abacaxi | n. a large, sweet pineapple grown especially in Brazil |
abgesang | n. the concluding section in musical and poetic |
abiuret | a. not giving the biuret reaction |
acquiesce | v. agree or express agreement |
aitch | n. the letter h or the sound represented by it |
aloisiite | n. a mineral consisting of hydrous subsilicate of calcium, ferrous iron, magnesium, and sodium |
antediluvian | a. so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period |
atheist | n. someone who denies the existence of god |
atlatl | n. stick used by some indigenous peoples of North America |
autochthonous | a. of rocks, deposits, etc.; found where they and their constituents were formed, originating where it is found |
bellwether | n. sheep that leads the herd often wearing a bell, someone who assumes leadership of a movement or activity |
bhagavata | n. a devotional worshipper of a deity, especially of Vishnu |
bhikku | n. a Buddhist monk or religious mendicant |
bologna | n. large smooth-textured smoked sausage of beef and veal and pork |
bourgeois | a. conforming to the standards and conventions of the middle class, belonging to the middle class |
cassioberry | n. a shrub of the southern US, and also its fruit |
cemetery | n. a tract of land used for burials |
chauffeur | n. a man paid to drive a privately owned car |
chhatri | n. a funerary monument, a chapel built over a tomb |
chlorophyll | n. any of a group of green pigments found in photosynthetic organisms |
chrematistic | a. of, relating to, or occupied in the gaining of wealth |
chthonic | a. dwelling beneath the surface of the earth |
coelacanth | n. fish thought to have been extinct since the Cretaceous period but found in 1938 off the coast of Africa |
connoisseur | n. an expert able to appreciate a field; especially in the fine arts |
conscientious | a. guided by or in accordance with conscience or sense of right and wrong, characterized by extreme care and great effort |
daiquiri | n. cocktail containing rum and lime juice; |
demitasse | n. small coffee cup; |
dhole | n. fierce wild dog of the forests of central and southeast Asia that hunts in packs |
dilate | v. become wider, add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing |
dvandva | n. a class of compound words having two immediate constituents that are equal in rank and related to each other as if joined by |
eczema | n. generic term for inflammatory conditions of the skin; particularly with vesiculation in the acute stages |
egueiite | n. a mineral that consists of a hydrous basic ferric iron phosphate with a little calcium and aluminum |
eichhornia | n. a genus of chiefly tropical floating aquatic herbs having rounded or broad clustered leaves |
eudaemonic | a. conducive to happiness |
feuilleton | n. part of newspaper or magazine devoted to fiction |
fjeld | n. a barren plateau of the Scandinavian upland |
foudroyant | a. coming on suddenly with great severity |
fuchsia | n. any of various tropical shrubs widely cultivated for their showy drooping purplish or reddish or white flowers; Central and South America and New Zealand and Tahiti |
gubernatorial | a. relating to a governor |
harass | v. annoy continually or chronically, exhaust by attacking repeatedly |
hierarchy | n. a series of ordered groupings of people or things within a system, the organization of people at different ranks in an administrative body |
idiosyncrasy | n. a behavioral attribute that is distinctive and peculiar to an individual |
indict | v. accuse formally of a crime |
indispensable | a. absolutely necessary; vitally necessary, not to be dispensed with; essential |
inoculate | v. introduce a microorganism into, perform vaccinations or produce immunity in by inoculation |
irascible | a. quickly aroused to anger, characterized by anger |
kernel | n. the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience, a single whole grain of a cereal |
khedive | n. one of the Turkish viceroys who ruled Egypt between 1867 and 1914 |
kiekie | n. a New Zealand climbing shrub with edible berries |
kierkegaardian | a. relating to or characteristic of Kierkegaard or his works, follower of Kierkegaard; |
kwakiutl | n. member of North American people of NW Pacific coast; Wakashan language of Kwakiutl, now with few speakers |
liaison | n. a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship, a channel for communication between groups |
liquefy | v. make (a solid substance) liquid, as by heating, become liquid or fluid when heated |
logorrhea | n. pathologically excessive (and often incoherent) talking |
malfeasance | n. wrongful conduct by a public official |
