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Vocab 3:2
Vocab chapter three, section two
| Word | Definition (Antonym) |
|---|---|
| apiary | place where bees are kept |
| aviary | place where birds are kept |
| badger | tease, annoy, nag (originally to harass a trapped this animal) |
| halcyon | calm, peaceful (from a bird thought to calm the waves) |
| lionize | treat as highly important |
| menagerie | place where animals are kept and trained, collection of wild animals |
| molt | shed feathers, skin, hair, etc |
| ornithology | study of birds |
| parasite/parasitic | animal, plant or person living on others, freeloader/living at the expense of another, sponging |
| parrot | repeat mechanically |
| scavenger | animal or person removing refuse, decay, etc. |
| antidote | remedy for a poison or evil |
| astringent/astringent | substance that shrinks tissues and checks flow of blood/severe, stern, causing contradiction |
| benign | not dangerous (malignant), gentle, kindly |
| convalescent | person recovering from sickness |
| fester | form pus, rankle, rot, putrefy |
| hypochondriac | one who is morbidly anxious about personal health or suffering from imagined illness |
| immunity/immunize | resistance to a disease, freedom as from an obligation, exemption/make immune |
| lesion | injury, hurt |
| malignant | threatening to cause death (benign), very evil |
| morbid | gruesome, having to do with disease |
| pestilential | morally harmful, pertaining to a plague, deadly |
| regimen | set of rules, esp. to improve health |
| salubrious | healthful |
| sebaceous | greasy, secreting sebum (fatty matter secreted by the glands of the skin) |
| therapeutic | curative |
| toxic | poisonous |
| unguent | salve, ointment |
| viral/virulent/virus | caused by a virus/extremely poisonous, deadly, venomous, very bitter/disease-causing substance too small to be seen through a microscope, corruptive force |
| acclaim | welcome with approval, applaud loudly |
| encomium | speech or writing of high praise, tribute, eulogy, panegyric |
| eulogize | praise, extol, laud, glorify (vilify) |
| kudos | fame or praise due to achievement |
| laudable/laudatory | praiseworthy, commendable/expressing praise, eulogistic |
| plaudit | (used mainly in the plural) applause, enthusiastic praise, acclaim |
| calumnious | falsely and maliciously accusing, defamatory, slanderous |
| derogatory | expressing low esteem, belittling, disparaging (complimentary) |
| imputation | charge, esp. an unjust or false charge, insinuation, accusation |
| libel/libelous | false and defamatory printed (or written( statement/injurious to reputation, defamatory, calumnious |
| malign | speak evil of, vilify, traduce |
| slander | false and defamatory spoken statement, calumny |
| stigma/stigmatize | mark of disgrace/brand with a mark of disgrace |
| banter | playful teasing joking, raillery |
| caricature | drawing, imitation, or description that ridiculously exaggerates peculiarities or defects |
| droll | odd and laughter-provoking |
| facetious | in the habit of joking, said in jest without serious intent |
| flippant | treating serious matters lightly |
| harlequin | buffoon, clown |
| hilarious/hilarity | boisterously merry, very funny/noisy gaiety, mirth, jollity, glee |
| ironic/irony | containing or expressing irony/species of humor whose intended meaning is the opposite of the words used, state of affairs contrary to what would normally be expected |
| jocose | given to jesting, playfully humorous, jocular |
| levity | lack of proper seriousness, trifling gaiety, frivolity |
| ludicrous | exciting laughter, ridiculous, farcical, absurd |
| parody | humorous imitation |
| sarcasm/sarcastic | sneering and often ironic language intended to hurt a person's feelings/given to or expressing sarcasm |
| sardonic | bitterly sarcastic, mocking, sneering |
| satire/satriric or satirical | language or writing that exposes follies or abuses by holding them up to ridicule/given to or expressing satire |
| travesty | imitation that makes a serious thing seem ridiculous, mockery |
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