Vocabulary
Terms
undefined, object
copy deck
- unnecessary
- not essential, needless
- unintended
- on accident, not on purpose
- uncooked
- raw
- unharmed
- not affected or hurt
- unnatural
- artificial, not genuine or spontaneous
- circumference
- the outer boundary
- circumnavigate
- to sail or fly around
- circulatory
- circulation of blood through your body
- circumstance
- cocondition, condition or attribute with time, place, etc. that determines a fact or event
- circumscribe
- encircle, to draw a line around
- diameter
- straight line passing through the center of a circle or sphere and meeting the circumference
- diagonal
- extending from one edge of a solid figure to the other
- dialogue
- conversation between two or more people
- diagnosis
- process of determining by examination the nature and circumstances of a diseased situation
- dialect
- the way people from a particular region or group speak that is different from everyone else
- influence
- capacity or power of persons or things to be a compelling force on or to produce effects on the actions, behavior, etc. of others
- effluence
- process of flowing out, something that flows out
- confluence
- a flowing together of two rivers of streams
- reflux
- a flowing back
- effluvium
- a slight or invisible exhalation or vapor
- theologian
- a person versed in theology (study of religion)
- theocracy
- a form of government in which God or a diety is recognized as the supreme civil ruler
- polytheist
- the belief in many or more than one Gods
- atheist
- a person who denies or disbelieves the existence of a suprene or higher beings
- theocentric
- having God as the focal point of thoughts, interests, or feelings
- scribe
- a person who serves as a professional copyist
- inscription
- a brief usu. informal dedication or note that is written or signed by hand in a book
- scriptorium
- a room in which manuscripts are stored, written, or copied
- prescribe
- to lay down in writing as a rule or course of action, to order the use of a medicine
- proscribe
- to denounce or condemn (a thing) as dangerous or harmful, prohibit
- hyperbole
- extravagant exaggeration used as a figure of speech
- hyperbola
- curve formed by an intersection of a double right circular cone with a plane that cuts both halves of the cone
- hypersensitive
- excessively or abnormally sensitive, susceptible phsycologically to a specific agent
- hyperventilate
- to breathe rapidly and deeply
- hyperglycemic
- when there's an abnormally high level of glucose in blood
- amble
- an easy gait
- ambulatory
- relating to walking, able to walk or move about, sheltered place for walking
- somnambulist
- someone who performs motor acts (as walking) during sleep
- perambulate
- to walk around
- ambulance
- a vehicle equipped often carrying the injured or sick
- aloof
- apart, indifferent
- apprehend
- to seize, arrest, take into custody, to understand, become aware of
- belligerent
- waging war,inclined to or exhibiting assertiveness
- bemuse
- to confuse or bewilder
- brittle
- fragile, frail, easily damaged
- complacency
- the state of being self-satisfied
- derision
- scoffing at, mockery, ridicule
- imperious
- extremely overbearing
- indignation
- anger as a result of somethink unjust
- juncture
- a point of joining
- mollify
- to soothe or appease, to assuage
- morose
- being sullen or gloomy
- mottled
- marked with spots of different color
- ominous
- threatening
- plaintive
- mournful and expressing sorrow
- pugnacious
- looking for a fight, combative, belligerent
- relish
- to take great pleasure or delight in
- reprehensible
- deserving blame or reprimand
- revere
- to honor, to regard with respect
- scuttle
- to sink usu. a ship
- slough
- to cast off
- stilted
- artificially formal, stiff, pompous
- wispy
- small in amount, fragile, slight
- deliberate
- carefully weighted or considered, to think carefullyar attentively
- contradict
- to assert the opposite or contrary of, deny directly and categorically
- contravene
- to come or be in conflict with
- counterspy
- a spy working in opposition to enemy espionage
- contrapuntal
- composed of two or more independent melodies sounded together
- counteract
- to oppose of mitigate the affects of by contrary action, check
- heterosexual
- sexually oriented to persons of the opposite sex
- heterodyne
- to mix a frequency with another frequency
- heterodox
- not in accordance with established or accepted doctrines or opinions, unorthodox
- heterogeneous
- different in kind, composed of different substances
- heterocyclic
- pertaining to a branch or chemistry dealing with cyclic compunds (different atoms)
