 | Term | Definition |
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Mnemonics |
assisting or intended to assist memory |
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cupidity |
inordinate desire, an excessive eagerness, especially to gain material wealth |
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pander |
to provide gratification for another's desires |
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procustean |
an arbitrary standard to which conformity is forced |
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tawdry |
cheep, showy, and lacking in good taste |
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apochrypha |
writings of doubtful authenticity |
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vandal |
mischievious or malicious destuction or damage to property |
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Parthian Shot |
to make a sharp telling remark or point as one is leaving |
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quixotic |
impractically foolish at chivalry |
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roentgen |
units that radiation is measured in |
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myrmidon |
a person who executes his master's orders without scruple |
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peripatetic |
characterized by constant moving or roaming around |
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stentorian |
those who have loud, deep, resonating voices |
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Sisyphean |
requiring continued effort oftentimes without results that can justify the resources put into the effort |
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philippic |
any strong verbal denunciation characterized by bitter invective |
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epicure |
connoisseur that has a cultivated and refined taste for the arts and culinary pursuits |
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Pollyanna |
quixotic, nearly slavish, commitment to optimism |
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caesarean section |
a method of delivering a baby |
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sybarite |
a person who is devoted to luxury, opulence, and pleasure in general |
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shylock |
a lender of money at unlawfully exorbitant intrest rates |
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somniloquy |
talking in one's sleep |
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herculean |
of exceptional strength, size, or courage |
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Kafkaesque |
sureal; bizzare (accompanied by a sense of impending danger) |
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halcyon |
peaceful; prosperous, |
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laconic |
the sparing use of language |
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colossus |
anything of gigantic size or power |
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solecism |
an incorrect usage of language |
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babble |
unintelligible language, gibberish, or confusion of sounds or voices |
