vocab
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marytoomey94 on October 4, 2010
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 apiary | place where bees are kep |
| aviary | place where birds are kept |
| badger | tease annoy nag |
| halcyon | calm peaceful |
| lionize | treat as highly important |
| menagerie | place where animals are kept and trained |
| molt | to shed feathers skin and hair |
| ornithology | study of birds |
| parasite | animal plant or person living on others |
| parasitic | living at the expense of another |
| parrot | repeat mechanically |
| scavenger | animal or person removing refuse, decay |
| antidote | remedy for a poison or evil |
| astringent | substance that shrinks tissues and checks the flow of blood |
| benign | not dangerous |
| convalesce | recover health after illness |
| convalescent | person recovering from sickness |
| fester | from pus, rot |
| hypochondriac | one who is morbidly anxious about personal health |
| immunity | resistance to a disease |
| immunize | make immune |
| lesion | injury hurt |
| mallignant | threatening to cause death, very evil |
| morbid | gruesome having to do with disease |
| pestilential | morally harmful, pertaining to the plague |
| regimen | set of rules |
| salubrious | healthful |
| sebaceous | greasy, secreating sebum |
| therapeutic | curative |
| toxic | poisonous |
| unguent | salve ointment |
| viral | cause by a virus |
| virulent | extremely poisonous deadly veneous, very bitter |
| virus | disease causing substance too small to be seen through a microscope, corruptive force |
| acclaim | welcome with approval |
| encomium | speech or writing of high praise |
| eulogize | praise, glorify |
| kudos | fame or praise due to acheivment |
| laudable | praiseworthy |
| laudatory | expressing praise |
| plaudit | applause, enthusiastic praise |
| calumnious | falsely and maliciously accusing |
| derogatory | expressing low esteem, belittling |
| imputation | charge an unjust or false charge |
| libel | false and defamatory printed statement |
| libelous | injurious to reputation |
| malign | speak evil of |
| slander | false spoken statement |
| stigma | mark of disgrace |
| stigmatize | brand with a mark of disgrace |
| banter | playful teasing |
| caricature | drawing imitation that ridiculously exaggerates peculiarities |
| droll | odd and laughter provoking |
| facetious | in the habit of joking, said in jest |
| flippant | treating serious matters lightly |
| harlequin | buffoon |
| hilarious | very funny |
| hilarity | noisy gaiety |
| ironic | containing irony |
| irony | species of humor whose intended meaning is the opposite of the words used |
| jocose | given to jesting |
| levity | lack or proper seriousness |
| ludicrous | exciting laughter, ridiculous |
| parody | humorous imitation |
| sarcasm | sneering and often ironic language intended to hurt a person's feelings |
| sarcastic | given to expressing sarcasm |
| sardonic | bitterly sarcastic |
| satire | language or writing that exposes follies or abuses by holding them up to ridicule |
| satirical | given to expressing satire |
| travesty | imitation that makes a serious thing seem ridiculous |
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