vocabulary Flashcards

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Caul,

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the amniotic membrane enclosing a fetus

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amniotic fluid

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fluid surronding a fetus

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3
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efflugent

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shining brightly, radiant

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4
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mezzanine

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a partial second floor.

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5
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parsimonious

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excessively unwilling to spend

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penurious

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excessively unwilling to spend,poor

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genteel

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(putting on an act) of being polite refined, respectable

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hagiography

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idealized biography,

writing of the lives of saints

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perorate

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to speak at length, make a long grandiloquent speech

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grandiloquent

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extravagant manner( in a way that is meant to impress others)

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integument

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a natural covering, like a skin or shell or rind.

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12
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jeremiad

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a prolonged lamentation, in a pessimistic way

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13
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noetic

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of or relating to the mind

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14
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siblicide

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the killing of a sibling, especially observed in certain animals.

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15
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henatrice

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a female cockatrice

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bivouac (biv-oo-ac)

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to make or have a temporary shelter

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17
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Fletcherize

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to chew food slowly and thoroughly

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18
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abjure

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to renounce under oath

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19
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ang moh

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a singapore english word for caucasian, a light skinned person

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20
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palaver

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a long meeting between people of different cultures? an unnecessarily long and complicated meeting or discussion

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celerity

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swiftness, speed.

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22
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alacrity

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cheerful willingness , eagerness

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23
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apatite

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a calcium flouride phosphate of variable composition. used in fertilizer, as a gemstone, and in pigment.

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24
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parafango

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a medical bath made with volcanic mud and paraffin wax

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wherefore
why
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irrefragable
not to be disputed or contested
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dogleg
something with a sharp turn, such a stairs
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greeze
a, large satisfying meal, food
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dally
to act playfully
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tocsin
a signal, like an alarm
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placcy
Australian word for plastic
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totemic
regarded as distinctive of a group or individual
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canorous
songful
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Raj
the period of british influence in india from 1600 to 1947
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pseudosopher
a person who falsely believes themselves to be wise
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nummular
(obsolete,rare) Of or relating to coins or money, disc-shaped like a coin, forming flat rounds shapes.
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sumptuous
Of size or splendor suggesting great expense, lavish
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cantillate
to chant, intone
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gobo
a screen placed between light and an illuminated actor or object in order to defuse glare.
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ecumenical
of worldwide scope or applicability
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bildungsroman
A type of German novel concerned with the growth and education of the young protagonist
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meritorious
deserving of honor or esteem
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scrimmaging
moves energetically or restlessly
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freight
to load with cargo, to rent out a vehicle, to transport
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undulate
to cause to move in a smooth wave like motion
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corvine
pertaining to or resembling a crow
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utility pole
The electric pole on the side of the road
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paramedic
the doctors that show up in ambulances
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Agrarian
A community is an agricultural society, it also means a person who advocates for distribution of land.
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Inveigle
to entice lure or ensnare by flattery and artful talk
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Inducements
a thing that persuades or influences someone to do something.
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juggernaut
A massive force, campaign, movement, or object that crushes whatever is in it's path.
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Vacuous
Devoid of intelligence, asinine
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palingenesis
rebirth or regeneration
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opine
to express an opinion
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witching
searching for water underground, dowsing
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vitreous
having the nature of glass
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Contumacious
stubborn, rebellious ,willfully disobedient.
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wizened
Wrinkled by age
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yurt
A tentlike dwelling of the Mongols and Turks consisting of cylindrical wall of poles in a lattice arrangement, conical roof of poles and covered by felts or skins.
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lattice
crossed over in a diamond or square like shape
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dedition
to surrender
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banjulele
banjo and ukulele combination
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epigone
inferior follower or imitator
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wirewove
a type of fine paper
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Valentia
device for drawing wine or beer out of a cask
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treatise
a written work dealing formally and systematically with a subject.
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apheresis
taking away a sound or syllable a the beginning of a word
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hagioscope
opening in a wall to enable viewing of altar
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lordolatry
worship of nobility
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ornithobiography
life history of birds
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furfuraceous
branny, scaly
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enjambment
(in poetry)Continuation of the sense of a verse without pause.
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pilule
little pill
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quinquagesimal
belonging to a set of 50
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emblements
growing crops, or the profit from growing crops
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coadjutor
a bishop appointed to assist a diocesan bishop, and often also designated as his successor.
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emulsion
a fine dispersion of minute droplets of one liquid in another in which it is not soluble or miscible.