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Alology
Definition
The study of algae
Term
Axiology
Definition
The study of values
Term
Cosmology
Definition
The study of the origin and laws of the universe
Term
Cytology
Definition
The study of cells
Term
Deontology
Definition
The study of ethics
Term
Enology
Definition
The study of wine
Term
Entomology
Definition
The study of insects
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Epidemiology
Definition
The study of disease
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Epistemology
Definition
The study of knowledge
Term
Eschatology
Definition
The study of the end of time
Term
Ethology
Definition
The study of animal behavior
Term
Etiology
Definition
The study of causation and origination
Term
Gerontology
Definition
The study of aging
Term
Hagiology
Definition
The study of saints
Term
Histology
Definition
The study of plant and animal tissues
Term
Horology
Definition
Measuring time
Term
Kinesiology
Definition
The study of human movement
Term
Limnology
Definition
The study of fresh inland water
Term
Morphology
Definition
The study of the forms of organisms
Term
Mycology
Definition
The study of fungi
Term
Numismatology
Definition
The study of currency
Term
Oncology
Definition
The study of reality
Term
Ornithology
Definition
The study of birds
Term
Pathology
Definition
The study of diseases
Term
Philology
Definition
The study of language
Term
Physiology
Definition
The study of the functions of organisms
Term
Teleology
Definition
The study of final causes
Term
Thanatology
Definition
The study of dying and death
Term
A collection of _____ is called an ATLAS.
Definition
maps
Term
A collection of _____ is called a BATTERY.
Definition
guns
Term
A collection of _____ is called a CACHE.
Definition
jewels
Term
A collection of _____ is called a CLUTCH.
Definition
eggs
Term
A collection of _____ is called a COLONY.
Definition
fungi
Term
A collection of _____ is called a CULTURE.
Definition
bacteria
Term
A collection of _____ is called a FLIGHT.
Definition
stairs
Term
A collection of _____ is called a FLOCK.
Definition
sheep
Term
A collection of _____ is called a GAGGLE.
Definition
girls
Term
A collection of _____ is called a HOST.
Definition
angels
Term
A collection of _____ is called an ORCHESTRA.
Definition
musicians
Term
A collection of _____ is called a PEAL.
Definition
bells
Term
A collection of _____ is called a SHOAL.
Definition
fish
Term
A collection of _____ is called a SLATE.
Definition
candidates
Term
A collection of _____ is called a TROUPE.
Definition
dancers
Term
A collection of _____ is called a WING.
Definition
aircraft
Term
A collection of _____ is called a YOKE.
Definition
oxen
Term
Apprise -
Definition
to inform
Term
Capital -
Definition
the city where the government is located
Term
Capitol -
Definition
the building where government is located
Term
Complement -
Definition
goes well with
Term
Compliment -
Definition
kind words of approval
Term
Currant -
Definition
a dried grape
Term
Dessert -
Definition
the sweet course at the end of a meal
Term
Desert -
Definition
dry, barren area
Term
Discreet -
Definition
careful sly
Term
Discrete -
Definition
seperate
Term
Farther -
Definition
a greater distance away
Term
Further -
Definition
more
Term
Grisly -
Definition
gruesome
Term
Palate -
Definition
the roof of the mouth
Term
Palette -
Definition
colors used by an artist
Term
Pore -
Definition
to study carefully
Term
Stationary -
Definition
not moving
Term
Stationery -
Definition
paper to write on
Term
Vain -
Definition
conceited
Term
Vane -
Definition
Device to measure wind direction
Term
Venal -
Definition
corrupt
Term
Venial -
Definition
pardonable
Term
Wreathe -
Definition
to surround
Term
A priori -
Definition
based on deduction, not fact
Term
Ad hoc -
Definition
for a definite purpose
Term
Alfresco -
Definition
outdoors
Term
Bete noire -
Definition
something that is disliked
Term
Cavaet emptor -
Definition
buyer beware
Term
Comme il faut -
Definition
like it should be
Term
Corpus delicti -
Definition
evidence of a crime
Term
Coup de grace -
Definition
a deathblow
Term
Enfant terrible -
Definition
misbehaving child
Term
Ex cathedra -
Definition
absolute authority
Term
Fait accompli -
Definition
completed deed
Term
Idee fixe -
Definition
an idea one obsesses on
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In extremis -
Definition
near death
Term
In vino veritas -
Definition
in wine, there is truth
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Ipso facto -
Definition
in and of itself
Term
Noblesse oblige -
Definition
the way nobility must behave
Term
Nolo contendere -
Definition
no contest
Term
Nom de plume -
Definition
a pen name; alias
Term
Prima facie -
Definition
at first look
Term
Pro forma -
Definition
done as a formality
Term
Rara avis -
Definition
rare example
Term
Sangfroid -
Definition
cool under pressure
Term
Schadenfreude -
Definition
satisfaction from another's misery
Term
Sine qua non -
Definition
very important
Term
Sui generis -
Definition
unique
Term
tete-a-tete -
Definition
A private conversation
Term
vis-a-vis -
Definition
in relation to
Term
Weltschmerz -
Definition
sadness because of the world's evils
Term
zeitgeist -
Definition
popular opinion of the time
Term
Art Deco -
Definition
1920s and 30s...symmetry and bold colors
Term
Bauhaus -
Definition
German school of art, design
Term
Cubism -
Definition
Style that uses geometric forms; Pablo Picasso
Term
Dada -
Definition
anti-establishment art style
Term
Etching -
Definition
using acid to create art in metal
Term
Expressionism -
Definition
style that expresses emotion rather than reality; Van Gough
Term
Still life -
Definition
art that focuses on inanimate objects
Term
Surrealism -
Definition
art with bizarre or surprising imagery
Term
Tempera -
Definition
paint made with elk yolks
Term
Angelico, Fra
Definition
Italian painter; Deposition of Christ
Term
Bosch, Hieronymus
Definition
Dutch painter; Garden of Earthly Delights
Term
Botticelli, Sandro
Definition
Italian painter; Birth of Venus
Term
Calder, Alexander -
Definition
American sculptor; mobiles, wire sculptures
Term
Caravaggio -
Definition
Italian painter; Calling of Saint Matthew
Term
Cezanne, Paul -
Definition
French painter; The Card Players
Term
Chagall, Marc -
Definition
Russian painter; stained glass, modernist
Term
Daumier, Honore -
Definition
French artist; political caricatures
Term
De Kooning, Willem -
Definition
Dutch expressionist; Easter Monday
Term
Degas, Edgar -
Definition
French painter; dancers
Term
Donatello -
Definition
Italian sculptor; bas-relief
Term
Gaugin, Paul -
Definition
French painter of Tahitian subjects
Term
Giacometti, Alberto -
Definition
Swiss sculptor, worked in bronze
Term
