Unit 9-13 Vocabulary Words
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 pellucid | allowing the maximum passage of light; clear |
| lucid | shining or bright; clearly understood |
| translucent | permitting light to pass through but diffusing it so that persons, objects, etc. on the other side are not clearly visible |
| elucidate | to make light or clear |
| lucubrate | to work, write, or study laboriously, especially at night |
| luminary | an eminent person; and object that gives light |
| luminous | radiating or emitting light |
| deluxe | very luxurious or elegant |
| illuminate | to supply or brighten with light |
| luxurious | implies a rich abundance and suggests splendor of display |
| factious | given to or marked by discord |
| factotum | handyman; person who does all kinds of work |
| factitious | made artificially |
| facile | moving or acting with ease; easy |
| artifact | an object made by human skill or art |
| facsimile | an exact copy; a method of transmitting typed or printed material by means of radio or telegraph |
| putrefaction | decaying caused by bacterial or fungal action |
| perfect | a person appointed to any of various positions of command, authority or superintendence |
| faction | a group acting together within a larger body |
| facetious | trying to be funny |
| cognizant | aware |
| incognito | with one's identity concealed, as under assumed name |
| prognosticate | a forecast from present indications |
| diagnostician | an expert in determining the nature of diseases |
| cognoscenti | well-informed persons, especially in a particular field |
| Gnostic | pertaining to knowledge, especially to the esoteric knowledge taught by an early Christian mystical sect |
| ignoramus | an extremely uninformed person |
| cognition | the act or process of knowing; perception |
| recognize | to show one is acquainted with |
| diagnose | to recognize by signs and symptoms |
| per annum | by the year; yearly |
| annual | of, for, or pertaining to a year; yearly |
| anniversary | the yearly recurrence of the date of a past event |
| triennial | occuring every three years |
| decennial | of or for ten years |
| biennial | occuring every two years |
| centennial | of or pertaining to a period of one hundred years |
| bicentennial | pertaining to or in honor of a two-hundreth anniversery |
| millennium | a period of one thousand years |
| annuity | a specified income payable each year |
| alien | a person born in and owing allegiance to a country other than the one in which he or she lives |
| allegory | a representation of an abstract meaning through concrete or material forms |
| alias | a false or assumed name, especially as used by a criminal |
| alienate | to make indifferent or hostile |
| altruism | unselfish concern for the welfare of others; selflessness |
| altercation | a heated or angry dispute |
| inalienable | not able to be taken or given away |
| allograft | tissue grafted or transplanted to another member of the same species |
| allogamy | cross-fertilization in plants |
| alter ego | another self |
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