Vocabulary Part 2

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to nonplus

Back 1

to render utterly perplexed; to puzzle completely

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tendrils

Back 2

a threadlike, leafless organ of climbing plants, often growing in spiral form, which attaches itself to or twines round some other body, so as to support the plant

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agoraphobia

Back 3

abnormal fear of being in crowds, public places or open areas, sometimes accompanied by panic attacks

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cowl

Back 4

1. a hooded garment worn by monks
2. part of a garment that is draped to resemble a cowl or hood

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brooding

Back 5

1. adjective- preoccupied with depressing, morbid or painful memories or thoughts: a brooding frame of mind
2. cast in subdued light so as to convey a somewhat threatening atmosphere: dusk fell on the brooding hills

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AC/DC

Back 6

1. alternating current or direct current
2. sexually responsive to both men and women; bisexual

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harrumph

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1. to clear the throat audibly in a self-important manner: The professor harrumphed good-naturedly

2. to express oneself guffly

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galoshes

Back 8

a waterproof overshoe, especially a high one

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Satsuma

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1. a former prvince on S. Kyushu in SW Japan: famous for its prcelain ware
2. a kind of mandarin orange

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erskine

Back 10

1. John Erskine- a Scottish writer on law
2. John Erskine- US novelist poet and essayist
3. a male given name

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japonica

Back 11

the camellia, camellia japonica, having waxy flowers in a variety of colors

pronounced juh-pon'-i-kuh

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isinglass

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1. a pure, transparent or transluent form of gelatin, obtained from the air bladders of certain fish, especially teh sturgeon: used in glue and gellies as a clarifying agent
2. mica, especially in thin, translucent sheets

pronounced ahy'-zuhn-glas

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caul

Back 13

1. a part of the amnion sometimes covering the head of a child at birth
2. a net lining the back of a woman's cap or hat
3. a cap or hat of net formerly worn by women

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scuppernong

Back 14

1. a silvery amber-green variety of muscadine grape
2. the vine bearing this fruit, grown in the southern U.S.
(named after a river in North Carolina)

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stygian

Back 15

1. of or related to the river Styx or to Hades
2. dark or gloomy
3. infernal; hellish

pronounced- stij'ee'uhn

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stipe

Back 16

pronounced stahyp

a stalk or slender support, the stem supporting the pileus of a mushroom, a stemlike part, as a footstalk; stalk

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reliquary

Back 17

a repository or receptacle for relics

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pylon

Back 18

1. a marking post or tower for guiding aviators, frequently used in races
2. a relatively tall structure at the side of a gate, bridge, or avenue, marking an entrance or approach
3. a momumental tower forming the entrance to an ancient Egyptian temple
4. a steel tower or mast carrying high-tension lines, telephone wires, or other cables and lines

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talisman

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1. a stone, ring or other object, engraved with figures or characters supposed to possess occult powers and worn as an amulet or charm
2. any amulet or charm
3. anything whose presence exercises a remarkable or powerful influence on human feelings or actions

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cosset

Back 20

verb- to treat as a pet; pamper; coddle
noun- a pet lamb, any pet

cah'set

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perspicacity

Back 21

1. keeness of mental perception and understanding; discernment; penetration
2. keen vision

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privy

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adjective- participating in the knowledge of something private or secret: many persons were privy to the plot
2.- private, assigned to private uses
3. belonging to or pertaining to some particular person, especially with reference to a sovereign
4. secret, concealed, hidden or secluded
5. acting or done in secret
noun- a person participating directly in or having a derivative interest in a legal transaction

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The Gospel Truth

Back 23

very true, unthinkably false, an unquestionably true statement, fact, etc..

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doggerel

Back 24

adjective- comic or burlesque and usually loose or irregular in measure
rude; crude; poor

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jamb

Back 25

1. either of the vertical sides of a doorwa, arch, window or other opening
2. either of two stones, timbers, etc... forming the sidepieces for the frame of an opening

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asafetida

Back 26

1. a soft brown lumpy gum resin having a bitter, acrid taste and an obnoxious odor, obtained from the roots of several Near Eastern plants belonging to the genus Ferula, of the parsley family; formerly used in medicine as a carminative and antispasmodic also called devil's dung and food of the gods
pronounced as-uh-fet'i-duh

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ineffable

Back 27

incapable of being expressed; indescribable, unutterable

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poon

Back 28

tree in Southern Asian, used to make masks and spars (stout pole used for masts, etc..)

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meister

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1. a combining form meaning "a person expert in or renowned for" something specified by hte initial element (often used derisively)

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tourette's

Back 30

a neurological disorder characterized by recurrent involuntary movements, including multiple neck jerks and sometimes vocal tics, as grunts barks or words, especially obscenities

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cryogenics

Back 31

the production of low temperatures; the study of low temperature phenomena

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zeitgeist

Back 32

the spirit of the time, taste and outlook characteristic of a generation

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vertiginous

Back 33

turning about an axis, revolving or whirling, affected b vertigo, dizzy
tending to produce vertigo

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obdurate

Back 34

hard hearted, infexible
hardened in wrong-doing

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effulgent

Back 35

shining forth brilliantly; radiant

pronounced ih-fuhl'-juhnt

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insouciant

Back 36

free from concern, worry or anxiety; carefree, nonchalant

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misericord

Back 37

1. a room in a monastery set apart for those monks permitted relation of the monastic rule

pronounced miseri-cord'

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banal

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directly commonplace, often predictable, syn at trite

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splayed (to splay)

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1. to spread out, expand or extend
2. to form with an oblique angle; make slanting; bevel
3. to make a splay or splays
4. to disjoin; dislocate

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scruff

Back 40

the nape or back of the neck

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****

Back 41

the external female genitalia
very offensive-- do not use

pronounced twaht

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teak

Back 42

1. a large East Indian tree, yielding a hard, durable, resinous, yellowish-brown wood used for shipbuilding, making furniture, etc..; wood from this tree

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inattentional blindness

Back 43

not seeing things that are actually there- not paying attention

attentional blindness- not seeing things because you are paying close attention to something else