Reading...
Play button
Play button
Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
22 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
- 3rd side (hint)
|
noun
: abnormally vivid or complete memory or recall of the past |
hypermnesia
|
|
|
|
adjective
: hasty |
festinate
|
|
|
|
verb
: to utilize present information or ideas to infer or explain (a past event or state of affairs) |
retrodict
|
|
|
|
noun
: bellyache |
collywobbles
|
|
|
|
noun
1 : an ungrammatical combination of words in a sentence; also : a minor blunder in speech 2 : something deviating from the proper, normal, or accepted order *3 : a breach of etiquette or decorum |
solecism
|
|
|
|
noun
*1 : a private meeting or secret assembly; especially : a meeting of Roman Catholic cardinals secluded continuously while choosing a pope 2 : a gathering of a group or association |
conclave
|
|
|
|
noun
1 : image, representation *2 : an insubstantial form or semblance of something : trace |
simulacrum
|
|
|
|
adjective
*1 a : adhering resolutely to an opinion or purpose b : perversely persistent 2 : stubbornly unyielding or tenacious |
pertinacious
|
|
|
|
verb
: to deprive especially wrongfully of seisin (land) : dispossess |
disseise
|
|
|
|
adjective
*1 : triumphantly boastful : exulting 2 : awry |
cock-a-hoop
|
|
|
|
noun
: exemption or freedom from punishment, harm, or loss |
impunity
|
|
|
|
adjective
: marked by, conducive to, or suggestive of companionship : sociable |
companionable
|
|
|
|
adjective
: weak, powerless |
impuissant
|
|
|
|
noun
1 *a : neglect or wrong performance of official duty b : concealment of treason or felony by one who is not a participant in the treason or felony c : seditious conduct against the government or the courts 2 : misunderstanding, misinterpretation |
misprision
|
|
|
|
adverb
: soon, gladly |
lief
|
|
|
|
verb
: to accept, comply, or submit tacitly or passively |
acquiesce
|
means "to comply quietly," from Latin quiescere meaning "to be quiet"
|
|
|
noun
: a realm of fantasy or of whimsical or foolish behavior |
cloud-cuckoo-land
|
|
|
|
noun
1 : biography of saints or venerated persons *2 : idealizing or idolizing biography |
hagiography
|
Greek from "graphein" meaning "to write" and "hagio" meaning "holy or saintly"
|
|
|
adjective
*1 : consisting of or measured in money 2 : of or relating to money |
pecuniary
|
from the Latin word "pecunia," which means "money"
|
|
|
noun
: a timid, meek, or unassertive person |
milquetoast
|
|
|
|
noun, often capitalized
1 : any of several prophetesses usually accepted as 10 in number and credited to widely separate parts of the ancient world (as Babylonia, Egypt, Greece, and Italy) *2 a : prophetess b : fortune-teller |
Sibyl
|
|
|
|
noun
: an instance of trees being blown down by the wind; also : a tree blown down |
blowdown
|
|
