PDS English Vocab 251-300
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- Jurisprudence
- N. - The philosophy or science of law.
- Juxtapose
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V. - To place side by side, especially for comparison or contrast.
Root: Pos - Position or placement. - Kinetic
- Adj. - Of, relating to, or produced by motion.
- Lechery
- N. - Excessive indulgence in sexual activity.
- Lexicographer
- N. - One who writes, compiles, or edits a dictionary.
- Mandate
- N. - An authoritative command or instruction.
- Marsupial
- N. - Any of various nonplacental mammals.
- Mélange
- N. - A combination of food.
- Millennium
- N. - A span of one thousand years.
- Moor
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N. - 1. - A broad area of open land, often high but poorly drained.
2. - To fix in place or secure.
(Capital M) 3. - A member of a Muslim people of mixed Berber and Arab descent, now living chiefly in northwest Africa. - Nautical
- Adj. - Relating to or involving ships, shipping or navigation.
- Obstreperous
- Adj. - Noisily and stubbornly defiant.
- Opus
- N. - A creative work, especially a musical composition numbered to designate the order of a composer's works.
- Ornithology
- N. - The branch of zoology that deals with the study of birds.
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Palliation (N.)
Palliate (V.) -
N. - Easing the severity of a pain or a disease without removing the cause.
V. - To make less severe or intense. - Pathological
- Adj. - Relating to or caused by disease.
- Piebald
- Adj. - Spotted or patched, especially in black and white.
- Plausible
- Adj. - Giving a deceptive impression of truth or reliability.
- Plebiscite
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N. - A vote in which a population exercises the right of national self-determination.
Root: Pleb - The people. - Preempt
- V. - To appropriate, seize, or take for oneself before others.
- Prehensile
- Adj. - Adapted for seizing, or holding.
- Prestige
- N. - A level of respect at which one is regarded by others.
- Proselytize
- Verb. To try to convert or persuade, esp. in religious matters.
- Primogeniture
- N. - Being first born
- Prototype
- N. - An original form, or instance serving as a basis for later stages
- Rampart
- N. - A fortification consisting of an embankment
- Recherche
- Adj. - Uncommon, or rare.
- Refurbish
- V. - To make clean or bright
- Rendition
- N. - The act of rendering, an interpretation of a musical score or dramatic piece
- Residue
- N. - The remainder of something after removal of parts or a part.
- Satrap
- N. - A subordinate bureaucrat or official.
- Septic
- Adj. - Of, relating to, having the nature of, or affected by sepsis.
- Skeptic
- N. - Someone who habitually doubts accepted beliefs.
- Smattering
- N. - A small number or amount.
- Spate
- N. - A sudden flood, rush, or outpouring.
- Stigma
- N. - A mark of shame or discredit.
- Stultify
- V. - To render useless or ineffectual, cripple.
- Superimpose
- V. - To lay or place (something) on or over something else.
- Supernumerary
- Adj. - Exceeding a fixed, prescribed, or standard number, extra.
- Tatterdemalion
- Adj. - A person wearing ragged or tattered clothing.
- Tenacity
- N. - Persistent determination.
- Tesselated
- Adj. -- having a checkered appearance An image made up of squares.
- Testator
- N. One who has made a legally valid will before death.
- Timorous
- Adj. Full of apprehensiveness; timid
- Traumatic
- Adj. 1a : Causing an injury (as a wound) to living tissue caused by an extrinsic agent <surgical trauma> b : Causing or experienceing a disordered psychic or behavioral state resulting from mental or emotional stress or physical injury
- Utopia
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N. -- An ideally perfect place.
Etymology: Ou (no) + topos (place) Greek - Valedictory
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N. A closing or farewell message or speech.
Etym.:
valere= be well
dicere= to say - Vermicular
- Adj. Having the shape or motion of worm; Having to do with worms or their shape.
- Welter
- N. A confused mass of something; confusion, turmoil
- Yeoman
- N. An attendant or servant in a royal household; A diligent dependable worker.