Vocabulary Flashcards
Acrophobia
Fear of heights
Ophidiophobia
Fear of snakes
Turophobia
Fear of cheese
Triskaidekaphobia
Fear of February 13
Claustrophobe
Fear of confined places
Coulrophobia
Fear of clowns
Ochlophobia
Fear of mob-like crowds
Arachibutyrophobia
Fear of peanut butter
Cynophobia
Fear of dogs
Mysophobia
A dread of dirt or filth
Corollary
- A proposition that follows immediately from a proved proposition without any additional prove
- Something that naturally follows; Result.
Sinophile
A person who loves the culture, country, or people of China
Philologist
A person devoted to general learning and scholarship mostly historical linguistics
Metonymy
A figure of speech in which a thing or concept is referred to by the name of something closely associated with that thing or concept.
Coterminous [co-extensive]
- Sharing a boundary
- meeting end to end
- having the same scope, range of meaning, or extent in time.
- (legal) said of linked or related property leases that expire together
Oriental
Pertaining to the East
Occidental
Pertaining to Europe
Extenuate
To lessen, mitigate
Precipitatant
Rush, impulsive, sudden, unexpected
Conscription
Involuntary labor, especially military service, demanded by some established authority.
Languishing
Lacking of vigor or spirit
Veritable
True; genuine
Sparingly
In a prudent manner
Romanticize
deal with or describe in an idealized or unrealistic fashion; make (something) seem better or more appealing than it really is.
Example: the tendency to romanticize non-industrial societies