Goya, Fransisco -
Definition
Spanish painter; Black Paintings
Term
Homer, Winslow -
Definition
American painter; marine paintings, landscapes
Term
Hopper, Edward -
Definition
American realist painter; Chop Suey
Term
Johns, Jasper -
Definition
American pop-art painter; Three Flags
Term
Klee, Paul -
Definition
Swiss/German painter; The Twitering Machine
Term
Klimt, Gustav -
Definition
Austrian painter; The Kiss
Term
Lichtenstein, Roy -
Definition
American pop-artist; comic strip style
Term
Manet, Edouard -
Definition
French painter; Olympia
Term
Matisse, Henri -
Definition
French painter; bold use of color, La Danse
Term
Miro, Joan -
Definition
Spanish painter/surrealist
Term
Mondrian, Piet -
Definition
Dutch painter; abstract works in primary colors
Term
Munch, Edvard -
Definition
Norwegian painter; The Scream
Term
Nast, Thomas -
Definition
German-born American artist; invented the Republican elephant
Term
O'Keeffe, Georgia -
Definition
Southwest American artist; paintings of flowers
Term
Picasso, Pablo -
Definition
Spanish painter; Guernica
Term
Pollock, Jackson -
Definition
American painter; dripped paint onto canvas
Term
Rembrandt -
Definition
Dutch portraitist
Term
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste -
Definition
French impressionist painter
Term
Rodin, Auguste -
Definition
French sculptor; The Thinker
Term
Rubens, Peter Paul -
Definition
Flemish painter; baroque style
Term
Sargent, John Singer -
Definition
American portrait painter; Portrait of Madame X
Term
Titian -
Definition
Italian painter known for use of color
Term
Van Gogh, Vincent -
Definition
Dutch painter; Starry Night
Term
Wood, Grant -
Definition
American artist; American Gothic
Term
Wyeth, Andrew -
Definition
American realist; Christina's World
Term
British Museum is located where?
Definition
London
Term
What and where is the Guggenheim?
Definition
Modern art museum; NYC
Term
What is Lascaux?
Definition
A French cave with prehistoric paintings
Term
What and where is MOMA?
Definition
Modern art museum; NYC
Term
What and where is Pergamon?
Definition
German art museum; Berlin
Term
What and where is Pompidou Centre?
Definition
Public library, art museum and music research facility; Paris, France
Term
What and where is Prado?
Definition
Spanish art museum in Madrid
Term
What and where is the Rijksmuseum?
Definition
Dedicated to arts, crafts and history; Amsterdam
Term
What and where is Tate Modern?
Definition
Modern art gallery in London
Term
What and where is Uffizi?
Definition
Italian art museum; Florence
Term
Atrium -
Definition
Roman entrance chamber.
Term
Bas-relief -
Definition
Sculpture in which the shape protrudes from the background
Term
Cameo -
Definition
raised carving; opposite of intaglio
Term
Intaglio -
Definition
Indented carving; opposite of cameo
Term
Odeon -
Definition
Ancient greco-roman building for musical performances
Term
Pagoda -
Definition
Buddhist shrine or tomb
Term
Rococo -
Definition
Ornate, playful, assymetric architectural style
Term
Gaudi, Antoni -
Definition
Spanish architect best known for incomplete Sagrada Familia
Term
Gehry, Frank -
Definition
Designer of the Spanish Guggenheim museum
Term
Le Corbusier -
Definition
Swiss-French pioneer of modern architecture
Term
Mies van der Rohe, Ludwig -
Definition
German-American pioneer of modern architecture; known for his simplicity
Term
Mills, Robert -
Definition
American architect who designed the Washington monument
Term
Pei, I. M. -
Definition
Chinese-American architect who designed many skyscrapers
Term
Sinan, Mimar -
Definition
Ottoman architect who designed Mosques
Term
Sullivan, Louis -
Definition
American creator of the modern skyscraper
Term
Wren, Christopher -
Definition
English architect who rebuild many London churches after the Great Fire.
Term
Wright, Frank Lloyd -
Definition
American architect who merged buildings with the landscapes into which they were built
Term
Hagia Sophia -
Definition
A church in Istanbul
Term
Notre Dame -
Definition
A cathedral in Paris
Term
Versailles -
Definition
French palace built by Louis XIV
Term
Accelerando -
Definition
gradually speeding up
Term
Accent -
Definition
Marking placed on a note to indicate significance
Term
Adagio -
Definition
Slow speed for a song
Term
Allegretto -
Definition
Moderately fast speed for a song
Term
Allegro -
Definition
Fast speed for a song
Term
Altissimo -
Definition
Very high range of notes
Term
Alto -
Definition
Lowest boy's/woman's range of voice
Term
Andante -
Definition
Relaxed speed for a song, like walking
Term
Appoggiatura -
Definition
Grace notes that take some of the following note's duration
Term
Arpeggio -
Definition
Notes of a chord played individually
Term
A tempo -
Definition
Indicates a return to the original speed of a song
Term
Bend -
Definition
Sliding a note up or down a little in Jazz
Term
Cadenza -
Definition
Solo section of a song
Term
Canon -
Definition
Musical theme that is repeated and layered
Term
Clef -
Definition
Symbol on the staff to define note range
Term
Coda -
Definition
Final section of a song
Term
Coloratura -
Definition
Ornamentation of a vocal part
Term
Contralto -
Definition
lowest female vocal range
Term
Countertenor -
Definition
Highest male vocal range
Term
Crescendo -
Definition
Gradually increasing the volume
Term
Decelerando -
Definition
Gradually slowing down
Term
Decrescendo -
Definition
Gradually decreasing the volume
Term
Dynamics -
Definition
Indications of volume in a song
Term
Fermata -
Definition
Marking to indicate holding a note longer than usual
Term
Fine -
Definition
The end
Term
Flat -
Definition
Marking indicating that a note should be lowered by one tone
Term
Forte -
Definition
loud
Term
Fortissimo -
Definition
Very loud
Term
Key -
Definition
One of the 12 notes that a song can be based in
Term
Largo -
Definition
Slowly
Term
Legato -
Definition
Smoothly, connected
Term
Marcato -
Definition
Every note accented
Term
Melisma -
Definition
Changing the note during one syllable
Term
Meter -
Definition
The rhythmic beat of a song
Term
Mezzo-forte -
Definition
Moderately loud
Term
Mezzo-piano -
Definition
Moderately soft
Term
Natural -
Definition
marking that cancels and existing sharp or flat
Term
Octave -
Definition
The eight notes comprising a scale
Term
Oratorio -
Definition
Large musical composition, like in an opera
Term
Pianissimo -
Definition
Very soft
Term
Piano -
Definition
soft
Term
Ritard -
Definition
slowing down
Term
Rondo -
Definition
A form of a song where the theme is alternated between sections
Term
Rubato -
Definition
Flexible speed, not like a metronome
Term
Scale -
Definition
A sequence of notes, all either ascending or descending
Term
Semitone -
Definition
half-step; The smallest interval between notes.
