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Vocabulary 4/2
Vocabulary for the College-Bound, Chapter 4, Part 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| apiary | place where bees are kept |
| aviary | place where birds are kept |
| badger | tease; annoy; nag |
| halcyon | calm; peaceful |
| lionize | treat as highly important |
| menagerie | place where animals are kept and trained |
| molt | shed feathers, skin, hair, etc. |
| ornithology | study of birds |
| parasite | animal, plant, or person living on others; freeloader |
| parasitic | living at the expense of others |
| parrot | repeat mechanically |
| scavenger | animal o person removing refuse, decay, etc. |
| antidote | remedy for a poison or evil |
| astringent(n) | substance that shrinks tissue and checks flow of blood |
| astringent(adj) | 1.severe or stern 2.causing contraction |
| benign | 1.not dangerous 2.gentle, kindly |
| convalesce | recover health after an illness, recuperate |
| convalescent | person recovering from sickness |
| fester | form pus, rot, rankle, putrify |
| hypochondriac | one who is morbidly anxious about personal health, or suffering from an imagined illness |
| immunity | 1.resistance (to a disease) 2.freedom (as from an obligation) |
| immunize | make immune |
| lesion | injury; hurt |
| malignant | 1.threatening to cause death 2.very evil |
| morbid | 1.gruesome 2.having to do with disease |
| pestilential | 1.morally harmful 2.pertaining to a pestilence (plague) |
| regimen | set of rules, esp. to improve health |
| salubrious | healthful |
| sebaceous | greasy, secreting sebum (fatty matter secreted by skin) |
| therapeutic | curative |
| toxic | poisonous |
| unguent | salve, ointment |
| viral | caused by a virus |
| virulent | 1.extremely poisonous, deadly, venomous 2.very bitter |
| virus | 1.disease causing substance too small to be seen through a microscope 2.corruptive force |
| acclaim | welcome with approval, applaud loudly |
| encomium | speech or writing of high praise; tribute; eulogy; pangyric |
| eulogize | praise; extol; laud; glorify |
| kudos | fame or praise due to achievement |
| laudable | praiseworthy; commendable |
| laudatory | 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 |
| imputation | charge, esp. an unjust or false charge; insinuation; accusation |
| libel | false and defamatory printed (or written) statement |
| libelous | injurious to reputation; defamatory; calumnious |
| malign | speak evil of; vilify; traduce |
| slander | false and defamatory spoken statement; calumny |
| stigma | mark of disgrace |
| stigmatize | 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 | 1.in the habit of joking 2.said in jest without serious intent |
| flippant | treating serious matters lightly |
| harlequin | buffoon, clown |
| hilarious | boisterously merry; very funny |
| hilarity | noisy gaiety; mirth; jollity; glee |
| ironic or ironical | containing or expressing irony |
| irony | 1.species of humor whose intended meaning is the opposite of the words used 2.state of affairs contrary to what would normally have been 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 | sneering and often ironic language intended to hurt a person's feelings |
| sarcastic | given to or expressing sarcasm |
| sardonic | bitterly sarcastic; mocking; sneering |
| satire | language or writing that exposes follies or abuses by holding them up to ridicule |
| satiric or satirical | given to or expressing satire |
| travesty | imitation that makes a serious thing seem ridiculous; mockery |
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