vocabulary Flashcards
Caul,
the amniotic membrane enclosing a fetus
amniotic fluid
fluid surronding a fetus
efflugent
shining brightly, radiant
mezzanine
a partial second floor.
parsimonious
excessively unwilling to spend
penurious
excessively unwilling to spend,poor
genteel
(putting on an act) of being polite refined, respectable
hagiography
idealized biography,
writing of the lives of saints
perorate
to speak at length, make a long grandiloquent speech
grandiloquent
extravagant manner( in a way that is meant to impress others)
integument
a natural covering, like a skin or shell or rind.
jeremiad
a prolonged lamentation, in a pessimistic way
noetic
of or relating to the mind
siblicide
the killing of a sibling, especially observed in certain animals.
henatrice
a female cockatrice
bivouac (biv-oo-ac)
to make or have a temporary shelter
Fletcherize
to chew food slowly and thoroughly
abjure
to renounce under oath
ang moh
a singapore english word for caucasian, a light skinned person
palaver
a long meeting between people of different cultures? an unnecessarily long and complicated meeting or discussion
celerity
swiftness, speed.
alacrity
cheerful willingness , eagerness
apatite
a calcium flouride phosphate of variable composition. used in fertilizer, as a gemstone, and in pigment.
parafango
a medical bath made with volcanic mud and paraffin wax