| Term | Definition |
|---|
| wassermann test | test to find stds |
| parsonage | member of the clergy |
| rayon | to be made of thick/synthitic/people made it fabric |
| estuarial | the part of a river where it meets the ocean |
| sampan | a small asian flat bottem boat moved w/ oars |
| hedonistic | selfish/self gratification/being self centered and haveing a selfish or plesuar filled lifestyle |
| xenophobic | fear of strangers/ forgners/people that are diffrent from you |
| terminus | the end/end point |
| solicitous | careful/concerned |
| panorama | a really good view (of stuff in front of you) |
| breviary | a book of prayrs used by Cathloic preists |
| extracated | to get out/pull away from |
| Mercurochrome | trademark of an aniseptic (medicine that kills germs) company |
| porte-cochere | a shelter like and awening (a little like a tent) |
| brackish | mixed (ex. part salt part fresh water=mixed water) |
| succor | relif/help |
| staves | a pole for sopport(walking stick or staff) or chapters (a christmas carol) |
| contusions | bruses |
| charnel-house | a place where bodies or bones are put |
| gas gangrene | a type of gangrene that swells up a lot |
| credence | to give someone credit for something they did |
| moribund | really close to being dead |
| talismanic | good luck/good luck carm |
| capricious | impulsive/making fast disions and doing them now |
| goosefoot | a weedy plant w/ small flowers fleshy leaves |
| panic grass | a type of grass |
| feverfew | a bush with leaves and flowers close together |
| emanations | heavy gaseous isotopes that come when a radioactive element decays |
| cylotron | an elelerator that moves charged particles in a madnetic feild |
| triangulating | to break up a map/divide something into triangles |
| debilitating | to weaken |
| attitudinizing | something that affects the attitude or mood of someone |
| dendrology | the study of trees |
| redolent | smells good |
| lassitude | weak and tired/listless |
| analogous | comparing something/ something you can compare to something else |
| efficacious | having the right power/effect |
| latency | ages 6-12 |
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