Classic Vocabulary Lesson 24
Terms
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- technician
- one who studies the products and systems developed by engineers and who is uniquely qualified to run and maintain them
- bibliography
- a list of the words of an author, or the literature bearing on a particular subject.
- gastric
- relating to or involving the stomach
- zo
- animal
- zoology
- study of animals
- utopia
- ideally perfect state
- cacodyl
- a poisonous oily liquid with a garlicky odor
- tox
- poison
- orthodox
- adhering to what is commonly accepted
- dogma
- a doctrine or code of beliefs accepted as authoritative
- gastr
- stomach
- toxic
- something poisonous that can cause death
- top
- place
- sycophant
- a person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage
- techn
- art; skill; craft
- topic
- the subject matter of a conversation or discussion
- zoology
- study of animals
- doxology
- hymn or song of praise
- toponym
- place name
- gerentology
- branch of psychology that studies the agining process and the problems of older people.
- idiom
- a peculiar expression
- cac
- bad
- idiosyncracy
- peculiarity
- paradox
- (logic) a self-contradiction
- gastronomy
- the art of preparing and serving appetizing food.
- hippodrome
- racetrack
- antitoxin
- an antibody that can neutralize a specific toxin
- geriatrics
- a field of medicine dealing with older people
- bibliophile
- someone who loves (and usually collects) books
- cacography
- poor handwriting
- idiograph
- private mark; trademark
- phantom
- a ghostly appearing figure
- bibli
- book
- gerontic
- the last phase in the life cycle of an organism
- epiphany
- spontaneous thought/idea that reveals something significant, a revelation
- pyrotechnics
- fireworks
- idiot
- a person of subnormal intelligence
- gastronome
- a person devoted to refined sensuous enjoyment (especially good food and drink)
- technical
- characterizing or showing skill in or specialized knowledge of applied arts and sciences
- diaphanous
- so thin as to transmit light
- cacophony
- loud confusing disagreeable sounds
- idi
- one's own; peculiar
- zoo
- animal, the facility where wild animals are housed for exhibition
- ger, geront
- old age; old people
- hippopotamus
- water horse; massive thick-skinned herbivorous animal living in or around rivers of tropical Africa
- dox, dog
- opinion; teaching
- hipp
- horse
- pha(n)
- to show; to appear