Term
Sforzando -
Definition
Suddenly loud and accented
Term
Sharp -
Definition
Marking indicating that a note should be raised by one tone
Term
Soprano -
Definition
Highest female vocal range
Term
Staccato -
Definition
Making each note very short
Term
Staff -
Definition
The five lines on which notes are placed
Term
Subito -
Definition
Suddenly
Term
Syncopation -
Definition
Style with emphasis on the upbeats
Term
Tacet -
Definition
Silent
Term
Tenuto -
Definition
Mark that indicates holding a note slightly longer
Term
Tessitura -
Definition
Middle or most comfortable part of a note range
Term
Treble -
Definition
Tones of high frequency
Term
Trill -
Definition
Quickly alternating between two notes
Term
Tutti -
Definition
All
Term
Bach, Johann Sebastian -
Definition
Baroque German composer; Mass in B Minor
Term
Brahms, Johannes -
Definition
Romantic German piano composer; lullabies
Term
Caruso, Enrico -
Definition
Italian tenor opera singer
Term
Chopin, Frederic -
Definition
Polish piano composer
Term
Copland, Aaron -
Definition
American composer who wrote Bill the Kid
Term
Debussy, Claude -
Definition
French impressionist composer
Term
Ellington, Duke -
Definition
American composer and big-band leader
Term
Gershwin, George -
Definition
American composer and pianist who wrote Porgy and Bess
Term
Gilbert and Sullivan -
Definition
English comic opera composers who wrote The Pirates of Penzance
Term
Handel, George Frideric -
Definition
German composer; The Messiah
Term
Haydin, Joseph -
Definition
Austrian composer; the "father of symphony"
Term
Mendelssohn, Felix -
Definition
German composer who wrote the Italian Symphony
Term
Mozart -
Definition
Austrian composer; The Magic Flute
Term
Puccini, Giacomo -
Definition
Italian opera composer; La Boheme
Term
Purcell, Henry -
Definition
Baroque English composer
Term
Schubert, Franz -
Definition
Austrian symphony composer; Lieder
Term
Sousa, John Philip -
Definition
American composer; The Stars and Stripes Forever
Term
Strauss, Richard -
Definition
German composer; Salome
Term
Stravinsky, Igor -
Definition
Russian ballet composer who wrote The Firebird
Term
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich -
Definition
Russian composer; The Queen of Spades
Term
Verdi, Giuseppe -
Definition
Italian opera composer who wrote Rigoletto
Term
Amazing Grace (composer) -
Definition
John Newton; Englishman
Term
America (lyrics) -
Definition
Samuel Francis Smith
Term
Carmen -
Definition
opera; French composer; Georges Bizet
Term
Don Giovanni -
Definition
opera by mozart
Term
God Bless America (by?) -
Definition
Irving Berlin
Term
Madame Butterfly (what and by whom?) -
Definition
opera; Giacomo Puccini
Term
The Messiah (what and by whom?) -
Definition
Oratorio; Handel
Term
La Traviata (what and by whom?) -
Definition
opera; Giuseppe Verdi
Term
Alliteration -
Definition
Repeated sounds in consecutive words.
Term
Apostrophe -
Definition
Direct reference to something that is absent.
Term
Assonance -
Definition
Repetition of vowel sounds
Term
Ballad -
Definition
Poem that tells a tale and is usually meant to be sung
Term
Bildungsroman -
Definition
An autobiographical novel
Term
Canto -
Definition
Division of a long poem
Term
Denouement -
Definition
Final part of a work
Term
Doggerei -
Definition
Bad poetry
Term
Elegy -
Definition
Poem expressing sadness
Term
Foot -
Definition
unit of a verse
Term
Limerick -
Definition
Five-line humorous poem
Term
Pathos -
Definition
Something used to get sympathy
Term
Sonnet -
Definition
fourteen-line poem
Term
Louisa May Alcott -
Definition
American author; Little Women
Term
Aeschylus -
Definition
Greek dramatist; Prometheus Bound
Term
Dante Alighieri -
Definition
Italian author; the Divine Comedy
Term
Hans Christian Andersen -
Definition
Danish author; fairy tales
Term
Maya Angelou -
Definition
black American author; wrote about the South
Term
Aristophanes -
Definition
Greek playwright; The Clouds
Term
Honore de Balzac -
Definition
French writer; Le Comedie Humaine
Term
Charles Baudelaire -
Definition
French poet; Le Fleur de Mals
Term
Samuel Beckett -
Definition
Irish existentialist; Waiting for Godot
Term
Saul Bellow -
Definition
American novelist; Herzog
Term
William Blake -
Definition
British poet; Songs of Innocence
Term
Ray Bradbury -
Definition
American science fiction writer; The Martian Chronicles
Term
Charlotte Bronte -
Definition
British author; Jane Eyre
Term
Emily Bronte -
Definition
British author; Wuthering Heights
Term
Lord George Byron -
Definition
Romantic poet; Don Juan
Term
Albert Camus -
Definition
French existentialist; The Stranger
Term
Willa Cather -
Definition
American author; Death Come for the Archbishop
Term
Miguel de Cervantes -
Definition
Spanish author; Don Quixote
Term
Anton Pavlovich Chekov -
Definition
Russian playwright; The Cherry Orchard
Term
Samuel Taylor Coleridge -
Definition
British romantic poet; The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
Term
Joseph Conrad -
Definition
British writer; Heart of Darkness
Term
Daniel Defoe -
Definition
American author; Robinson Crusoe
Term
John Donne -
Definition
English poet; Death Be Not Proud
Term
Fyodor Dostoevsky -
Definition
Russian novelist; Crime and Punishment
Term
John Dryden -
Definition
English poet; Alexander's Feast
Term
George Eliot -
Definition
English novelist; Middlemarch
Term
T. S. Eliot -
Definition
British poet; The Waste Land
Term
Ralph Ellison -
Definition
American author; The Invisible Man
