7 Flashcards
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troche
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troche: a small tablet or lozenge, usually a circular one, made of medicinal substance worked into a paste with sugar and mucilage or the like
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thaumaturge
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thaumaturge: a worker and performer of miracles; a magician
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extrinsic
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extrinsic: not part of the essential nature of someone or something; coming or operating from outside
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tatterdemalion
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tatterdemalion: ragged or disreputable in appearance; being in a decayed state or condition, dilapidated
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sesquipedalianism
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sesquipedalianism: the practice of using big words; a very long word
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grandiloquent
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grandiloquent: high-flown or pompous
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abstruse
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abstruse: hard to understand, obscure
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casuist
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casuist: one who employs deceptive or excessively subtle reasoning, especially on moral issues
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staddle
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staddle: a base, support, or supporting framework
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navvy
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navvy: a laborer or a construction worker
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agrostology
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agrostology: the study of grasses
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impolitic
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impolitic: failing to possess or display prudence; unwise
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smilet
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smilet: a little smile
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tergiversation
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tergiversation: (tuhr-ji-vuhr-SAY-shuhn) misleading, evasive, or ambiguous speech or action; desertion of a party, position, cause, etc.
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peperduur
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peperduur: (Dutch) costly, extremely expensive, luxurious; from the time when pepper was still an expensive commodity
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prodrome
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prodrome: an early symptom that indicates the onset of a disease or an episode of something such as a migrane
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hors de combat
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hors de combat: (French) out of action due to injury or damage
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quaintrelle
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quaintrelle: a woman who is focused on style and leisurely pastimes
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zoanthropy
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zoanthropy: the delusion that one is a beast
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allotriophagy
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allotriophagy: an abnormal desire to eat things not usually eaten, such as chalk or clay; also known as pica
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brume
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brume: fog or mist
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altiloquent
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altiloquent: pompous or pretentious
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centerboard
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centerboard: a pivoted board that can be lowered through the keel of a sailboat to reduce sideways movement.
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chapiter
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chapiter: the capital of a column
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dromomania
dromomania: a compulsive desire to travel; an excessive enthusiasm for running
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refuscent
refuscent: (ru-FES-uhnt) reddish
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catamite
catamite: a boy kept for homosexual practices
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nidus
nidus: a nest; a source or the central point, especially of infection where bacteria or other pathogens breed
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cardia
cardia: the upper opening of the stomach, where the esophagus enters
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Churrigueresque
Churrigueresque: (choo-ree-guh-resk) architectrual term relating to the lavishly ornamented late Spanish baroque style
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plenitude
plenitude: the state of being full; abundance
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caravel
caravel: a small, fast Spanish or Portuguese sailing ship of the 15th-17th centuries
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capriole
capriole: a movement performed in classical riding, in which the horse leaps from the ground and kicks out with its hind legs
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comfit
comfit: a candy consisting of a nut, seed, or other center coated in sugar
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caroche
caroche: a luxurious or stately coach or carriage of the 16th or 17th centuries
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complect
complect: intertwine, embrace; especially to plait together, interweave
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cavetto
cavetto: a concave moulding having a curve that approximates a quarter circle
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chaudfroid
chaudfroid: a jellied sauce used as a garnish especially with meat or fish
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clevis
clevis: a U-shaped yoke with holes in each end through which a pin or bolt is run, used as a fastening device
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cap-a-pie
cap-a-pie: from head to foot
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cardioid
cardioid: a heart-shaped curve traced by a point on the circumference of a circle as it rolls around another identical circle
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rutilant
rutilant: glowing, shining, or glittering with a red or golden light
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pelagic
pelagic: relating to or living in the open ocean, far from land
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bibliophagist
bibliophagist: one who loves to read books; a bookworm
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catarrh
catarrh: inflammation of a mucous membrane, especially of the respiratory tract, accompanied by excessive secretions
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chiaroscuro
chiaroscuro: (kee-are-uh-skoo-ro) the treatment of light and shade in drawing and painting
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closet drama
closet drama: a play to be read rather than acted
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cirque
cirque: a half-open steep-sided hollow at the head of a valley or mountainside, formed by glacial erosion; (literary) a ring, circlet, or circle
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frizzle
frizzle: to make a sizzling or sputtering noise; to fry until crisp or curled; to form into small tight curls, to frizz; a short curl
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prosateur
prosateur: a writer of prose
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logodaedalist
logodaedalist: (log-uh-DEE-duh-list) one skilled in using or coining words
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orography
orography: (o-ROG-ruh-fee) the study of the physical geography of mountains, such as features, topographic relief, etc.
