Vocab Word Lists 4-6

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radiology

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Branch of medicine that uses X rays to diagnose diseases

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red herring

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Something introduced into in order to divert attention away from the real issue

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risible

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Causing laughter

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rueful

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Feeling, showing, or causing regret

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Sanch Panza

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Don Quixote's realistic peasent squire

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sarcophagus

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Ancient stone or marble coffin used by the Ancient Egyptians

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shroud

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Something that conceals someone or something; cloth for burial

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solicitous

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Expressing an attitude of concern or consideration

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succor

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Relief for somebody in a difficult situation

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surrealism

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Early 20th century art movement using fantastic images and juxtaposing ideas that often contradict each other. Its greatest master was Salvador Dali

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symbiosis

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a cooperative, mutually beneficial relationship

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Tantalus

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Greek king who was punished by not being able to eat or drink

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tibia

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Inner and larger of the two bones in the lower leg

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travail

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Work that involves hard physical effort over a long period of time

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trenchant

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Direct, incisive, and deliberately hurtful

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udometer

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Gauge for measuring rain fall

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Underground Railroad

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Secret abolitionist organization that helped southern slaves escape to the north and to Canada

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unmitigated

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Not lessened or eased in any way

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uxorious

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A man who is excessively devoted to his wife

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Valhall

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Great Hall in Norse Mythology, where the great warriors go after their death

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vagary

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Capricious or extravagent in thought or action

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valetudinarian

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Person excessively concerned with poor health

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vampirism

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Belief in or behavior of a vampire, blood sucking

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vanguard

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Foremost units of an advancing army; leaders of a social movement

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Veda

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One of the Hindhu holy scriptures

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venue

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Scene of a crime; jurisdiction of a court

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veronica

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Classic move in bull fighting

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vermiculate

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To ornament with worm eaten makings

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Amerigo Vespucci

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Italian explorer of the South American coast, the Americas are named for him

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vertiginous

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Turning around, whirling, unstable

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virigule

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Diagonal mark used to separate alternatives

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viridity

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The quality or condition of being green

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vituperate

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To rebuke or citicize harshly or abusively

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Volant

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Flying or capable of flying

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Vulcan

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The of fire in Roman mythology

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wampum

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Small beads strung together to form Native American belts

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Watergate

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A hotel in D.C that was the Democratic headquarters in 1972, that was broken into for political purposes by the Nixon administration

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Waterloo

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Battle in Belgium where Napoleon was decisively defeated by the Fourth Coalition

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Welsh corgi

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Welsh dog

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wet-land

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Lowland area, marsh, saturated with moisture

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whelp

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To give birth to puppies; or a youth or a child

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Whig/Tory

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Political parties in England. The former being liberal and supporters of the American revolution. The latter being conservative and opponents of the revolution

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whimsical

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Full of sudden turns

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white noise

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A mixture of sound waves over a wide frequency range and spectrum

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The Wilderness

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A series of battles in northern Viriginia where Lee and Grant fought

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Oscar Wilde

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Irish author who wrote the Importance of Being Earnest

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windward

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Toward the wind; side from which the wind blows

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wizened

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dried up, shriveled up

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Andrew Wyeth

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American painter of rural scenes

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xenogamy

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Cross pollination

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Xerxes

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Persian emperor who invaded Greece and destroyed Athens before being defeated by the Greeks at Thermopolye

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xlyotamy

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Examination of wood under a microscope

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yuan

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Unit of currency in China

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Yucatan

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A peninsula in southern Mexico and northern Latin America

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zareba

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Campsite prtected by an enclosure of brush

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zoography

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Biological description of animals and their habitats

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zootechny

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Domestication of animals

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zoolatry

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Worship of animals

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zygodactyls

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Birds who have two toes pointing foward and backwards, i.e the parrot

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zwieback

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Twice baked bread given to infants to teath on