Words Flashcards
Erse
The Scottish or Irish Gaelic language.
Acropolis
An acropolis was the settlement of an upper part of an ancient Greek city, especially a citadel,
Arquebus
An early type of portable gun supported on a tripod or a forked rest.
Buraq
The Buraq is a heavenly equine in Islamic tradition. The legendary beast, a winged horse with the face of a woman and the tail of a peacock, on which Muhammad ascended to heaven.
White Elephant
A worthless possession.
Avernus
The entrance to the underworld.
Mour
Love (French)
On the left side (Latin)
Sinister
On the right side (Latin)
Dexter
Pin Money
A small amout of money to spend on inessentials.
Natty
Well designed and clever.
Potage
A thick soup.
Nostrum
A medicine prepared by an unqualified person.
Toper
Drunkard
Rani
Hindu Queen
Atria
Central halls of a building
Obsidian
Glass-like volcanic rock.
Unguent
Lubricant.
Sal Volatile
Smelling salts.
Byres
Cattle housing
Pikelet
Crumpet or teacake
MP
Military police / Red Cap
Officer
SM
Skua
Gull-like sea bird
Benin
West African country
Beau Monde
Fashionable society
Wryneck
A distinctive group of woodpeckers
German forces
SS
Amoroso
A loving or tender manner
Staggers
A disease in animals.
Protuberance
Something that protrudes from another protruding.
Teg
A sheep in its second year.
Brush
The tail of a fox.
Rood
Crucifix
Mortadella
Sausage
Mit (German)
With - in German.
Chary
Cautiously or suspiciously reluctant to do something.
Obviate
Remove the need for
Nova Scotia
Province of Canada
Seine
A vertical fishing net.
Staffa
Hebridean Island.
coup de grâce
A final blow or shot given to kill a wounded person or animal.
Ell
A former measurement of length.
Hoedown
A lively folk dance.
Eggbeater
A Canadian or American helicopter.
Stevedore
A docker.
Analogous
Comparable in certain aspects.
Jolly
RM Royal Marine.
Rotgut
A cheap and potentially harmful alcoholic drink.
Sacra
The triangular bone at the base of the spine.
Jet
Mig
Fulan Gong
Chinese spiritual religious system.
Hera
Greek goddess
Vega
The brightest star in the northern constellation of Lyra
Stalag
A German prison camp
Improvident
Thoughtless
Prate
Talk foolishly
Couplet
2 lines of verse
Babylon
Modern-day Iraq
Means
Averages
Rand
South African currency
Necropolis
A burial site with elaborate tombs and monuments.
Mashie
Old iron golf club for lofting medium distances.
Mordant
Showing a sharp or biting quality.
Hellcat
A witch
Liege
Loyal subject
Tutti
Performed with all voices or instruments together.
Expectorate
Cough up or spit Phlem.
Medes
Old Asians, Persians, Iranians.
Ulan Bator
Capital of Mongolia.
RUC
Royal Ulster Constabulary.
Axis
World War 2 alliances of Rome, Berlin, Tokyo
Snake Oil
Deceptive marketing
AM
antemeridian (In the morning)
PM
postmeridian (after midday)
Amman
Capital of Jordan.
Wicked wife
Lot or Ada - from the book of Genesis.
Puritan
Prude or English Protestant.
Melancholy
Doldrums
Oscan
Old European
Harbinger
The sign of some future event from a person or thing.
Heretical
Based on religious hearsay.
Tiber, Arno
Italian rivers.
Bonne
French housemaid
Soloman
Son of David and King of Israel - proverbial for wisdom.
Quarters
NE SE NW SW
EN
Opposing Bridge player
Burlesque
Satire / Parady
Obtrude
Become noticeable in an intrusive manner.
Carouse
Noisy wild festivites.
Obstreperous
Noisy and difficult to control.
Rhea
Bird similar to the Ostrich or Emu native to South Africa.
Agesis
Protection, support and backing.
Ink
Released by Octopi.
Erratum
A mistake in writing.
Nefarious
Wicked or criminal activity.
Embus
Board or put on a bus.
Asunder
To part or split.
Decemberist
Russian revolutionary.
Rainment
Fancy clothing
Cupidity
Greed for money or possessions.
