.
fenland
low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation
bumchafer
a short jacket
gravlax
a Nordic dish consisting of raw salmon, cured in salt, sugar, and dill. Gravlax is usually served as an appetizer, sliced thinly and accompanied by hovmästarsås (literally steward sauce, also known as gravlaxsås), a dill and mustard sauce, either on bread of some kind, or with boiled potatoes.
ravin
violent seizure of prey or property; plunder.
welkin
the sky or heaven.
epater
shock people who are conventional or complacent.
adoucissant
fabric softener
pendent
Hanging down; dangling; suspended.
- Projecting; overhanging.
- Awaiting settlement; pending.
demense
land attached to a manor and retained for the owner’s own use.
2.
LAW
possession of real property in one’s own right.
pro tanto
to such an extent; to that extent.
peradventure
uncertainty or doubt as to whether something is the case.
joint tortfeasor
two or more persons whose negligence in a single accident or event causes damages to another person.
gelid
icy; extremely cold.
atremor
a sudden feeling of fear or excitement.
loach
active bottom dwelling scavengers ideally suited for the community aquarium
khuli
a small eel-like freshwater fish belonging to the loach family
pignolas
pine nuts also known as pignola nuts (native to the Levant and Egypt)
daphnia
the most common species of the water flea
shaadi
A South Asian wedding.
croquette
a small roll of chopped vegetables, meat, or fish, fried in breadcrumbs.
saluki
a tall, swift, slender dog of a silky-coated breed with large drooping ears and fringed feet.
vermifuge
an agent that destroys or expels parasitic worms
rumtopf
A mixture of various kinds of fruit, high-strength rum, often Stroh’s, and sugar is filled into a large stoneware pot (the eponymous rum pot) and matured for several months until the fruit is very soft and completely saturated with rum. Suitable fruit includes berries, cherries, plums and apricots
droit morale
a French term for Moral Rights. It refers to the personal rights a creator has in their work. It protects artistic integrity and prevents others from altering the work of artists, or taking the artist’s name off work, without the artist’s permission. Moral rights are retained by an author even if all of the other rights granted by the Copyright Act are assigned to another. Moral rights cannot be assigned to anyone else by the author.
dishabille
the state of being only partly or scantily clothed.
amaryllis
“naked lady” used for Amaryllis is also used for other bulbs with a similar growth and flowering pattern; some of these have their own widely used and accepted common names, such as the resurrection lily (Lycoris squamigera). The common name “naked lady” comes from the plant’s pattern of flowering when the foliage has died down.[7]
halide
a binary compound, of which one part is a halogen atom and the other part is an element or radical that is less electronegative (or more electropositive) than the halogen, to make a fluoride, chloride, bromide, iodide, astatide, or theoretically ununseptide compound.
seiche
a French word meaning “to sway back and forth”, is a standing wave that oscillates in a lake as a result of seismic or atmospheric disturbances creating huge fluctuations of water levels in just moments.
slattern
a dirty, untidy woman.
culvert
a tunnel carrying a stream or open drain under a road or railroad.
hoisin
a thick, pungent sauce commonly used in Chinese cuisine as a glaze for meat, an addition to stir fries, or as dipping sauce. It is darkly coloured in appearance and sweet and salty in taste.
twee
excessively or affectedly quaint, pretty, or sentimental.
declasse
having fallen in social status.
neoprene
a synthetic polymer resembling rubber, resistant to oil, heat, and weathering.
skuzzwort
a dirty or disgusting person
dictum
a statement or well-known remark that expresses an important idea or rule
woebegone
sad or miserable in appearance.
tattersall
a check or plaid pattern woven into cloth. The pattern is composed of regularly-spaced thin, even vertical warp stripes, repeated horizontally in the weft, thereby forming squares
ammoniac
the aromatic gum resin of a southwest Asian herb (Dorema ammoniacum) of the carrot family used as an expectorant and stimulant and in plasters
tatami
a type of mat used as a flooring material in traditional Japanese-style rooms. Traditionally made using rice straw to form the core, the cores of contemporary tatami are sometimes composed of compressed wood chip boards or polystyrene foam.
canape
a small piece of bread or a cracker that has cheese, meat, fish, etc., on top of it and that is often served at a party.
saltpeter
Potassium nitrate (KNO3), a substance used in explosives (usually gunpowder) and fertilizers.