Term
Ralph Waldo Emerson -
Definition
American writer; The Concord Hymn
Term
Euripedes -
Definition
Greek tragedy writer
Term
William Faulkner -
Definition
American author; The Sound and the Fury -- As I Lay Dying -- Light in August
Term
Gustave Flaubert -
Definition
French writer; Madame Bovary
Term
Robert Frost -
Definition
American poet; The Road Not Taken
Term
Allen Ginsberg -
Definition
American poet and author or beat poetry
Term
Johanne Wolfgang von Goethe -
Definition
German writer; Faust
Term
William Golding -
Definition
English author; The Lord of the Flies
Term
Thomas Hardy -
Definition
English writer; Tess of the D'Urbervilles
Term
Nathaniel Hawthorne -
Definition
American author; The Scarlet Letter
Term
Ernest Hemingway -
Definition
American author; For Whom the Bell Tolls -- The Old Man and the Sea
Term
Herman Hesse -
Definition
German author; Siddartha
Term
Langston Hughes -
Definition
Black American poet; Harlem renaissance
Term
Victor Hugo -
Definition
French writer; Les Miserables
Term
Zora Neal Hurston -
Definition
Black American author; Their Eyes Were Watching God; Harlem renaissance
Term
Henrik Ibsen -
Definition
Norwegian playwright; A Doll's House
Term
Henry James -
Definition
American writer; The Turn of the Screw
Term
James Joyce -
Definition
Irish author; Ulysses -- A Portrait of the Artist As a Young Man
Term
Franz Kafka -
Definition
German author; metamorphosis
Term
John Keats -
Definition
English poet; Ode on a Grecian Urn
Term
D. H. Lawrence -
Definition
British author; Lady Chatterley's Lover
Term
Sinclair Lewis -
Definition
American satirist; Main Street
Term
Jack London -
Definition
American author; Call of the Wild
Term
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow -
Definition
American poet; Paul Revere's Ride
Term
Thomas Mann -
Definition
German author; Magic Mountain
Term
Christopher Marlowe -
Definition
English playwright; Dr. Faustus
Term
Arthur Miller -
Definition
American playwright; The Crucible
Term
John Milton -
Definition
British author; Paradise Lost
Term
Tony Morrison -
Definition
Black American author; Beloved
Term
Vladimir Nabakov -
Definition
Russian writer; Lolita
Term
Eugene O'Neille -
Definition
American playwright; A Long Day's Journey Into Night
Term
Ovid -
Definition
Roman poet; Metamorphosis
Term
Petrarch -
Definition
Italian renaissance poet
Term
Sylvia Plath -
Definition
American poet; The Bell Jar
Term
Plutarch -
Definition
Greek writer; The Parallel Lives
Term
Ezra Pound -
Definition
American poet
Term
Marcel Proust -
Definition
French novelist; The Remembrance of Things Past
Term
Sir Walter Scott -
Definition
Scottish novelist; Ivanhoe
Term
George Bernard Shaw -
Definition
Irish playwright; Pygmalion
Term
Mary Shelley -
Definition
English novelist; Frankenstein
Term
Percy Bysshe Shelley -
Definition
English poet; Prometheus Unbound
Term
Aleksander Solzhenitsyn -
Definition
Russian writer; One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
Term
Sophocles -
Definition
Greek playwright; Oedipus Rex
Term
Edmund Spenser -
Definition
English poet; The Faerie Queens
Term
Robert Louis Stevenson -
Definition
Scottish author; Treasure Island
Term
Jonathan Swift -
Definition
English author; Gulliver's Travels
Term
Henry David Thoreau -
Definition
Walden
Term
Leo Tolstoy -
Definition
Russian author; Anna Karenina
Term
John Updike -
Definition
American author; Rabbit Run
Term
Virgil -
Definition
Roman author; the Aeneid
Term
Kurt Vonnegut -
Definition
American novelist; Slaughterhouse V
Term
Edith Wharton -
Definition
British author; Ethan Frome
Term
Walt Whitman -
Definition
Leaves of Grass
Term
Oscar Wilde -
Definition
Irish author; The Picture of Dorian Gray
Term
Laura Ingalls Wilder -
Definition
Little House of the Prairie
Term
Thornton Wilder -
Definition
Our Town
Term
Tennessee Williams -
Definition
playwright; A Streetcar Named Desire
Term
Virginia Woolf -
Definition
British novelist; Mrs. Dalloway
Term
William Wordsworth -
Definition
British poet
Term
William Butler Yeats -
Definition
Irish playwright; The Winding Stair
Term
Existentialism -
Definition
based on the concept of free will.
Term
Idealism -
Definition
reality is mentally constructed
Term
Logical positivism -
Definition
combines empiricism and rationalism
Term
Neoplatonism -
Definition
Mystical philosophy based on Plato
Term
Pragmatism -
Definition
Theory should come from practice
Term
Transcendentalism -
Definition
The spiritual is more important than the material
Term
Aristotle -
Definition
Student of Plato; wrote Poetics
Term
Francis Bacon -
Definition
English philosopher
Term
Herbert Francis Bradley -
Definition
British idealist who wrote Appearance and Reality
Term
Rene Descartes -
Definition
The French "Father of Modern Philosophy"
Term
John Dewey -
Definition
Education, social reformer
Term
Thomas Hobbes -
Definition
English political philosopher; The Leviathan
Term
David Hume -
Definition
Scottish; Empiricism and skepticism
Term
William James -
Definition
American philosopher and psychologist
Term
Immanuel Kant -
Definition
German philosopher; Critique of Pure Reason
Term
Gottfried Leibnitz -
Definition
German philosopher and mathematician
Term
John Locke -
Definition
English philosopher and empiricist; An Essay Concerning Human Understanding
Term
Thomas More -
Definition
English humanist; Utopia
Term
Friedrich Nietzsche -
Definition
German philosopher. "God is dead." Beyond Good and Evil.