Bairn
Scottish child.
Erne
Sea eagle.
Entremet
Fancy food served between courses.
Malady
Compliant or illness.
Aga
A military commander or official from a Muslim country.
Ottoman Empire
Turkish Empire
Helmsman
A person who steers a ship or boat
Marcato
A musical instruction indicating a note, chord, or passage is to be played louder or more forcefully than the surrounding music.
John Wesley
Cleric / Preacher
West
Mae West
Gouache
Watercolour painting technique.
Ae
Scottish one.
Gin
Snare / Trap
Riga
Capital of Latvia
Chartreuse
Green and yellow liquor made by Carthusian monks
Priam
The last king of Troy
Marcato
Change musical direction and get louder
Hg
Mercury
Touraco
African crested bird
Basilisk
A serpent-like creature capable of destroying other creatures by way of its deadly stare.
Ester
Chemical compound
Lea
A grassy area or field.
Tort
A wrongful act or an infringement of a right (other than under contract) leading to legal liability.
Bantu
African
Handcar
A North American railway vehicle.
Piton
A peg or spike driven into a rock or crack to support a climber or a rope.
Etude
A short musical composition, typically for one instrument, designed as an exercise to improve the technique or demonstrate the skill of the player
Ebullience
The quality of being cheerful and full of energy: exuberance.
Cornucopia
Symbol of plenty. A goat horn overflowing with flowers, fruit and corn. An abundant supply.
Heretofore
Before now.
Perfunctory
Carried out with no genuine interest, feeling or effort.
Usurped
Taking a position of power by force.
Credence
Belief or acceptance of something.
Magna Cum Laude
With great distinction.
Indomitable
Impossible to defeat or subdue.
Intersperse
Scatter among or between other things.
Ominous
Giving a worrying impression that something bad is going to happen.
Team
Eleven
Eclat
Brilliant display or effect
Verderer
Forestry official
Hal
Henry, Harold, Harry and a computer.
Astute
Having or showing an ability to accurately assess situations or people and turn this to one’s advantage.
Laird
(in Scotland) a person who owns a large estate.
Panatella
A long thin cigar
Campanologists
Bell ringers
Stollen
German Bread
Pair Royal
Three of a kind in Cribbage
Walter Mitty
A person who fantasizes about a life much more exciting and glamorous than their own.
Polka
A lively dance of Bohemian origin.
Genuflect
Slowly lower and kneel
Silesia
Silesia is a historical region of Central Europe that lies mostly within Poland
Labour
Left
Bohemian
Unconventional in an artistic way
Ovine
Relating to or resembling a sheep
Lento
Played slowly
Japery
Acting like a clown or buffoon
Haft
The handle of a knife, spear or axe
Dhow
A long narrow ship with two sails
Shah
Iranian or Persian Monarch
Imperious
Arrogant and Domineering
Haughty
Arrogantly superior and disdainful.
Acumen
The ability to make good judgements.
Sagacious
Having or showing keen mental discernment and good judgement
Senescence
The condition or process of deterioration with age.
Inexorable
Impossible to stop or prevent.
Indefatigable
Persisting tirelessly.
Commensurate
Corresponding in size or degree. In proportion.
Magnate
Influential businessperson.
Ardent
Enthusiastic or passionate.
Hovel
A small squalid dwelling.
Jaunty / Pert
Having or expressing a lively, cheerful, and self-confident manner
Accra
Capital of Ghana
Nada
Nothing
Ere
Before
Peridot
Peridot is a gemstone that is sometimes called chrysolite.
Reception Centre
A location with facilities for receiving, processing and attending to the immediate needs of refugees or asylum seekers as they arrive in a country of asylum
Canon
A general law, rule, principle, or criterion by which something is judged
Crotchety
Tired and irritable.
Male whale
Bull
Sturgeon
Fish supplier of Caviar.
Atelier
A workshop or studio, especially one used by an artist or designer
Apparition
A ghost or ghostlike image of a person.
Wraith
A ghost or ghostlike image of someone, especially one seen shortly before or after their death.
Dodderer
Someone who moves around slowly and weakly, as if they might fall, especially because of being very old.
Discernment
The ability to judge well.