Contrary to popular urban legend, saltpeter has no effect on libido, and too many side effects (high fever, etc.) to be used even if it did.
caparison
an ornamental covering for a horse. b : decorative trappings and harness. 2. : rich clothing : adornment.
corpus
A collection of written texts
masala
any of a number of spice mixtures ground into a paste or powder for use in Indian cooking.
tiffin
a light meal, especially lunch.
aerogram
a sheet of light paper folded and sealed to form a letter for sending by airmail.
dahlia
a genus of bushy, tuberous, herbaceous perennial plants native to Mexico. A member of the Asteraceae, dicotyledonous plants, related species include the sunflower, daisy, chrysanthemum, and zinnia.
chiliast
a belief held by some Christian denominations that there will be a Golden Age or Paradise on Earth in which “Christ will reign” for 1000 years prior to the final judgment and future eternal state (the “World to Come”
entente
a friendly understanding or informal alliance between states or factions.
senescence
the condition or process of deterioration with age.
parousia
an ancient Greek word meaning presence, arrival, or official visit.
kairos
an ancient Greek word meaning the right or opportune moment (the supreme moment). The ancient Greeks had two words for time, chronos and kairos. While the former refers to chronological or sequential time, the latter signifies a time lapse, a moment of indeterminate time in which everything happens.
topocosm
the intimate conscious circuit of energy native poeples felt from their environment.
middest
Situated most nearly in the middle; middlemost; midmost.
aevum
the mode of existence experienced by angels and by the saints in heaven. In some ways, it is a state that logically lies between the eternity of God and the temporal experience of material beings
sempiternal
is useful for describing something endless, especially when you want to use an impressive word. Although it’s often used the same way you’d use the word “eternal,” in philosophy there is a distinction between those terms. “Eternal” implies something that is infinite outside the bounds of time, like God, while sempiternal is a more earthbound way to talk about forever.
vermicular
like a worm in form or movement; vermiform.
saeculum
a length of time roughly equal to the potential lifetime of a person or the equivalent of the complete renewal of a human population
inrushing
A rushing inward
kinematic
the branch of classical mechanics which describes the motion of points, bodies (objects) and systems of bodies (groups of objects) without consideration of the causes of motion. Kinematics as a field of study is often referred to as the “geometry of motion”.
antithetical
directly opposed or contrasted; mutually incompatible.
esemplastic
molding into one; unifying.
fretted
gradually wear away (something) by rubbing or gnawing.
pawl
a pivoted curved bar or lever whose free end engages with the teeth of a cogwheel or ratchet so that the wheel or ratchet can only turn or move one way.
each of a set of short stout bars that engage with the whelps and prevent a capstan, windlass, or winch from recoiling.
mantid
insect family
phosphene
a ring or spot of light produced by pressure on the eyeball or direct stimulation of the visual system other than by light.
entopic
being or occurring in the usual place.
hypnogogic
the experience of the transitional state from wakefulness to sleep: the hypnagogic state of consciousness, during the onset of sleep. In opposition, hypnopompia denotes the onset of wakefulness. The related words from the Greek are agōgos “leading”, “inducing”, pompe “act of sending”, and hypnos “sleep”.
roundel
a small disk, especially a decorative medallion.
fontanelle
he space where two sutures join forms a membrane-covered “soft spot”
ocelli
A small, simple eye or eyespot, found in many invertebrates. A marking that resembles an eye, as on the wings of some butterflies.
yoni
literally “vagina” or “womb”) is the symbol of the Goddess (Shakti or Devi), the Hindu Divine Mother. Within Shaivism, the sect dedicated to the god Shiva, the yoni symbolizes his consort.
wedjat
the ‘Eye of Horus’, was thought to have magical powers. It was believed to have the ability to protect and heal.
Pairs of wedjat eyes were painted on coffins or tombs to protect against ‘the evil eye’.
The lines drawn beneath the ‘wedjat’ eye represent the markings on a falcon’s face.
oestrus
a recurring period of sexual receptivity and fertility in many female mammals; heat.
ewer
a vase-shaped pitcher, often decorated, with a base and a flaring spout, though the word is now unusual in informal English describing ordinary domestic vessels.
adamantine
unbreakable
bugbear
a legendary creature or type of hobgoblin comparable to the bogeyman, and other creatures of folklore, all of which were historically used in some cultures to frighten disobedient children.
sprite
a computer graphic that may be moved on-screen and otherwise manipulated as a single entity.
isometric
of or having equal dimensions.
2.
PHYSIOLOGY
of, relating to, or denoting muscular action in which tension is developed without contraction of the muscle.
handlines
a fishing line managed principally by hand
rump
the hind part of the body of a mammal or the lower back of a bird.
