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601 Words Lesson 16-20 Flashcards

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Arcane

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Beyond comprehension; mysterious; secret.

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Alchemy

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A method of miraculous change of one thing into another. In the Middle Ages, the chief aim of honest and dishonest experimenters was to change base metals in to gold and discover the elixir of eternal youth.

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Conundrum

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A riddle; any puzzling question or problem.

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Demonology

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The study of demons or beliefs about them.

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Exorcise

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To drive away an evil spirit by charms or incantations.

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Illusion

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A mistaken perception of reality.

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Inscrutable

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Mysterious; completely obscure; unfathomable.

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Pallor

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Lack of color; unnatural paleness.

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Polygraph

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An instrument that records changes in blood pressure, respiration, pulse rate, etc; a lie detector.

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Purloin

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To steal.

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Ritual

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A system of rites, religious or otherwise; a prescribed form or procedure; ceremony.

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Shamus

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Private detective. The caretaker of a synagogue is also called a shamus.

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Soothsayer

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One who predicts the future.

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Thaumaturgy

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Magic; the supposed working of miracles.

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Warlock

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Sorcerer; conjurer; male witch. From the Anglo-Saxon word traitor or liar.

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Amplitude

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Greatness of size; fullness; breadth of range.

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Awry

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Twisted toward one side.

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Elfin

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Fairylike; delicate; small and charmingly merry or mischievous.

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Infinitesimal

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Too small to be measured.

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Lilliputian

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Very small; tiny, narrow-minded; petty.

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Megalopolis

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An extensive, heavily populated, continuously urban area, including any number of cities. This is bigger than a metropolis because it includes an inner city, suburbia, exurbia, and any adjacent towns.

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Minimize

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To reduce to a minimum; decrease to the least possible amount or degree; belittle.

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Minutiae

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Small or trivial details; trifling matters. The woes isn’t restricted in meaning to unimportant details since a seemingly minor point can prove to be of major significance.

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Palatial

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Like a palace; large and ornate.

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Peccadillo
A small sin or fault.
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Picayune
Of little value or account; petty or prejudiced.
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Soupçon
Suspicion; a slight trace or flavor; a very small amount. The first definition, derived from the French, is the original meaning.
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Teeming
Swarming; prolific; fertile.
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Titanic
Of enormous size, strength, or power.
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Vista
A far-reaching intellectual view; a view or prospect, especially one seen through a long, narrow avenue or passage; a mental view extending over a long period of time or embracing many remembrances or experiences.
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Accolade
Praise or approval; an embrace of greeting or salutation. The French used to kiss the cheeks of men being honored, then they started to use a gentle stroke with the flat of the sword on the side of the neck.
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Conclave
A private or secret meeting; an assembly or gathering, especially one with authority, power, and influence. When a pope is elected, the College of Cardinals meets in a room locked on the outside or the inside. Nobody is permitted to leave until a new pope has been chosen.
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Dirge
A funeral hymn; a slow, sad song, poem, or musical composition; a lament.
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Draconian
Harsh or vigorous; a law or code of extreme severity.
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Epicurean
Devoted to the pursuit of pleasure; fond of good food, comfort, and ease.
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Gossamer
Soft, sheer, gauzy fabric; the film of cobwebs seen in autumn; anything delicate, light, or insubstantial.
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Immolate
To kill, as to sacrifice; to destroy or renounce for the sake of something else. Ground grain was sprinkled by the roman priest on the head of an animal before it was sacrificed.
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Juggernaut
Anything that exacts blind devotion or terrible sacrifice; any terrible, irresistible force.
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Junket
A party, banquet, or outing; a trip taken by an official and paid with public funds.
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Ostracism
A rejection or exclusion from a group or society by general consent. In ancient Athens, if the assembly decided a person was endangering the public welfare or liberty, a vote was taken to send the guilty one into exile. A potsherd or oyster shell on which was written the name of the person to be rejected was dropped into an urn.
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Proletariat
The working class; the unpropertied class.
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Rigmarole
Confused; incoherent, foolish talk; a complicated and petty procedure.
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Rubric
A title, heading, or direction in a book, written or printed in red or otherwise distinguished from the rest of the text; an established custom or rule of procedure; a short commentary or explanation covering a broad subject.
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Socratic
Pertaining to Socrates or his philosophical method of repeated questioning to elicit truths implicit in all rational beings.
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Sycophant
A self-seeking, servile flatterer; fawning parasite; one who attempts to win favor or advance himself by flattering persons of influence.
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Abhor
To shrink from; to consider with horror and disgust.
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Acrophobia
Abnormally intense fear of being in high places.
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Anathema
Something that is cursed or damned; an accursed thing.
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Bibliophile
One who loves books; a book collector.
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Claustrophobia
An abnormal dread of being km closed or narrow spaces. One who has a fear of open spaces suffers from agoraphobia.
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Francophile
An admirer of France, its people, and its customs. It may also be used as an adjective.
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Hydrophobia
A fear of water; rabies. One of the symptoms of the disease caused by the bite of a rabid animal is an inability to swallow; hence the name for this word.
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Misanthropy
A hate or distrust of mankind.
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Misogyny
Hatred of women.
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Paranoid
Showing unreasonable distrust, suspicion, or an exaggerated sense of one's own importance. This is usually a chronic condition characterized by delusions of persecute or of grandeur that the afflicted strenuously defends with apparent logic and reason.
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Philately
The collection and study of postage stamps, postmarks, and related materials.
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Philistine
A smug, ignorant, especially middle class person who is held to be indifferent or antagonistic to artistic and cultural values; boorish and barbarous; an ignoramus or outsider.
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Russophobia
Dislike or fear of Russia or its policies.
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Triskaidekaphobia
Fear of the number 13.
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Xenophobia
An unusual fear or contempt of strangers or foreigners, especially as reflected in one's political or cultural views.
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Archaeology
The systematic recovery by scientific methods of material evidence remaining for, man's life and culture in past ages, and the detailed study of this evidence.
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Cardiology
The medical study of the diseases and functioning of the heart.
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Ecology
The science of relationships between organisms and their environments. This field is also called bionomics.
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Endocrinology
The physiology of the ductless glands, such as the thyroid or adrenal, who secretions pass directly into the blood stream from the cells of the gland.
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Gerontology
The scientific study of the physiological and pathological phenomena associated with aging.
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Gynecology
A branch of medicine that deals with women, their diseases, hygiene, and medical care.
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Necrology
A list or record of people who have died, especially I'm the recent past.
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Neurology
The medical science of the nervous system and its disorders.
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Oncology
The medical study of tumors.
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Paleontology
The study of fossils and ancient life forms.
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Pathology
The scientific study of the nature of disease, it's causes, processes, development, and consequences; the anatomic or functional manifestations of disease.
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Seismology
The geophysical science of earthquakes and of the mechanical properties of the earth.
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Tautology
Needless repetition of the same sense in different words.
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Terminology
Technical vocabulary.
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Toxicology
The study of the nature, effects, and detection of poisons and the treatment of poisoning.

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