Term
Charles Sanders Peirce -
Definition
American; "Father of Pragmatism"
Term
Jean-Jacque Rousseau -
Definition
Swiss philosopher; The Social Contract
Term
Arthur Schopenhauer -
Definition
German, atheist; The World As Will and Representation
Term
Adam Smith -
Definition
Scottish enlightenment
Term
Voltaire -
Definition
French; The Candidate
Term
An Essay Concerning Human Understanding -
Definition
John Locke; The mind is a blank slate at birth.
Term
Beyond Good and Evil -
Definition
Nietzsche; critical of past philosophers using religious foundations
Term
Candide -
Definition
Voltaire
Term
Critique of Pure Reason -
Definition
Kant; The relationship between knowledge and experience
Term
Poetics -
Definition
Aristotle; an analysis of tragedy
Term
The Republic -
Definition
Plato; A Socratic dialogue
Term
The World as Will and Representation -
Definition
Schopenhauer; all life has a will to life and desire for more than that is what causes suffering
Term
Asceticism -
Definition
Lifestyle without physical pleasures
Term
Hajj -
Definition
Islamic Pilgrimage to Mecca
Term
Seven Deadly Sins -
Definition
wrath, greed, sloth, pride, lust, envy, gluttony
Term
Hinduism -
Definition
karma and dharma
Term
Sikhism -
Definition
Punjab monotheism
Term
Aphrodite/Venus -
Definition
Goddess of love
Term
Minerva -
Definition
Roman Athena, warrior goddess of wisdom.
Term
Pluto -
Definition
Roman god of the underworld
Term
Hera/Juno -
Definition
Goddess of marriage and motherhood
Term
Isis -
Definition
Egyptian goddess of nature and magic; the ideal wife and mother
Term
Osiris -
Definition
Egyptian god of the underworld and the dead
Term
Zoroaster -
Definition
Persian founder of Zoroastrianism
Term
Asgard -
Definition
Capital city of the Norse gods
Term
Eid al-Adha -
Definition
Muslim holiday at the end of Hajj
Term
Eid ul-Fitr -
Definition
Muslim holiday at the end of Ramadan
Term
Mandir -
Definition
Hindu temple of worship
Term
Vihara -
Definition
Buddhist monastery
Term
38th Parallel -
Definition
Division between North and South Korea
Term
Adriatic Sea -
Definition
Separates Italy from the Balkans
Term
Major mountains in the Alps -
Definition
Mount Blanc; Matterhorn
Term
The Amazon River is notable because?
Definition
It has the greatest waterflow of any river in the world.
Term
Arabian Sea -
Definition
between India, the Arabian peninsula, and Somalia
Term
Atlas mountains -
Definition
Northwest Africa
Term
El Nino - Southern Osciliation -
Definition
A weather pattern that repeats about every five years which warms the tropical Pacific Ocean
Term
Eerie Canal -
Definition
Completed in 1825; connects Lake Eerie with the Atlantic ocean and the Hudson River via New York and New Jersey
Term
Gaza strip -
Definition
Borders Egypt and Israel
Term
Kalahari Desert -
Definition
Desert in Southern Africa
Term
Lake Titicaca -
Definition
largest lake in South America
Term
Missouri River -
Definition
Longest river in N. America.
Term
Mount McKinley -
Definition
Tallest mountain in N. America (Alaska)
Term
Niagara Falls -
Definition
Actually three falls: Horseshoe, American, and Bridal Veil
Term
Oregon Trail -
Definition
connects Missouri River to Oregon
Term
Persian Gulf -
Definition
Part of Indian Ocean between Iran and the Arabian Peninsula
Term
Strait of Magellan -
Definition
Connects the Atlantic and Pacific south of mainland S. America
Term
Suez Canal -
Definition
1869; connects the Med. Sea to the Red Sea
Term
Volga -
Definition
longest river in Europe; runs through Central Russia
Term
Bourgeoisie -
Definition
Pre-revolution French middle class.
Term
Cultural revolution -
Definition
Mao Zedong's social-political military movement to strengthen the Communist Party.
Term
Fourteen points -
Definition
Speech given by Woodrow Wilson outlining post-World War I peace plan in Europe.
Term
Trinity -
Definition
Code name for the first atomic bomb
Term
Sirimavo Bandaranaike -
Definition
First female head of government in the world (Ceylon/Sri Lanka)
Term
Napolean Bonaparte -
Definition
French emperor, conquered Europe, exiled to Elba island
Term
Aaron Burr -
Definition
Vice president to Thomas Jefferson, killed Alex Hamilton in duel (1804)
Term
Charlemagne -
Definition
Founder of the Carolingian Empire (800) who United Western Europe.
Term
Frederick Douglass -
Definition
Escaped slave and abolitionist
Term
Indira Ghandi -
Definition
World's second female head of government (India)
Term
Marcus Garvey -
Definition
Jamaican political leader and proponent of black nationalism
Term
Alexander Hamilton -
Definition
First secretary of the Treasury
Term
Ho Chi Minh -
Definition
Vietnamese communist leader
Term
Louis XIV -
Definition
King of France and proponent of the Divine Right of Kings
Term
Ferdinand Magellan -
Definition
Portuguese explorer, first to circumnavigate the globe (died en route)
Term
Nelson Mandela -
Definition
President of S. Africa, 27 years in prison, prioritized reconciliation, won Nobel Prize
Term
1970s energy crisis -
Definition
caused by Arab Oil Embargo and Iranian Revolution
Term
Easter Rising -
Definition
Irish insurrection attempting to end British rule in Ireland (1916)
Term
Manhattan Project -
Definition
joint US, UK, CAN project that developed the first atomic bomb
Term
Thirty Years' War -
Definition
series of European wars (1618-1648); one of longest and most destructive in history
Term
Consumer Price Index -
Definition
Measure of changes in the prices of consumer goods
Term
Federal Trade Commission -
Definition
Protects consumers by opposing anticompetitive business methods
Term
Gift economy -
Definition
Culture in which goods are given without agreement for reciprocation
Term
Inflation -
Definition
The rise in prices over time
Term
Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance (OASDI) -
Definition
Commonly referred to as what encompasses "social security"
Term
John Maynard Keynes -
Definition
British economist who contributed to modern macroeconomics
Term
Autocracy -
Definition
Govt in which all political power rests in one person
Term
Detente -
Definition
Relaxed political and military tensions during the Cold War
Term
Domino theory -
Definition
The idea that communism will spread between neighboring countries
Term
Habeas Corpus -
Definition
A person under arrest must be brought before a judge, thereby preventing unlawful detention; "you have the body"
Term
Impeachment -
Definition
Formal accusation of a public official on criminal charges
Term
Pluralism -
Definition
NGOs exert influence on the govt; a belief that power should be balanced and competing to prevent dominance.
