Dr. Hoyrd Midterm Vocabulary
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Chuckrabbit on January 7, 2012
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Aegis | a shield; protection; sponsership |
| Cassandra | one who prophesies doom or disaster; pessimist |
| Elysian | Delightful; blissful; heavenly |
| Hermetic | airtight; secret; obscure; magical; mysterious |
| Laconic | concise, using few words |
| Lethargic | unnaturally drowsy; sluggish; dull |
| Paean | song or hymn of praise or joy |
| Plutocratic | having great influence because of one's wealth |
| Protean | exceedingly variable; readily assuming different forms or shapes |
| Pyrrhic | ruinous; gained at too great a cost |
| Agoraphobia | fear of open spaces |
| Philharmonic | pertaining to a musical organization, such as a symphony orchestra |
| Misanthrope | hater of humanity |
| Misogyny | hatred of women |
| Dysphagia | difficulty in swallowing |
| Dystopia | imaginary place where living conditions are dreadful |
| Eugenics | science dealing with improving hereditary qualities |
| Macrocosm | great world; universe |
| Macroscopic | large enough to be visible to the naked eye |
| Amoral | not moral; without a sense of moral responsibility |
| Anomalous | not normal; abnormal |
| Atrophy | Lack of growth, as from disuse, disease, or malnourishment |
| Ethnology | the branch of anthropology that deals with the division of humankind into races and with their origins and distribution and distinctive characteristics |
| Abrupt | 1) Borken off; lacking in continuity; steep 2) Sudden; quick and unexpected |
| Fractricide | Act of killing one's brother |
| Genocide | Deliberate extermination of a racial or cultural group |
| Stricture | 1) Adverse criticism; censure 2) Restriction |
| Omnivore | Person or animal that eats everything |
| Voracious | 1) Greedy in eating 2) Insatiable; as a voracious appetite |
| Vivisection | Operation on a living animal for scientific investigation |
| Genuflect | Bend the knee; touch the right knee to the ground, as in worship |
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