Details Title: 08 english vocabulary Description: ch 9- 10 Total Flash Cards: 30 Created: 01/31/2008 14:53:15		New Users: To study from this flashcard set, or to create your own your own study flash cards, REGISTER HERE. Existing Users: CLICK HERE. Additional English Flashcards
Cards in this set: Term capitalist Definition (n) 1. a person who has invested personal weath in business 2. a very wealthy person Term capitulation Definition (n) Surrender; ending resistance Term decapitate Definition (v) to cut off the head of; to behead Term precipice Definition (n) 1. a very steep or vertical face of a cliff or rock 2. the edge of a dangerous situation Term precipitate Definition (v) 1. to throw down from a great height 2. to make happen suddenly or quickly (adj) speeding along heedlessly; headstrong Term recapitulation Definition (n) 1. the restatement of a main idea 2. a summary or concise review Term cerebral Definition (adj) 1. pertaining to the brain 2. intellectual Term cerebration Definition (n) the action of thinking; thought Term deface Definition (V) to mar or spoil the appearance or surface of (something) Term efface Definition (v) 1. to wipe out; to obliterate. also, to make less clear, as if rubbing out 2. to make oneself inconspicuous Term facade Definition (n) 1. a face of a building 2. the face or front of anything, especially and artificial or false front Term facet Definition (n) 1. one of the many sides of a cut stone or jewel 2. one aspect of a situation, or of a tooth Term affront Definition (v) to insult intentionally; to offend or embrass (n) an insult or offensive act Term confront Definition (v) 1. to stand or come directly in front of 2. to face with defiance or hositility Term effrontery Definition (n) flippant or insultion boldness; audacity Term supercilious Definition (adj) disdainful; haughty and aloof Term inexorable Definition (adj) relentless; unyeilding Term oracle Definition (n) 1. a shrine where the ancient greeks consulted one of their gods for advice r prophecy 2. a prophecy made at such a shrine 3. a person who transmits prophecy from a deity 4. a person or thing regarded as able to give wise guidance Term oration Definition (n) an address or formal speech given on a special occasion Term orifice Definition (n) a mouth or vent; an opening Term osculate Definition (v) to kiss (usually used playfully) Term indentation Definition (n) a cut or notch Term indenture Definition (n) 1. a written contract between two parties 2. an agreement binding an apprentice to work for a master (v) to bind by written contract Term trident Definition (n) a long three-pronged fork or weapon Term orthodontist Definition (n) a specialist who corrests irregularly positioned teeth Term gorge Definition (n) 1. a deep, narrow passage with rocky sides, enclosed between mountains 2. gluttonous eating 3. a feeling of nausea (v) 1. to eat greedily 2. to fill full; to stuff Term disgorge Definition (v) 1. to expel from the throat or stomach;to vomit 2. to discharge violently Term gargantuan Definition (adj) of immense size; gigantic Term gargoyle Definition (n) a grotesque carved human or animal figure, especially one used as a rainspout carrying water clear of a wall Term regurgitate Definition (v) 1. to cause to pour back or cast up partially digested food; to vomit 2. to rush or surge back