Lesson 22 Flashcards
Acephalous
No longer having a head
Zoology-not having a head
Having no leader or chief
Calisthenics
Gymnastics exercises to achieve bodily fitness and grace of movement
Geode
A small cavity in rock lined with crystals or other mineral matter
A rock containing a cavity lined with crystals or other mineral matter
Dromomania
A passion for wandering
Kaleidoscope
A verigated changing pattern
Necropolis
Cemetery
Geology
Study of the earth’s history
Amorphous
Shapeless
Orthodox
Conforming to established doctrine
Pseudocyesis
False pregnancy
Xenophile
A lover of strangers
Eucephalous
Having a well-developed head
Concentric
Having a common center
Hematothermal
Warm-blooded
Catalyst
Agent that induces a chemical reaction
Morphology
The study of the forms of things in particular
Biology-the branch of biology that deals with the form of living organisms and with relationships between their structures
Linguistics-the study if the forms of words
Orthographic
Orthography-the conventional spelling system of a language
The study of spelling and how letters combine to represent sounds and form words
Centrifugal
Moving of tending to move away from a center
Hippodrome
A theatre or other performance venue
(In Ancient Greece or Rome) a course for chariot or horse races
Dialysis
The separation of particles in a liquid on the bias of differences in their ability to pass through a membrane
Medicine-the clinical purification of blood by dialysis, as a substitute for the normal function of the kidney
Necrology
An obituary notice
A list of deaths
Pseudoclassic
Pseudoclassical-having a false or spurious classical style
Xenophobia
Intense or irrational dislike or fear of people from other countries
Pseudonym
A fictitious name, esp. one used by an author