Words Flashcards
depression of spirits
melancholy (n)
the governor of a country or province who rules as the representative of a king or sovereign
viceroy (n)
to deprive of leaves especially prematurely
defoliate (v)
an instrument for atomizing usually a perfume, disinfectant, or medicament
atomizer (n)
of, relating to, or forming an orbit
orbital (adj)
including a multitude of individuals; populus
multitudinous (adj)
a light that sometimes appears in the night over marshy ground and is often attributable to the combustion of gas from decomposed organic matter
ignis fatuus (n)
making soft or supple
emollient (adj)
to describe, portray, or set forth with accuracy or in detail
delineate (v)
pain or neuralgia involving only one side of the body or head
hemialgia (n)
the collection and study of birds’ eggs especially in relation to their shape and coloration
oology (n)
having or being motion in a direction contrary to that of the general motion of similar bodies and especially east to west among the stars
retrograde (adj)
of or relating to the lungs and the stomach
pneumogastric (adj)
arranged or having parts arranged like rays
radial (adj)
the act of kissing
osculation (n)
stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing
obdurate (adj)
insulting or abusive language
invective (n)
sleight of hand(a cleverly executed trick deception)
prestidigitation (n)
a large room used for various indoor sports
gymnasium (n)
the outer relatively rigid granule-free layer of the cytoplasm usually held to be a gel reversibly convertible to a sol
ectoplasm (n)
a drug that in moderate doses dulls the senses, relieves pain, and induces profound sleep but in excessive doses causes stupor, coma, or convulsions
narcotic (n)
pasta made in long solid strings smaller in diameter than spaghetti
vermicelli (n)
to convert into wood or woody tissue
lignify (v)
a branching treelike figure produced on or in a mineral by a foreign mineral
dendrite (n)