Term
John Aldrich -
Definition
American political scientist; Why Parties: The Orgin and Transformation of Political Parties in America; parties exist to advance politicians' personal goals
Term
Graham Allison -
Definition
American political scientist; examined govt action in times of crisis
Term
Louis Hartz -
Definition
proponent of American Exceptionalism
Term
Samuel P Huntington -
Definition
Clash of Civilizations; post-Cold War conflicts will be caused by cultural, religious beliefs
Term
Giovanni Sartori -
Definition
Italian political scientist and expert on comparative politics
Term
Acute stress reaction -
Definition
shock
Term
Behaviorism -
Definition
belief that all actions of an organism are influenced by its environment
Term
Ego -
Definition
Freud; the part of the mind the seeks to meet the needs of the Id in reality
Term
Id -
Definition
Freud; the part of the mind that contains basic instincts
Term
Operant conditioning -
Definition
learning method in which the consequences of a behavior influence whether the behavior will be repeated.
Term
Super-ego -
Definition
Frued; conscience, formed by influences from figures of authority
Term
Alfred Adler -
Definition
Austrian doctor; studied inferiority complex
Term
Alfred Binet -
Definition
French psychologist who, with Theodore Simon, invented the IQ test
Term
Paul Ekman -
Definition
psychologist who studied facial expressions and emotion
Term
James Gibson -
Definition
psychologist who worked int he field of visual perception
Term
Carl Jung -
Definition
Swiss psychiatrist who identified personality types.
Term
Elisabeth Kubler-Ross -
Definition
Swiss-American psychiatrist who studied death, near-death and dying
Term
Abraham Maslow -
Definition
psychologist who invented the hierarchy of needs
Term
Carl Rogers -
Definition
humanist psychologist; helped found psycho-therapy
Term
B. F. Skinner -
Definition
American psychologist who studied behavior and reinforcement
Term
John B. Watson -
Definition
American psychologist who studied behaviorism
Term
Action theory -
Definition
Talcott Parson; motivs must be considered when studying actions
Term
Antipositivism -
Definition
social sciences not subject to the same methods as natural sciences
Term
Demography -
Definition
Study of living populations
Term
Diffusion -
Definition
how innovations spread within a society or group
Term
Endogamy -
Definition
marrying only a person of a certain group or class
Term
Functionalism -
Definition
view that society's parts work together to create stability
Term
Gemeinschaft and Gesellschaft -
Definition
Community and society are normal types of human association; Ferdinand Tonnies
Term
Hidden curriculum -
Definition
classroom lessons that are not intentionally taught
Term
Labeling theory -
Definition
tendency to label minorities with a word or phrase
Term
Macrostructure -
Definition
large-scale organization of society
Term
Ponerology -
Definition
Study of social justice
Term
Positivism -
Definition
the belief that scientific truth is the only valid truth
Term
Role homogeneity -
Definition
multiple community roles filled by a single individual
Term
Social capital -
Definition
The collective benefits resulting from social cooperation between people or groups
Term
Tertius gaudens -
Definition
One person gaining from a disagreement between two others
Term
Xenocentrism -
Definition
preference for products/ideas of another culture that is not one's own
Term
Jacques Barzun -
Definition
American historian who studied culture
Term
James Coleman -
Definition
sociologist who defined social capital
Term
Auguste Comte -
Definition
founder of sociology and positivism
Term
Emile Durkheim -
Definition
French father of sociology
Term
Talcott Parsons -
Definition
American sociologist who developed "action theory"
Term
Georg Simmel -
Definition
German sociologist; founder of antipositivism
Term
Herbert Spencer -
Definition
English sociologist and biologist who coined the term "survival of the fittest" and applied it to humans in a sociology context
Term
Ferdinand Tonnies -
Definition
German sociologist who defined Gemeinshaft and Gesellschaft
Term
Thorstein Veblen -
Definition
American sociologist; wrote The Theory of the Leisure Class; asserts that division of labor survived from the feudal system into the modern world
Term
Max Weber -
Definition
German sociologist who promoted antipositivism
Term
Balanced reciprocity -
Definition
Exchange of goods in which the value of each good is equal
Term
Cultural materialism -
Definition
social life is a reaction to the problems of a mortal life
Term
Diffusion -
Definition
exchange of ideas from one culture to another
Term
Focal vocabulary -
Definition
set of words to describe something important to a group of people
Term
Generalized reciprocity -
Definition
Exchange of good where the value of the goods is not precisely known but a general balancing out is expected to be made over time.
