Vocabulary Flashcards
Spelunker
a) Something which makes you laugh
b) A wild Mexican dog
c) Someone who explores caves
d) A Russian appetizer
c) Someone who explores caves
Lauria
Aglet
a) Stuffed full
b) The plastic tip of a shoelace
c) A bandage
d) An ancient word for the letter Z
b) The plastic tip of a shoelace
Lauria
Sebum
a) A group of eight
b) The Latin word for grease
c) A cleaning lady who likes to cook
d) An Irish term meaning sweetheart
b) The Latin word for grease
Lauria
Modena
a) A think porridge
b) A really big nose
c) A dark purplish color
d) A rider’s seat on a camel or elephant
c) A dark purplish color
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Hamartia
a) a flaw leading to downfall
b) kinetic energy
a
Noun
A fatal flaw leading to the downfall of a tragic hero or heroine.
-Katie
Bilk
a) to defraud
b) the bottom-most level of a boat
a
Verb
To cheat or defraud
-Katie
Blithe
a) smooth
b) Showing cheerful indifference
b
Adjective
Showing a casual and cheerful indifference, often considered improper.
- Katie
Auscultation
a) A waving motion
b) listening to sounds of the heart, lungs etc.
c) both a and b
b
Noun
The action to listening to sounds do the heart, lungs, or other organs, generally with a stethoscope.
- Katie
Crepuscular
a) Having to do with crabs, lobster or other crustaceans.
b) Of or relating to twilight.
b
Adjective
Of, or relating to the time of twilight.
- Katie
Blunderbuss
a) An action which is not subtle or well thought-out
b) a short barreled gun with a flared muzzle, short range.
c) both a and b
c
Noun
1) An action which is not subtle or clear cut, often not well thought out.
2) A short barreled gun with a flared muzzle, used for short range.
-Katie
Abstruse
a) difficult to understand
b) a angle given a value greater than 90 degrees
a
Adjective
Difficult to understand.
-Katie
Laconic
a) Well known or having a great following
b) Using few words
b
Adjective
Using few words.
-Katie
Lampoon
a) to publicly criticize or ridicule
b) the actions of a buffoon or blundering person.
c) a spear-like weapon
d) a and c
a
Verb
To publicly criticize or ridicule.
-Katie
Ether
a) The clear sky
b) a medication which influences an unconscious state.
c) both a and b
c
Noun
1) The clear sky
2) a medication which influences an unconscious state.
-Katie
Internecine
a) a medication which stops the heart
b) damaging to both sides of a conflict
b
Adjective
Damaging to both sides in a conflict.
Phrontistery
a) A characteristic of a person who tends to confront others, lending to insult.
b) A place to go to think or learn.
b
Noun
A place to go to think or learn.
-Katie
Aboulomania
a) a pathological fear of decisiveness
b) a pathological obsession with or addiction to brothy soups
a
Noun
A pathological fear of decisiveness.
-Katie
Fringilline
a) of or relating to finches
b) something which is on the edges, either or society, its normal boundaries, or general norms for that subject.
a
Adjective
Of or relating to finches.
-Katie
Flivver
a) the rope system used to secure the sails of a ship to its main mast
b) a cheap car or airplane
b
Noun
A cheap car or airplane.
-Katie
Incunabulist
a) one who collects old books or literature
b) the characteristic of pathological fear of leaving a place which is perceived to be safe (ie: house, car, room etc)
a
Noun
One who collects old books or literature.
-Katie
Ischemia
a) lack of background knowledge, commonality or context with which to connect to or understand another individual.
b) lack of blood supply due to an obstruction
b
Noun
Lack of blood supply due to an obstruction.
-Katie
Qually
a) a ‘bang up job’, superbly executed
b) (usually of) wine that is cloudy or turbid
b
Adjective
(Usually of) wine that is cloudy or turbid.
-Katie
Turbid
a) tumultuous or stormy in appearance
b) a liquid that is cloudy or compromised by suspended matter
c) both a and b
b
Adjective
Of liquid that is cloudy, opaque, or is otherwise compromised by suspended/floating matter… Think graham crackers dropped in your coffee.
-Katie
Incipient
a) beginning or early stages
b) rude or uncouth
a
Adjective
In beginning, early stages.
-Katie
Reticent
a) balanced, accounted for to the last detail
b) shy, unwilling to speak
b
Adjective
Shy, unwilling to speak.
-Katie
Dilettante
a) one who cultivates an area of interest without real commitment or knowledge
c) a high ranking officer in historical French armies
a
Noun
One who cultivates an area of interest, such as the arts, without real commitment or knowledge.
-Katie
Undulate
a) to wave rhythmically
b) to waver back and forth, non-commital
a
Verb
To wave rhythmically.
Deprecate
a) to devalue or demolish
b) to disapprove of
b
Verb
To disapprove of.
Prevaricate
a) to preeminently take over
b) to lie or avoid the truth
c) to assume a position based on assumption of future consequences.
b
Verb
To lie or avoid the truth.
Barbiturate
a) any of a class of sedative and sleep-inducing drugs derived from barbituric acid.
b) a person of ancient roman heritage.
a
Noun
Any of a class of sedative and sleep-inducing drugs derived from barbituric acid. Used for Death with Dignity/assisted suicide situations.
Preeminent
a) surpassing all others; very distinguished in some way.
b) foreseeing possible consequences or circumstance of current action
a
Adjective
Surpassing all others; very distinguished in some way.
Fervid
a) Intense, ardent
b) Cold, unresponsive
a
Adjective
Intense
Slake
a) A type of stone which breaks in sheet-like chunks
b) To calm or satisfy, especially of thirst
b
Verb
To calm or satisfy
Placid
a) Stiff yet yielding
b) Calm and serene
b
Adjective
Calm and serene
Sain
a) In one’s right mind
b) to bless or give the sign of the cross
b
Verb
To bless, to do the sign of the cross on oneself
Suq or Souk
a) An open-air marketplace in the middle east or northern Africa
b) Woolen shoe inserts
a
Noun
An arab open air marketplace or bazaar
Disabuse
a) To correct or persuade someone that they are mistaken
b) To prevent misuse or curruption
a
Verb
To correct or persuade someone that they are mistaken.
Taxonomy
a) an ordered classification
b) the branch of science concerned with classification
both a and b
Noun
Plangent
a) Resounding loudly, especially with a plaintive sound, as a bell.
b) A line in a plane in a geometric figure.
a
Adjective
Resounding loudly, especially with a plaintive sound, as a bell.
-Misi
Cadre
a) an Italian priest or member of any similar religious hierarchy.
b) a group of trained or otherwise qualified personnel capable of forming, training, or leading an expanded organization, as a religious or political faction, or a skilled work force.
b
Noun
a group of trained or otherwise qualified personnel capable of forming, training, or leading an expanded organization, as a religious or political faction, or a skilled work force.
-Misi
Adumbrate
a) to sling verbal insults
b) to foreshadow; prefigure.
b
Verb
to foreshadow; prefigure.
-Misi
Fibonacci
a) A famous Greek painter
b) A sequence of numbers found everywhere in nature
a
Noun or Adjective
A sequence of numbers found everywhere in nature.
-Misi
