Wednesday, April 23, 2014
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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