Term
Joint family -
Definition
Two or more related families living together
Term
Kinesics -
Definition
interpretation of body language and nonverbal communication
Term
Levirate marriage -
Definition
the brother of a deceased man marrying his brother's widow out of obligation
Term
Sapir-Worf hypothesis -
Definition
the idea that language effects the way its speakers think
Term
Negative reciprocity -
Definition
exchange of goods in which each party intends to profit
Term
Religious cosmology -
Definition
origin of the universe based in mythology
Term
Structuralism -
Definition
view that any part of a culture cannot be understood without understanding the entirety of the culture
Term
Ruth Benedict -
Definition
anthropoligist who challenged racist ideas; The Races of Mankind
Term
Franz Boas -
Definition
German-American father of anthropology
Term
Clifford Geertz -
Definition
American anthropologist who studied symbols
Term
Andrey Korotayev -
Definition
Russian anthropologist known for cross cultural studies
Term
Grover Krantz -
Definition
anthropologist and Bigfoot researcher
Term
Edmund Leach -
Definition
British anthropologist known for ethnographic work
Term
Claude Levi-Strauss -
Definition
French anthropologist who believed that human traits were the same in all locations
Term
Alan Macfarlane -
Definition
British anthropologist; expert on England, Nepal, Japan and China
Term
Bronislaw Malinowksi -
Definition
Polish anthropologist and proponent of participant observation
Term
Marcel Mauss -
Definition
French; analyzed the significance of gift-giving
Term
Margaret Mead -
Definition
promoted the broadening of sexual mores in America
Term
Alfred Radcliffe-Brown -
Definition
English; developed Structural Functionalism: the belief that all parts of society work together to create stability
Term
Gerardo Reichel-Dolmatoff -
Definition
Austrian anthropologist who studied tropical rainforest cultures
Term
Abscission -
Definition
Process by which an organism sheds a part of itself
Term
Bacteriophage -
Definition
A virus that infects bacteria
Term
Deciduous -
Definition
Type of organism that sheds part of itself
Term
Endemism -
Definition
Life unique to one geographical area
Term
Ethology -
Definition
Study of animal behavior
Term
Herpetology -
Definition
The study of amphibians
Term
Histology -
Definition
Study of microscopic anatomy
Term
Leukocyte -
Definition
White blood cell
Term
Mycology -
Definition
The study of fungi
Term
Oncology -
Definition
the study of cancer
Term
Phytopathology -
Definition
Study of plant diseases
Term
Alexander Fleming -
Definition
Scottish biologist; discovered penicillin
Term
Jane Goodall -
Definition
British expert on chimpanzees
Term
Jean-Baptiste Lamarck -
Definition
French naturalist; proponent of evolution
Term
Joseph Lister -
Definition
British surgeon who pioneered antiseptics
Term
Albert Sabin -
Definition
developed an oral polio vaccine
Term
Jonas Salk -
Definition
developed the first polio vaccine
Term
Acid -
Definition
reacts with a base; pH < 7
Term
Activation energy -
Definition
energy that must be overcome for a chemical reaction occur
Term
Aeration -
Definition
process in which air is mixed with liquid
Term
Anion -
Definition
Negatively charged ion
Term
Atomic number -
Definition
number of protons in the nucleus
Term
Base -
Definition
reacts with an acid; pH > 7
Term
Cation -
Definition
positively charged ion
Term
Chemical reaction -
Definition
process that changes one chemical substance into another
Term
Colloid -
Definition
Mixed substances that are evenly dispersed
Term
Condensation -
Definition
Change from gas to liquid
Term
Deposition -
Definition
Settling of particles in a solution
Term
Electrolyte -
Definition
Electrically conducive substance
Term
Electron -
Definition
Elementary particle with no charge
Term
Entropy -
Definition
Even distribution within a system
Term
Gas -
Definition
state of matter in which particles have no definite volume
Term
Geochemistry -
Definition
earth composition
Term
Indicator -
Definition
Compound added to a solution which changes color based on acidity
Term
Ion -
Definition
atom that has gained or lost an electron
Term
ionization -
Definition
converting an atom into an ion
Term
kinetics -
Definition
study of the rates of chemical processes
Term
Lattice -
Definition
arrangement of atoms or molecules in a crystal
Term
Liquid -
Definition
State of matter that has a fixed volume but not a shape.
Term
Mole -
Definition
Measurement that contained a 6.02x10^23 units
Term
Neutron -
Definition
Neutral part of an atoms nucleus
Term
pH -
Definition
measure of a solution's acidity
Term
Plasma -
Definition
state of matter similar to a gas, in which some particles are ionized
Term
precipitate -
Definition
Formation of a solid in a solution
Term
Proton -
Definition
Positive part of an atom's nucleus
Term
Reagant -
Definition
Substance that is added to a system to get a reaction
Term
Sol -
Definition
Suspension of solids in a liquid
Term
Valence electron -
Definition
outermost electrons of an atom
Term
Vaporizaton -
Definition
Phase change from liquid to gas
Term
Yield -
Definition
Amount of a product made during a chemical reaction
Term
Amedeo Avogrado -
Definition
Italian; molecular theory
Term
Marie Curie -
Definition
French-Polish chemist known for work in radioactivity
Term
Antoine Lavoisier -
Definition
French father of modern chemistry
Term
Gilbert Lewis -
Definition
American chemist who discovered the covalent bond
Term
Edwin McMillan -
Definition
chemist who first produced the transuranium element
Term
Dmitri Mendeleev -
Definition
Russian; invented periodic table
Term
Karl Friedrich Mohr -
Definition
German; conservation of energy principle
Term
Alfred Nobel -
Definition
Swedish chemist and inventor of dynamite
Term
Linus Pauling -
Definition
quantum chemist who won multiple Nobel prizes
Term
Robert Burns Woodward -
Definition
American organic chemist
Term
Acoustics -
Definition
the study of mechanical waves
Term
Alternating current -
Definition
movement of electrical charge that reverses direction
Term
Ampere -
Definition
unit of electric current
Term
Angstrom -
Definition
one ten-billionth of a meter
Term
Astronomical unit -
Definition
Distance from the earth to the sun
Term
Background radiation -
Definition
ionizing radiation that is always present in the earth's atmosphere
Term
Density -
Definition
Mass per volume
Term
Displacement -
Definition
Fluid moving out of the way when an object is placed in it
Term
Doppler effect -
Definition
Change in the frequency of a wave when the observer moves
Term
Endothermic -
Definition
reaction in which a system absorbs energy from its surroundings
Term
Exothermic -
Definition
Reaction in which the system releases energy
Term
Farad -
Definition
Unit of capacitance
Term
Force -
Definition
Mass x acceleration
Term
Gamma ray -
Definition
electromagnetic radiation at high frequency
Term
General relativity -
Definition
Einstein's theory of gravitation
Term
Hertz -
Definition
Unit of frequency
Term
Joule -
Definition
Unit of heat
Term
Mass -
Definition
Amount of matter in a body
Term
Momentum -
Definition
Mass x velocity
Term
Neutrino -
Definition
Neutral elementary particle
Term
Ohm -
Definition
Unit of electrical resistance
Term
Pneumatics -
Definition
Application of pressurized gas to affect motion
Term
Pressure -
Definition
Ratio of force to area
Term
Torque -
Definition
Tendency of a force to rotate an object on an axis
Term
Transducer -
Definition
Device the converts energy from one form to another
Term
Watt -
Definition
unit of power
Term
Andre-Marie Ampere -
Definition
French founder of classical magnetism
Term
Archimedes -
Definition
Ancient Greek scientist known for hydrostatics
Term
Antoine Henri Becquerel -
Definition
French physicist who helped discover radioactivity
Term
Daniel Bernoulli -
Definition
Swiss physicist who worked on fluid dynamics
Term
Niels Bohr -
Definition
Danish physicist who contributed to quantum mechanics
Term
Michael Faraday -
Definition
English scientist; electromagnetism
Term
Enrico Fermi -
Definition
Italian-American physicist who developed the nuclear reactor
Term
Galileo -
Definition
Italian astronomer and father of modern physics
Term
Max Planck -
Definition
German physicist who came up with quantum theory
Term
Nikola Tesla -
Definition
Serbian-American known for contributions to alternating currency electricity
Term
Andromeda galaxy -
Definition
Galaxy closest to the Milky Way
Term
Comet -
Definition
Small icy body that shows a coma and a tail when close to the sun
Term
Distillation -
Definition
Way of separating the parts of a liquid mixture.
