Lesson 17 Flashcards
Cauterize
Burn the skin it flesh if a wound with a heated instrument or caustic substance typically to stop bleeding it prevent the sound from becoming infected
asterisk
A symbol * used to mark printed it written text typically as a reference to an annotation it to stand for omitted matter
A thing resembling a star in shape
Program
A planned series of future events items or performances
A set of related measures events or activities with with a particular long-term aim
A sheet or booklet giving details of items or performers at an event or performance
A presentation or item on a radio it television esp one broadcast regularly between stated times
A series of codes software instructions to channel the operation of a computer or other machine
Monolith
A large single upright block of stone ESP one shaped into or serving as a pillar or monument
A very large and characterless building
A large block of concrete sunk in water
A large and impersonal political, corporate, or social structure regarded as intractability indivisible and uniform
Podium
A small platform on which a person may stand to be seen by an audience as when making a speech or conducting an orchestra
A lectern
Syntax
The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language
A set if rules for an analysis of this
The branch of linguistics that deals with this
Emblem
A heraldic device or a symbolic object as a distinctive badge of a nation, organization, or family
A thing serving as a symbolic representation of a particular quality or concept
Gene
A unit of heredity that is transferred from a parent to offspring and is held to determine some characteristic if the offspring
Hemoglobin
A red protein responsible for transporting oxygen in the blood of vertebrates
Molecule comprises four subunits each containing an iron atom bound to a heme group
Mnemonic
A device such as a pattern if letters, ideas, or associations that assists in remembering something
Politician
A person who is professionally involved in politics, esp as a holder if it a candidate for an elected office
Telegram
A message sent by telegraph and then delivered in written or printed form
Paragraph
Group of unified scentences
Lithograph
Print made from a prepared stone
Hemorrhage
Heavy or uncontrollable bleeding
Tactic
Method
Astrology
Study of the influence of stars on the future
Holocaust
Destruction by fire
Telescope
Instrument for viewing distant objects
Hyperbole
Exaggeration
Theogony
Origin of the gods
Podiatrist
Foot doctor
Cosmopolitan
Having a worldwide scope
Amnesia
Loss of memory
