Vocabulary list--#25

Here'sssssssss Tim with a new list of words.

achromic

ey-kroh-mik

adjective

Colorless, without coloring matter.


adscititious
ad-suh-tish-us

adjective

1. Derived or acquired from something on the outside.
2. Supplemental, additional.


agnize

ag-nahyz

verb

To recognize, acknowledge, own.


analphabetic

an-al-fuh-bet-ik

adjective

1. Not alphabetic, an analphabetic arrangement of letters.
2. Unable to read or write, illiterate: analphabetic peoples.


cadge

kaj

verb

Beg, sponge.


catharsis

kuh-thar-seez

noun

1. The purging of the emotions or relieving of emotional tensions, especially through
certain kinds of art, as tragedy or music.
2. [Medicine/Medical] Purgation.


cock-a-hoop

kah-kuh-hoop

adjective

1. Triumphantly boastful, exulting.
2. Awry.


collimate

kah-luh-mayt

verb

To make (something, such as light rays) parallel.


cuittle

ky-tl

verb

To wheedle, cajole,or coax.


epistolary

ih-pist-uh-lair-ee

adjective

1. Of, relating to, or suitable to a letter.
2. Contained in or carried on by letters.
3. Written in the form of a series of letters.


hippophile

ip-uh-fahyl

noun

Lover of horses.


hospitalist

hah-spih-tuh-list

noun

A physician who specializes in treating hospitalized patients of other physicianimms.


immisible

ih-mis-uh-buhl

adjective

Not miscible, incapable of being mixed.


infix 

in-fiks

noun

A derivational or inflectional affix appearing in the body of a word.


lodestar

lohd-stahr

noun

One that serves as an inspiration, model, or guide.


madeleine

mad-uh-lun

noun

1. A small rich shell-shaped cake.
2. One that evokes a memory.


maslin

maz-lin

noun

1. Mixture, medley.
2. A mixture of different grains, flour or meals, especially rye with wheat.


minutia
muh-noo-shee-uh

noun

A minute or minor detail.


oneiric

oh-nye-rik

adjective

Of or relating to dreams, dreamy.


opusculum

oh-pusk-yuh-lum

noun

A minor work (as of literature).


omphalospsis

om-fuh-loh-skep-sis-om

noun

Contemplation of one's navel as an aid to meditation.


passe-partout

pas-pahr-too

noun

1. Something that passes everywhere or provides a universal means of passage.
2. A master key, skeleton key.


perforce

per-forss

adverb

By force of circumstances.


picayune

pik-ee-yoon

adjective

1. Of little value or account, small, trifling: a picayune amount.
2. Petty, carping, or prejudiced: I didn't want to seem picayune by criticizing.


recondite

rek-un-dyte

adjective

1. Hidden from sight, concealed.
2. Difficult or impossible for one of ordinary understanding or knowledge to comprehend, deep.
3. Of, relating to, or dealing with something little known or obscure.


sallow

sal-oh

adjective

Of a grayish greenish yellow color suggesting sickliness.


tabula rasa

tab-yuh-luh-rah-zuh

noun

1. The mind in its hypothetical primary blank or empty state before receiving outside impressions.
2. Something existing in its original pristine state.


timorous

tim-uh-rus

adjective

1. Of a timid disposition, fearful.
2. Expressing or suggesting timidity.


virescent 

vuh-ress-unt

adjective

Beginning to be green, greenish.


xylography

zahy-log-ruh-fee

noun

The art of engraving on wood, or of printing from such engravings.

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