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UIL HS 26
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| abapical | away from the apex |
| abbatial | relating to an abbey, abbot, or abbess |
| acaulescent | a plant with no visible stem (STEMS: ‘caul’ is stem, ‘a’ is not) |
| acculturation | assimilation to the dominant culture |
| acquittance | a receipt to discharge one from debts or fines |
| acumen | keen judgment |
| afforestation | establishing a forest, on land that never had one |
| Agincourt | a village is northwest France |
| Alamogordo | city in Mexico |
| algorism | using numbers for calculation |
| altercation | loud argument or fight |
| altocumulus | mid level fluffy cloud |
| amalgamate | to combine into one group |
| anacoluthon | some grammar thing where you don’t connect clauses properly for effect |
| amphorae | greek vase |
| anticoagulant | stops blood clotting |
| antipersonnel | : designed to destroy, maim, or obstruct military personnel |
| antithesis | contradictory concepts |
| apatetic | imitative in color |
| bagasse | sugarcane rind left after processing, used for fueling mills |
| bathypelagic | deep seas |
| Bataan | Filipino peninsula |
| Bellerophon | greek hero |
| bergamot | orange |
| booboisie | stupid ppl |
| bouleversement | reverse |
| breviaries | brief summaries |
| brio | enthusiastic |
| brusquerie | being brusque, sharp, blunt |
| calibrator | manages frequency in electrical devices |
| Canaanite | pre |
| cathect | invest emotional/mental energy |
| cauterization | sear a wound to stop bleeding |
| cephalic | head |
| chagrin | distress |
| circumspect | cautious |
| cismontane | being nearer to the mountains |
| Cistercian | religious order that is strict and austere |
| coadunate | unite into one |
| coccyx | bottom bone of the vertebrae |
| collegiality | good relationships between colleagues |
| commination | Gods threatening punishment |
| concrescence | combining of particles |
| crampons | spiked boot OR hooked clutch to lift heavy objects |
| crewel | yarn |
| cruet | glass bottle |
| diatomaceous | abounding with algae |
| disbursal | funds paid out |
| disseminate | spread, especially knowledge |
| dynamo | direct current generator OR a energetic person |
| efficacious | effective |
| eminent domain | the right of a government to seize land for public use |
| emendate | to correct, textually, literature |
| en brochette | on a skewer |
| entrechat | cross your legs during a ballet leap |
| epeirogeny | change of the Earth’s crust shape |
| equerry | person who takes care of horses |
| escarole | leafy vegetable |
| exemplum | example used to sustain an argument |
| exodontics | dentistry that specializes in removing teeth |
| festschrift | collection of writings written for an anniversary celebration (think festival) |
| fiducial | relating to a trust |
| fissipalmate | partially webbed |
| flagitious | evil |
| fremitus | vibration in the body when one talks |
| gadfly | flies that bother livestock |
| gentian violet | a dye that is used for killing fungi |
| gimmal | set of interlocked mechanics (as in a clock) |
| gormandize | eat gluttonously |
| grenadier | soldier who throws grenades |
| guillemot | bird |
| harmattan | dry wind blowing in Africa |
| Hegelianism | opposites in history make up modern day (monarchy, democracy, then constitutional monarchy) |
| hygrometer | measures humidity |
| hypnophobia | fear of sleep |
| immanent | internal, within the subject |
| insidious | harmful in a hidden way |
| instauration | restoration after decay |
| inter se | between themselves |
| Jarlsberg | Norwegian cheese |
| Kaddish | daily Jewish prayer |
| keffiyeh, kaffiyeh | Arab headdress |
| Ketchikan | city and seaport in Alaska |
| laity | regular people in a religion |
| langlauf | cross country running or skiing |
| lapidarian | inscribed in stone |
| leachate | when rain mixes with waste, resulting in a toxic liquid |
| lexicography | making of a dictionary |