- verdict
- the finding or answer of a jury
- dictate
- to say or read aloud for another person to transcribe or for a machine to record
- dictum
- an authoritative pronouncement, judicial assertion
- malediction
- a curse, imprecation, the utterance of a curse
- predict
- to declare or tel in advance, to foretell
- multitude
- a great number
- multipartite
- divided into several or many parts
- multipurpose
- able to be used ofr several purposes
- multiply
- to make many or manifold, porcess of multiplication
- multilingual
- using or able to speak many or several languages with some facility
- metamorphosis
- a change in form form one stage to the nest in the life history of an organism
- metaphysics
- branch or philosophy that treats the first principles
- metaphor
- a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something in which it is not literally applicable
- metalinguistic
- pertaining to the realtionship between languages and other cultural systems
- metabolism
- sum of the chemical and physical processes in an organism by which its material substance is produces, maintained, and destroyed
- nonabrasive
- not causing a scraped spot or area
- nondescript
- of no recognized, definite, or particular type of kind
- nonentity
- a person or thing of no importance
- nonsense
- words or language having little or no meaning, foolish, absurd
- nonferrous
- containing little or no iron
- telephone
- an instrument for sending and recieving sounds over long distances by electricity
- phonics
- study of sound, method of teaching people to read and pronounce word by learning their phonetic value
- microphone
- an instrument for turning sound waves into electric currents
- phonograph
- instrument for reproducing sounds by means or vibrations of a needle following a spiral groove on a revolving disk
- homophone
- one of two or more words prounced alike, but with different menings, derivations, or spellings
- transoceanic
- crossing or extending across the ocean
- transmit
- to transfer information, spread or pass on
- transport
- to convey from one place to another, to move
- transfer
- to move to the posession of another, to pass on
- transducer
- device that is actuated power from one system and supplies power in another form to a second system
- revitalize
- to give new life or vigor to
- vital
- necessary to the maintenance of life
- vitamin
- organic substance that is essential on tiny amounts to the nutrition of most animals
- vitality
- mental and physical vigor
- vitalism
- belief that life is coused by a vital force distict from physical and shemical forces
- chronic
- marked by a long duration or frequent occurence
- anachronism
- error of placing a person or thing in the wrong period
- chronicle
- description of events, to record history
- chronology
- science that deals with measuring time and dating events
- chronometer
- very accurate timepiece
- reciprocal
- mutual, interacting
- repulse
- to repel or rebuff
- rile
- to make angry, to arouse resentment
- scupulous
- very principled, careful, and consciencious
- spiritual
- concerned with the soul of God, not material or tangible
- humility
- the quality or state of being humble in spirit
- inane
- lacking significance, meaning, or point, silly, insipid
- innumerable
- very many, more than can be counted
- monotony
- sameness
- muted
- toned down or silenced
- mutinous
- rebellious, unruly
- nonchalance
- indifference, a showing of little interest
- pacifistic
- opposed to was or the use of force
- porous
- something that permits the passage of substances through pores
- premature
- occuring or existing earlier than what is normal
- adaptable
- willing to conform or adjust
- appreciate
- to increase in value
- boisterous
- rowsy, rough, and stormy
- bourgeois
- a person with the traits or viewpoints of the middle class
- complex
- complicated
- conceit
- excessively high opinion of one's own worth or ability
- disciple
- a follower of a teacher or philosophy
- exhaust
- to use up, to drain
- homely
- plain or unattractive in apperance
- benediction
- a blessing
- benevolent
- characterized by or suggestive of doing good, charitable
- benefactor
- one that gives aid
- beneficiary
- one who recieves a benefit, recipient of benefits
- beneficial
- producing or promoting a favorable result, advantageous
- credible
- capable of being believed, plausible, reliable
- credence
- acceptance as true or valid, belief, trustworthyness
- credulity
- a disposition to believe too readily
- incredulous
- skeptical, disbelieving
- credo
- sat of fundamental beliefs, a guiding principal