2.
a small or unimportant remnant of something originally larger.
mage
a magician
farrier
a specialist in equine hoof care, including the trimming and balancing of horses’ hooves and the placing of shoes on their hooves, i
remort
to start over as a beginner-level character (though sometimes keeping experience points and acquired items).
pinch point
a place or point where congestion occurs or is likely to occur, especially on a road.
concomitant
a phenomenon that naturally accompanies or follows something.
antiphony
used for any call and response style of singing, such as the kirtan and the sea shanty. Antiphonal music is music that is performed by two semi-independent choirs in interaction, often singing alternate musical phrases
geometer
a person skilled in geometry
pthyia
the Oracle of Delphi, was the name of any priestess throughout the history of Temple of Apollo at Delphi,
amor fati
Only great suffering is the ultimate emancipator of spirit, “the love of fate”
ionesco
French dramatist (born in Romania) who was a leading exponent of the theater of the absurd
mephitic
(especially of a gas or vapor) foul-smelling; noxious.
emendation
the process of making a revision or correction to a text.
bezoar
a small stony concretion that may form in the stomachs of certain animals, especially ruminants, and which was once used as an antidote for various ailments.
laburnum
a small European tree that has hanging clusters of yellow flowers succeeded by slender pods containing poisonous seeds. The hard timber is sometimes used as an ebony substitute. Native to Central and Southern Europe, laburnums have been widely planted as ornamentals.
tussore
a strong coarse brownish Indian silk obtained from the cocoons of an Oriental saturniid silkworm,
bourdon
The bass string, as of a violin. 3. An organ stop, commonly of the 16-foot pipes, medium in scale but with dark timbr
malacca
brown cane that is widely used for walking sticks and umbrella handles.
chirrup
(especially of a small bird) make repeated short high-pitched sounds; twitter.
clematis
a climbing plant that has large pink, purple, red, or white flowers.
vermilion
a brilliant red pigment made from mercury sulfide
plaited
a braid, especially of hair or straw. a pleat or fold, as of cloth.
hautbois
archaic form of oboe.
dahlia
any composite plant of the genus Dahlia, native to Mexico and Central America and widely cultivated for its showy, variously colored flower heads. the flower or tuberous root of a dahlia. a pale violet or amethyst color.
coverlid
a bedspread
anchorite
a religious recluse
champak
An evergreen timber tree (Michelia champaca) native to India and having fragrant orange-yellow flowersthat yield an oil used in perfumery.
spikenerd
a costly perfumed ointment much valued in ancient times.
2.
the Himalayan plant of the valerian family that produces the rhizome from which this ointment was prepared.
hovenia
a genus of Asiatic trees or shrubs (family Rhamnaceae) having alternate serrate leaves, small greenish flowers, and indehiscent fruit.
cymophane
A stone of protection, often being used as talismans to protect the wearer from the “evil eye”. Cat’s Eyes are luck-bringers and yes, protect the user from mishaps and accidents (this author likes to compare it to a cat always landing on its feet! -S. Acone).
Use Cat’s Eye to increase your perceptions of others’ intentions and enhance your own intuition. It is a prosperity stone, often increasing its strength in bringing financial success over time, which is why some people wear the same piece of Cat’s Eye jewelry for many years.
Physically, Cat’s Eye will help with eye disorders and enhance vision, especially at night. It can also regulate blood sugar and cholesterol levels and is said to alleviate headaches and mobility issues.
peridot
a deep yellowish-green transparent variety of olivine used as a gem.
carbuncle
a severe abscess or multiple boil in the skin, typically infected with staphylococcus bacteria.
synonyms: boil, sore, abscess, pustule, wen; technicalfuruncle
“treat the carbuncle with hot compresses”
2.
a bright red gem, in particular a garnet cut en cabochon.
parseme
sprinkle, scatter
ducal
of, like, or relating to a duke or dukedom.
palmate
Having a shape similar to that of a hand with the fingers extended. Some kinds of coral and the antlers of moose and certain deer are palmate. Having three or more veins, leaflets, or lobes radiating from one point. Maples have palmately lobed leaves.
orphrey
an ornamental stripe or border, especially one on an ecclesiastical vestment such as a chasuble.
acanthus
having spiny or toothed leaves and showy, white or purplish flowers
dalmatic
a wide-sleeved, long, loose vestment open at the sides, worn by deacons and bishops, and by some monarchs at their coronation.
macaroni
an 18th-century British dandy affecting Continental fashions.
citron
a shrubby Asian tree that bears large fruits similar to lemons, but with flesh that is less acid and peels that are thicker and more fragrant.
mantilla
a lace or silk scarf worn by women over the hair and shoulders, especially in Spain.
roquentin
discomfited by his existence’s purposelessness, solitarily despairs.
eiderdown
small, soft feathers from the breast of the female eider duck.
BRITISH
a quilt filled with down (originally from the eider) or some other soft material.
coleoptra
derived from the Greek words “koleos” meaning sheath and “ptera” meaning wings, refers to the modified front wings which serve as protective covers for the membranous hind wings.
intercostal
situated between the ribs.
cassoulet
a rich, slow-cooked casserole originating in the south of France, containing meat, pork skin and white beans. The dish is named after its traditional cooking vessel, the cassole, a deep, round, earthenware pot with slanting sides
newel
the central supporting pillar of a spiral or winding staircase.
a post at the head or foot of a flight of stairs, supporting a handrail.
camembert
a kind of rich, soft, creamy cheese with a whitish rind, originally made near Camembert in Normandy.
sylph
an imaginary spirit of the air.
