Test 1b
Terms
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- benign
- adj. having a kindly disposition; favorable; beneficial; not dangeros to health; not malignant
- glossary
- n. a list of foreign. difficult, or technical terms
- malnutrition
- n. a condition cause by lack of enough food or food with essential vitamins and minerals
- anthology
- n. a collection of written work, often by different authors
- sanction
- n. authorization; official approval
- accrue
- v. to grown in amount over time; to result as from natural growth or addition
- clemency
- n. leniency in punishing or judging; mercy
- detect
- v. to discover the presence, existence or fact of
- nondescript
- ajd. having no interesting or distinctive qualities of characteristics
- boorish
- adj. rude or bad mannered
- stultify
- v. to make useless or weak; to cause to seem stupid; to have an inhibiting effect on
- regimen
- n. a regular systom of diet, exercise, rest, etc., to improve or promote health
- allege
- v. to declare or state. especially without proof
- retract
- v. take back; withdraw (a statement, promise, etc); to pull or draw back in
- financial
- adj. having to do with money matters or managing mone
- antiseptic
- adj. free from germs; very clean; preventing infection or rot by stopping the growth of germs
- devious
- adj. untrustworthy; attempting to deceive, Roundabout; wandering
- transform
- v. to change in form, shape, or appearance; to change the condition, character, nature, or function of
- epitome
- n. a typical or ideal example
- liliputian
- adj. tiny very smalll
- arbiter
- a person chosen to decide; a refree
- orthopedic
- adj. of relating, or used in the branch of medicine that corrects or treats disorders, diseases, or injuries of the bones, tendons, muscle, and joints
- sentimentality
- n. the quality or condition of being excessively emotional
- prognosis
- n. a prediction of the probably course of a disease; a prediciton or forecast
- synod
- n. a council of churches or church officials
- fiduciary
- adj. relating the management of one person's assets by another
- disclose
- v. to make known; reveal; to uncover
- centenary
- n. a hundred years; a hundredth anniversary or celebration
- copse
- n. a thicket of small trees
- ligament
- n. a band of strong tissue that connercts two bones or holds organs in place
- martial
- adj. warlike; inclined to fighting
- novice
- n. a beginner; one who newly received into a religious order
- exponent
- n. a person who explains or interprets something; a person who represents, speaks for, or advocates
- cohort
- n. a Roman military unit making up one tenth of a legion; a group, a band of people
- geometric
- adj. of or relating to the characteristics, measurements, and relation ships of lines surfaces and figures made of or using straight lines, angles, or circles
- somber
- adj. dark and gloomy; dismal; sad
- grandeur
- n. magnificence; splendor
- tarnish
- v. to dull or discolor
- progressive
- adj. continuing at a steady pace; moving forward
- habitat
- n. the place or region where a plant or animal naturally lives
- sultry
- adj. uncomforably hot and close; very hot and humid
- abstain
- v. to voluntarily keep oneself from doing something
- caricature
- n a picture in which certain parts are exaggerated to the point of distortion
- kayak
- n. a type of canoe made of skin and used by Eskimos
- laity
- n. memebers of a religious group that are not the officials
- intrepid
- adj. very brave; courageous; fearless
- modest
- adj. having a humble opinion of one's own value, talents, etc.; free from showiness; not extreme
- pulsate
- v. to expand and contract rhythmically; throb; to vibrate; quiver
- beacon
- n a light for waning or guiding
- offal
- n. waste parts, especially of a butchered animal; rubbish; garbage