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#1-20 vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Ipso facto | (adverb) by the very fact or action |
| sine qua non | (noun) an indispensable condition ; prerequisite |
| butte | (noun) an isolated hill rising abruptly from the surrounding area , having steep sides and a flat top |
| boll | (noun) the pod of a plant, as that of flax or cotton |
| trecento | (noun) the 14th century especially with reference to Italian art, literature, etc. |
| rondeau | (noun) : a poem of thirteen lines with two rhymes and the opening words used as a refrain in two places |
| Triskaidekaphobia | (noun) fear of the number 13 |
| tridecennary | (noun): 1. A period of thirteen years 2. Thirteenth anniversary |
| profligate | (adj) 1. Recklessly extravagant; wasteful 2. Given over to dissipation; dissolute |
| Hirsutulous | (adj): minutely rough and hairy |
| piliferous | (adj) having or producing hair |
| pogonotrophy | (noun) the growing of a beard |
| pilgarlic | (noun) a bald headed person |
| omnifarious | (adj) of all kinds or sorts |
| embrocation | (noun) 1. A liquid medication rubbed on the skin 2. The act of applying a |
| sessile | (adj) 1. Attached directly to the base, without a stalk (as in a leaf or a flower) 2. Permanently attached; immobile (as in an animal; for ex. A barnacle) |
| acescent | (adj) turning sour; slightly sour |
| catchpole | (noun) a sheriffs officer who made arrests for failure to pay debt |
| paludal | (adj) of or relating to marshes |
| tocsin | (noun) an alarm or bell ; warning signal |