2.
a mainly dark green and blue hummingbird, the male of which has a long forked tail.
faida
feud, especially a continuing conflict between families (typical of the Camorra and Mafia)
fissiparous
inclined to cause or undergo division into separate parts or groups.
transhumanace
the action or practice of moving livestock from one grazing ground to another in a seasonal cycle, typically to lowlands in winter and highlands in summer.
jacquries
insurrection of peasants against the nobility in northeastern France in 1358—so named from the nobles’ habit of referring contemptuously to any peasant as Jacques, or Jacques Bonhomme.
gabelloto
a person who rented farmland for short-term use. They were rural entrepreneurs who leased the lands from aristocrats more attracted …
chiliastic
The doctrine of the millennium, the opinion that Christ will reign in bodily presence on earth for 1,000 years.
unregenrate
not reforming or showing repentance; obstinately wrong or bad.
exegetical
is a critical explanation or interpretation of a text, particularly a religious text.
maremma
an area of Italy bordering the Ligurian and Tyrrhenian Seas. It comprises part of southwestern Tuscany
bracero
a Mexican laborer allowed into the US for a limited time as a seasonal agricultural worker.
cantonalism
an insurrectionary movement which aims to divide the nation state into almost independent cantons.
It is in favor of federalism with a radical character (including redistribution of wealth, improvement of the working classes etc.), its goal is to establish a confederation of towns or cities (cantons) as a federation of independent units. It resembles in some ways to the Greek polis. Cantonalism was predominantly a phenomenon of the petty bourgeoisie, but also had a great influence on the nascent labor movement, and constituted a precedent for anarchism in Spain.
lazzari
Orphan; parentless person, shuffling between foster home,
parlous
full of danger or uncertainty; precarious.
sacerdotal
relating to priests or the priesthood; priestly.
THEOLOGY
relating to or denoting a doctrine that ascribes sacrificial functions and spiritual or supernatural powers to ordained priests.
operatic
extravagantly theatrical; overly dramatic.
orangeries
a greenhouse where orange trees are grown.
fasces
a bundle of rods with a projecting ax blade, carried by a lictor as a symbol of a magistrate’s power, and used as an emblem of authority in Fascist Italy.
marl
losse, crumbly sedimentary rock or soil consisting of clay and lime, formerly used typically as fertilizer.
schist
a type of rock that can be broken into thin, flat pieces
madrepore
“mother of pores”) is a genus of stony corals, often found forming reefs or islands in tropical locations.
tufa
a porous rock composed of calcium carbonate and formed by precipitation from water, e.g., around mineral springs.
seatangle
an edible brown seaweed that is a popular dietary supplement and traditional marine foodstuff in Korea
scoria
a cindery, vesicular basaltic lava, typically having a frothy texture.
slag separated from molten metal during smelting.
spicule
Sea sponge // any of various small needle-like anatomical structures occurring in organisms.
fucus
a genus of brown algae found in the intertidal zones of rocky seashores almost throughout the world.
matte
dull and flat, without a shine.
rhumbline
At high latitudes or for long voyages, the differences can be large. In those cases, the navigator generally breaks the great circle route into a series of short rhumb line courses so that the helmsman can be given a fixed course to steer for several hours or so.
taffrail
the upper part of the stern of a ship. 2. a rail above the stern of a ship.
guyot
an isolated underwater volcanic mountain
caisson
a structure used in underwater work, consisting of an airtight chamber, open at the bottom and containing air under sufficient pressure to exclude the water
occulting
A light in which the total duration of light in each period is clearly longer than the total duration of darkness and in which the intervals of darkness (occultations) are all of equal duration.
loom (light)
To come into view as a massive, distorted, or indistinct image
seadrome
a floating airdrome serving as an intermediate or emergency landing place for aircraft flying over water.
diaphone
a low-pitched fog signal operated by compressed air, characterized by the “grunt” that ends each note.
freshet
the flood of a river from heavy rain or melted snow.
a rush of fresh water flowing into the sea.
cycloid
the curve traced by a point on the rim of a circular wheel as the wheel rolls along a straight line without slippage. It is an example of a roulette, a curve generated by a curve rolling on another curve.
convective
the transfer of heat from one place to another by the movement of fluids. Convection is usually the dominant form of heat transfer in liquids and gases.
squall
a sudden violent gust of wind or a localized storm, especially one bringing rain, snow, or sleet. // a baby’s cry