| librettist | writer of musical theater |
| lotus position | yoga position |
| Lupercalia | Roman festival on February 15th |
| lycanthropy | people who believe they are wolves |
| lyophilize | freeze |
| mal de mer | seasickness |
| manicotti | pasta shells with meat stuffing |
| mascarpone | Italian cream cheese |
| menhir | prehistoric upright stone |
| miasma | vapor from marshes, once believed to cause malaria |
| Midrash | Jewish religious expedition |
| misology | hatred of reason |
| monochasium | flower with one lateral branch |
| monteith | silver punch bowl |
| mukluks | Inuit boot made from sealskin |
| mulligatawny | Indian curry made with chicken stock |
| muster roll | registry of all officers in a military unit |
| mycetoma | infection of the skin (usually foot) with fungi |
| mythomania | obsession with lying |
| nabob | governor of the Mughal empire in India |
| nidicolous | reared in a nest |
| nucleophile | elements that donate electrons to a nucleus of another atom |
| nuncupative | stated verbally (in regard to a will) |
| olecranon | funny bone |
| oligopsony | market with a few buyers |
| organoleptic | making an impression on one of the sense organs |
| orthoscopic | image in normal proportions |
| osteopathy | bone disease |
| outré | bizarre |
| paisano | rustic, peasant |
| paludal | relating to marshes |
| Panglossian | view that all is for the best |
| parataxis | clauses without a connector |
| Parnassian | relating to poetry |
| pasqueflower | flowery herb |
| patency | obviousness |
| Pavlovian | scientist who pioneered classical conditioning |
| persnickety | meticulous, snobby |
| phantasmagoria | optical stage effects |
| pleuston | floating organisms like algae |
| poet laureate | a poet who wins an award |
| poetaster | a bad poet |
| portamento | continuous gliding sound by instrument or voice |
| poltroon | a mean coward |
| polynya | open water in sea ice |
| portiere, portière | a curtain across a doorway |
| postiche | toupee |
| praenomen | first name |
| prelapsarian | before the fall of man |
| prima donna | lead female singer in an opera |
| principium | fundamental principle, or Roman military camp |
| prosopography | a description of a person's appearance, character, and career |
| psychogenesis | origin of the mind |
| punctilio | an instant of time OR a small detail |
| quondam | formerly |
| ranula | cyst under the tongue |
| recidivist | repeat offender |
| refulgent | radiant |
| reliquiae | organic remains |
| repine | complain |
| restitution | restoring |
| rhodolite | pink/purple garnet |
| Rotarian | volunteering club |
| sacerdotalism | placing importance on priests |
| salience | prominence physically |
| sally lunn | thin loaf |
| Saltillo | city in Mexico |
| scansorial | adapted for climbing |
| scotoma | blindspot |
| shofar | Jewish ram horn blown at battles and religious ceremonies |
| simulacrum | representation of something |
| somatology | physical anthropology |
| soutache | braid decoration on clothes |
| subito | suddenly, used in music |
| subornation | procuring something illegally |
| sylvatic | occurring in wild animals |
| tachistoscope | flashing images device |
| tantara | blare of a trumpet |
| tarradiddle, taradiddle | minor lie |
| tenebrific | gloomy |
| tenuous | thin consistency |
| tergiversate | renounce one’s faith |
| thamautology | discussion miracles |
| thrasonical | bragging |
| timbre | crest on a coat of arms |
| titivate | tidy up, smarten up |
| unwonted | unusual |
| usufruct | the right to use something |
| valgus | limb deformity, where it points out |
| vaticinate | to prophesize things |
| Van Allen belt | radiation belt around the atmosphere |
| vinasse | residual liquid after fermenting alcohol |
| viticulture | grape growing |
| wapiti | elk |
| whelk | mollusk |
| xyster | surgical instrument used to scrape bone |
| yapok | aquatic opossum |
| yeanling | lamb |
| yersiniosis | infectious disease |
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