Random Words Flashcards
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conscious
recognizing as true or factual
soubrette
a soprano who sings supporting roles in comic opera
lyceum
a public hall for lectures and concerts
succedaneum
something used as a substitute
appoggiatura
an embellishing note usually written in smaller size
dissimilitude
lack of resemblance or similarity
thyroidectomy
surgical removal of the thyroid gland
caesious
a blue color very low in chroma
nimious
excessively extravagant
bacciferous
bearing or producing berries
parochialism
a narrow view in which people see things solely through their own perspective
scrofulous
having a diseased run-down appearance
ritenuto
a steady pace, but slower than the preceding tempo
vervain
Old World herb of wisdom, healing, and second sight, widely distributed plant, also known as verbena
postern
a back door or gate
decedent
a person who has died
abdicable
capable of being discarded or renounced or relinquished
abdicator
someone who formally relinquishes something
abduce
advance evidence for
abience
an urge to withdraw or avoid a situation or an object
estival
occurring in summer
apprize
inform someone of something
bloc
a group of countries in an alliance
immanence
the state of being within or not going beyond a given domain