manoeuvre | v. perform a movement in military or naval tactics in order to secure an advantage in attack or defense |
mbira | n.an African musical instrument that consists of a wooden or gourd resonator and a varying number of tuned metal or wooden strips |
memento | n. a reminder of past events |
milquetoast | n. a timid man or boy considered childish or unassertive |
minuscule | n. a small cursive script developed from uncial between the 7th and 9th centuries and used in medieval manuscripts, very small |
mischievous | a. deliberately causing harm or damage, naughtily or annoyingly playful |
mlechchha | n.one who does not practice Hinduism |
nausea | n. the state that precedes vomiting, disgust so strong it makes you feel sick |
nauseous | a. feeling nausea; feeling about to vomit, causing or able to cause nausea |
ngege | n. an important African cichlid food fish |
ngwee | n. monetary unit of Zambia, equal to one hundredth of kwacha; |
onomatopoeia | n. using words that imitate the sound they denote |
orangutan | n. large long-armed ape of Borneo and Sumatra having arboreal habits |
paraphernalia | n. equipment consisting of miscellaneous articles needed for a particular operation or sport etc. |
pfennig | n. (until introduction of euro in 2002) monetary unit of Germany, equal to one hundredth of mark; |
phthisis | n. pulmonary tuberculosis or similar progressive wasting disease; |
precocious | a. characterized by or characteristic of exceptionally early development or maturity, especially in mental aptitude |
prosciutto | n. raw cured Italian ham |
prospicience | n. the act of looking forward, foresight |
pschent | n. headdress of the later Egyptian pharaohs formed of the two crowns |
psephology | n. statistical study of elections and trends in voting; |
psoriasis | n. a chronic skin disease characterized by dry red patches covered with scales; occurs especially on the scalp and ears and genitalia and the skin over bony prominences |
ptarmic | n. a substance that causes sneezing |
pterodactyl | n. extinct flying reptile |
ptosis | n. drooping of upper eyelid due to paralysis or disease |
pycnogonid | n. any of various small long-legged marine arthropods (class Pycnogonida) that superficially resemble spiders |
qiviut | n. the wool of the undercoat of the musk ox |
rhathymia | n. the state of being carefree : light-heartedness |
rhythm | n. recurring at regular intervals |
sacrilegious | a. grossly irreverent toward what is held to be sacred |
schokker | n. a large Dutch cutter, yawl, or ketch-rigged pleasure boat |
sforzando | n. an accented chord, (music) a notation written above a note and indicating that it is to be played with a strong initial attack |
sgabello | n. an Italian-Renaissance wooden side chair consisting of a stool or similar form with a simple upright back |
sherbet | n. a frozen dessert made primarily of fruit juice and sugar, but also containing milk or egg-white or gelatin |
sjambok | n. long, stiff whip, originally made of rhinoceros hide |
soubrette | n. actress playing lively flirtatious role; |
stichomythia | n. dialogue in which two characters speak alternate lines of verse; |
supersede | v. take the place or move into the position of |
surveillance | n. close observation of a person or group (usually by the police) |
svedberg | n. unit of time equal to 10 13 seconds; |
synecdoche | n. substituting a more inclusive term for a less inclusive one or vice versa |
takkanah | n. a rabbinic ordinance initiating a practice not directly based on biblical authority or oral tradition |
tchaviche | n. a large, usually red-fleshed, commercially important salmon |
teonanacatl | n. any of several mushrooms that are sources of hallucinogens |
tjaele | n. frozen ground, permanently frozen ground |
tyranny | n. a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator, dominance through threat of punishment and violence |
tzigane | n. Hungarian Gypsy; |
vengeance | n. the act of taking revenge (harming someone in retaliation for something harmful that they have done) especially in the next life |
vignette | n. a small illustrative sketch (as sometimes placed at the beginning of chapters in books), a brief literary description |
weltanschauung | n. particular philosophy or view of life; |
ylem | n. (in Big Bang theory) primordial matter of universe, originally conceived as composed of neutrons; |
ytterbium | n. chemical element of atomic number 70, silvery-white metal of lanthanide series; |
zwetschenwasser | n. a colorless plum brandy with a bitter almond taste |
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