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In Cold Blood Vocab Part 2, Week Two

Terms in this set (21)

Thanatoid
(Adj) Deathlike
Omnilingual
(Adj) Versed in languages; having the ability to speak or to understand all languages
Amerce
(V) To punish with a fine, an amount fixed by court
Nescient
(Adj) Lacking knowledge; ignorant
Facinorous
(Adj) Atrociously wicked; infamous
Hagiophobia
(N) A morbid fear of holy places & things
Lapidicolous
(Adj) Lying under stones, as certain blind beetles or bugs
Dyspathy
(N) Lack of sympathy, fellow feeling
Psilopher
(N) A fellow who fain would pass for a philosopher
Omophagia
(N) The eating of raw food, especially meat (eat flesh; the rite of some savage tribes)
Depredate
(V) To pillage, rob, and prey upon
Aphrodisiac
(N) A drug or the like which excites sexual desire
Megalodactylous
(Adj) Having abnormally large fingers
Myrtophobia
(N) Extreme or irrational fear of night and darkness
Virile
(Adj) (of a man) Having strength, energy, and a strong sex drive
Cavalcade
(N) A formal procession of people walking, on horseback, or riding in vehicles
Encephalitis
(N) Inflammation of the brain, caused by an infection or an allergic reaction
Enigmatic
(Adj) Difficult to interpret or understand; mysterious
Hegira
(N) Muhammad's departure from Mecca to Medina in AD 622, prompted by the opposition of the merchants of Mecca and marking the consolidation of the first Muslim community
Expurgated
(V) To remove matter thought to be objectionable or unsuitable from...typically in a book or account
Fusillade
(N) series of shots fired or missiles thrown all at the same time or in quick succession;
(V) To attack a place or shoot down someone by a series of shots fired at the same time or in quick succession
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