11th Grade Cards for Dehcho, NT, Canada

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 11th Grade Flashcards for Dehcho Divisional Education Council
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ablution
n. washing or cleansing of the body, especially as part of religious rite
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abnegation
n. repudiation; self-sacrifice; renouncing your own interests in favor of interests of others
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abomasum
n. the fourth compartment of the stomach of a ruminant; the one where digestion takes place
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abstemious
a. sparing or moderation in eating and drinking; temperate
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accretion
n. growth or increase in size by gradual external addition, fusion, or inclusion
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acolyte
n. someone who assists a priest or minister in a liturgical service; a cleric ordained in the highest of the minor orders in the Roman Catholic Church but not in the Anglican Church or the Eastern Orthodox Churches
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alopecia
n. loss of hair (especially on the head) or loss of wool or feathers; in humans it can result from heredity or hormonal imbalance or certain diseases or drugs and treatments (chemotherapy for cancer)
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anneal
v. bring to a desired consistency, texture, or hardness by a process of gradually heating and cooling
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asseverate
v. state categorically
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bilious
a. suffering from indigestion; appearing as if affected by disorder; sickly
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braggadocio
n. vain and empty boasting
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bulbul
n. nightingale spoken of in Persian poetry
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camaraderie
n. good-fellowship; companionship; close friendship in friends or teammates
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campanile
n. a bell tower; usually stands alone unattached to a building
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catachresis
n. strained or paradoxical use of words either in error (as `blatant' to mean `flagrant') or deliberately (as in a mixed metaphor: `blind mouths')
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chimerical
a. fantastically improbable; highly unrealistic; imaginative
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clerihew
n. a witty satiric verse containing two rhymed couplets and mentioning a famous person
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concessionaire
n. someone who holds or operates a concession
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concurrence
n. a state of cooperation; agreement of results or opinions; acting together
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denigrate
v. blacken; defame; attack reputation of; degrade
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deracinate
v. pull up by or as if by the roots
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ecclesiastic
n. minister or priest; cleric; one holding an office in the Christian ministry
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egregious
a. notorious; conspicuously bad or shocking
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elegy
n. poem or song expressing lamentation; mournful poem
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frangipani
n. any of various tropical American deciduous shrubs or trees of the genus Plumeria having milky sap and showy fragrant funnel-shaped variously colored flowers
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grandiloquence
n. high-flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation
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imbroglio
n. a very embarrassing misunderstanding
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impecunious
a. without money; poor; penniless
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implacable
a. incapable of being pacified; not to be relieved;
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incarnadine
a. red, especially blood red; of blood red color of raw flesh
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interlocutor
n. one who speaks in dialogue or takes part in conversation
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lyceum
n. a public hall for lectures and concerts
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magniloquent
a. lofty in style
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minatory
a. threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
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monomania
n. a mania restricted to one thing or idea
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moribund
a. dying; in dying state; approaching death; about to die
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multifarious
a. varied; greatly diversified; made up of many differing parts
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munificence
n. liberality in bestowing gifts; extremely liberal and generous of spirit
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nauseous
a. feeling nausea; feeling about to vomit
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noisome
a. foul-smelling; offensive by arousing disgust; harmful or dangerous
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obstreperous
a. noisily aggressive; making great noise or outcry
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pellucid
a. transparent; limpid; easy to understand
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persiflage
n. light teasing
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physiognomy
n. the human face (`kisser' and `smiler' and `mug' are informal terms for `face' and `phiz' is British)
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portmanteau
n. a new word formed by joining two others and combining their meanings
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punctilious
a. marked by precise accordance with details
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risibility
n. a disposition to laugh
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rubicund
a. inclined to a healthy reddish color often associated with outdoor life
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simulacrum
n. an insubstantial or vague semblance
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vituperate
v. spread negative information about