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discerp
discerp: to tear off or to rip into pieces
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vitrine
vitrine: a glass display case
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catachresis
catachresis: use of a word in a way that is not correct
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miniate
miniate: to decorate a manuscript, book, etc., with colors, gold, silver, etc; to paint in red, titles, headings, or important parts of a book or manuscript
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bibliopole
bibliopole: a bookseller, especially of rare works
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composite number
composite number: number that has more than two factors, as opposed to a prime number
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chevachee
chevachee: (shuh-vuh-CHEE/SHAY) an expedition, raid, or campaign
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chandelle
chandelle: a steep climbing turn executed in an aircraft to gain height while changing the direction of flight
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roseate
roseate: like a rose, especially in color; bright, favorable, promising; unreasonably optimistic
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pastillage
pastillage: a sugar paste that is molded into shapes and figures for decorating cakes, etc.
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coruscate
coruscate: to sparkle, flash, or gleam; to display great style or technique
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tall poppy
tall poppy: someone conspicuously successful, especially one likely to attract hostility
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vernissage
vernissage: a private viewing of paintings before public exhibition
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coati
coati: a raccoon-like animal found mainly in Central and South America, with a long flexible snout and a ringed tail
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chary
chary: cautiously or suspiciously reluctant to do something
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scraunch
scraunch: to crunch, crush, or grind (the word scraunched in the longest one-syllable word in the English language)
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pharmacopoeia
pharmacopoeia: a book listing approved drugs and related information; a stock of drugs
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limnophilous
limnophilous: fond of or living in inland bodies of water such as lakes, pools, etc.
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spiv
spiv: an unscrupulous person or a petty criminal, especially one who is sharply dressed
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eunoia
eunoia: (yoo-NOY-uh) a feeling of goodwill; a state of good mental health
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pointillage
pointillage: another word for pointillism
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churl
churl: an impolite and mean-spirited person; (archaic) a miser; (archaic) a person of low birth, a peasant
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Cimmerian
Cimmerian: a member of an ancient nomadic people who overran Asia Minor in the 7th century BC; (Greek Mythology) a member of a mythical people living in perpetual mist and darkness near the land of the dead
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pule
pule: cry querulously or weakly
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claque
claque: a group of sycophantic followers; a group of people hired to applaud (or heckle) a performer or public speaker
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Clarabella
Clarabella: an organ flute stop of 4' or 8' pitch with open wooden pipes
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cavil
cavil: to make petty or unnecessary objections
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chapfallen
chapfallen: with one's lower jaw hanging due to extreme exhaustion or dejection
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coffin bone
coffin bone: the bottommost bone in the front and rear legs of horses, cattle, pigs, and other ruminants
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chassé
chassé: a gliding step in dancing in which one foot displaces the other
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certiorari
certiorari: a writ or order by which a higher court reviews a decision of a lower court.
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coloratura
coloratura: elaborate ornamentation of a vocal melody, especially in operatic singing by a soprano
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cavitation
cavitation: the formation of bubbles in a liquid, typically by the movement of a propeller through it
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clabber
clabber: milk that has naturally clotted on souring
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chalcedony
chalcedony: a translucent variety of quartz of various colors and waxy luster
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chartaceous
chartaceous: resembling paper; made of paper
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chiromancy
chiromancy: (kye-rho-man-see) the supposed prediction of a person's future from interpreting the lines on the palms of their hands; palmistry
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chatoyant
chatoyant: (of a gem, especially when cut en cabochon) showing a band of bright reflected light caused by aligned inclusions in the stone
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cetacean
cetacean: a marine mammel of the order Cetacea; a whale, dolphin, or porpoise
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clomb
clomb: archaic past and past participle of climb
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cinerarium
cinerarium: a place where the ashes of the cremated dead are kept
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chela
chela: each of a pair of hinged pincer-like claws terminating the anterior limbs of a crab, lobster or scorpion, typically curved and sharply pointed and used for feeding, defense, and courtship
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clypeate
clypeate: shaped like a round buckler or shield, scutate
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coadunate
coadunate: to unite into one, combine; grown together and confluent, united
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cittern
cittern: (sid-uhrn) a stringed instrument similar to a lute, with flattened back and wire strings, used in 16th- and 17th-century Europe
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cenotaph
cenotaph: a monument to someone buried elsewhere, especially one commemorating people who died in a war.
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checkrow
checkrow: one of a number of rows of trees or plants, especially corn, in which the distance between adjacent trees or plants is equal to that between adjacent rows
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chough
chough: (chuff) a black Eurasian and North African bird of the crow family, with a down-curved bill and broad rounded wings, typically frequenting mountains and sea cliffs
