Grace - Set2
April 4th/08 vocab
Terms
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- viable
- (adj) capable of being done with means at hand and circumstances as they are
- amphitheater
- (n) an oval large stadium with tiers of seats
- deposits
- (n) the act of putting something somewhere
- scalpel
- (n) a thin straight surgical knife used in dissection and surgery
- matriarchal
- (adj) the female head of a family or tribe
- gluton
- (n) a person who eats and drinks excessively or voraciously
- exhalation
- (n) the act of expelling air from the lungs
- decorum
- (n) Whatever behavior is considered suitable or proper
- gauze
- (n) (medicine) bleached cotton cloth of plain weave used for bandages and dressings
- blunt
- (adj) having a dull edge; abrupt and frank in speech or manner; brusque; V: make or become blunt
- resilient
- (adj) recovering readily from adversity, depression, or the like
- thigh
- (n) the part of the leg between the hip and the knee
- ponder
- (v) reflect deeply on a subject
- repulse
- (v) cause to move back by force or influence
- ghastly
- (adj) gruesomely indicative of death or the dead
- torso
- (n) the body excluding the head and neck and limbs
- budding
- (adj) beginning to develop
- cellophane
- (n) a transparent paper-like product that is impervious to moisture and used to wrap candy or cigarettes etc.
- optimist
- (n) a person disposed to take a favorable view of things
- dread
- (n) fearful expectation or anticipation
- expanse
- (n) a wide scope
- plausible
- (adj) likely but not certain to be or become true or real
- void
- (n) an empty area or space
- anatomy
- (n) alternative names for the body of a human being
- tapering
- (n) the act of gradually lowering the size or amount
- rotund
- (adj) excessively fat
- splinter
- (n) a small thin sharp bit or wood or glass or metal
- sporadic
- (adj) recurring in scattered and irregular or unpredictable instances
- anesthetic
- (n) a drug that causes temporary loss of bodily sensations
- ominous
- (adj) threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
- patriarchal
- (adj) male led society and household
- capricious
- (adj) determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason
- drab
- (adj) depressing in character or appearance
- microscopic
- (adj) too small to be seen except under a microscope
- gurney
- (n) a flat table with wheels for transporting patients
- elderly
- (adj) advanced in years; an old person, advanced in years
- suture
- (n) thread of catgut or silk or wire used by surgeons to stitch tissues together
- scrutinized; scrutinize
- (v) to read or look at very closely
- pungent
- (adj) sharp biting or acrid especially in taste or smell
- innate
- (adj) present at birth but not necessarily hereditary