Term
Metamorphic rock -
Definition
igneous or sedimentary rock exposed to heat or pressure
Term
Meteor -
Definition
Visible path of a meteoroid in the atmosphere
Term
Meteorite -
Definition
Meteorite that survives impact on the surface
Term
Pulsar -
Definition
A rotating, magnetized neutron star
Term
Quasar -
Definition
Very bright nucleus of a distant galaxy
Term
Thermodynamics -
Definition
Study of heat on other forms of energy
Term
Rudolf Diesel -
Definition
German inventor of diesel engine
Term
Johannes Kepler -
Definition
German astronomer known for planetary motion laws
Term
Blaise Pascal -
Definition
French; mechanical calculator
Term
Ptolemy -
Definition
Geek-Roman astronomer; wrote Almagest
Term
Wilhelm Rontgen -
Definition
German who detected and produced x-rays
Term
Monera kingdom -
Definition
Unicellular prokaryotes
Term
Words that also mean BEAR
Definition
boar, sow, sleuth, ursine
Term
Words that also mean BEE
Definition
apian
Term
Words that also mean CAT
Definition
queen, clowder
Term
Words that also mean CHICKEN
Definition
brood
Term
Words that also mean DEER
Definition
herd, corvine
Term
Words that also mean FERRET
Definition
hob, jill, kit, business, ferrety
Term
Words that also mean FOX
Definition
dog, vixen, kit, skulk, vulpine
Term
Words that also mean GOAT
Definition
tribe, goatish
Term
Words that also mean HORSE
Definition
foal, herd
Term
Words that also mean KANGAROO
Definition
doe, troop
Term
Words that also mean PIG
Definition
sounder, porcine
Term
Words that also mean SHEEP
Definition
ewe, ovine
Term
Words that also mean SWAN
Definition
cob, pen, cygnet, wedge, swanlike
Term
Actinide -
Definition
15 metallic elements; 89-103
Term
Alkali metal -
Definition
Highly reactive, shiny, soft and silvery
Term
Alkaline earth metal -
Definition
moderately reactive natural elements; shiny, silvery white
Term
Atomic mass -
Definition
total number of protons, neutrons, and electrons in a nucleous
Term
Atomic number -
Definition
Number of protons in the nucleus
Term
Halogen -
Definition
Series of very reactive non-metals
Term
Isotope -
Definition
Varient of a chemical element; protons are the same but neutrons vary
Term
Lanthanide -
Definition
15 metallic elements; 57-71
Term
Mass number -
Definition
Total number of protons and neutrons in a nucleous
Term
Metalloid -
Definition
Mix between metals and non-metals (elements)
Term
Noble gas -
Definition
Six odorless, colorless gases with low reactivity
Term
Post-transition metal -
Definition
metals to the right of the transition metals on the periodic table
Term
Rare earth element -
Definition
17 elements; lanthanides plus scandium and yttrium
Term
Transition metal -
Definition
the normal "metals": iron, nickel, copper, gold, etc.
Term
Ampere -
Definition
Unit of electrical current
Term
Beaufort -
Definition
Scale that measures windspeed
Term
Cord -
Definition
128 cubic feet of timber
Term
Curie -
Definition
unit of radioactivity
Term
Fathom -
Definition
a measure of depth = 6ft
Term
Furlong -
Definition
distance of 1/8 mile
Term
Hectare -
Definition
2.47 acres of land
Term
Joule -
Definition
Unit of energy
Term
League -
Definition
Unit of distance for ships; 3 miles
Term
Ohm -
Definition
Unit of electrical resistance
Term
Score -
Definition
20
Term
Stone -
Definition
14 pounds
Term
Volt -
Definition
Unit of electricity
Term
Watt -
Definition
Unit of power
Term
Roman numeral L -
Definition
50
Term
Roman numeral C -
Definition
100
Term
Roman numeral D -
Definition
500
Term
Factor -
Definition
A number being multiplied in a multiplication problem
Term
Parabola -
Definition
a u-curved line
Term
Arc -
Definition
part of the circumference of a circle, measured in degrees
Term
polygon -
Definition
Shape with all straight lines
Term
rhombus -
Definition
Shape with four sides and no right angles
Term
scalene triangle -
Definition
Triangle in which no sides are the same length
Term
trapezoid -
Definition
shape with four sides and only two sides that are parallel
Term
Abeyance -
Definition
Temporary inactivity
Term
Abstemious -
Definition
Sparing or moderate, esp. with food/drink
Term
Abstruse -
Definition
Hard to comprehend [ABSTRACT, CONFUSE]
Term
Abysmal -
Definition
Awful
Term
Accede -
Definition
To express approval [AGREED]
Term
Acidulous -
Definition
Somewhat harsh [ACID-ISH]
Term
Acrimonious -
Definition
Bitter
Term
Acumen -
Definition
Insightfulness
Term
Adroit -
Definition
Skillful [A DROID IS ADROIT AT HIS TASK]
Term
Affectation -
Definition
An artificial way of behaving [A FAKE FICTION]
Term
Ameliorated -
Definition
Made better
Term
Amenable -
Definition
Willing; cooperative
Term
Amicable -
Definition
Friendly
Term
Anile -
Definition
Senile
Term
Anodyne -
Definition
A pain reliever
Term
Apace -
Definition
Quickly
Term
Aplomb -
Definition
Confidence [THE BOMB]
Term
Apocryphal -
Definition
Of suspect truthfulness
Term
Apothegm -
Definition
A short, wise remark
Term
Apposite -
Definition
Appropriate
Term
Arch -
Definition
Sassy
Term
Ardent -
Definition
Passionately enthusiastic
Term
Ashen -
Definition
Very pale
Term
Aspersion -
Definition
A false claim intended to harm
Term
Assiduous -
Definition
Hardworking; dedicated [ASSIST US]
Term
August -
Definition
Majestic [AUGUSTUS CAESAR]
Term
Avuncular -
Definition
Like an uncle
Term
Beatific -
Definition
Extremely happy [BEAUTIFUL + TERRIFIC]
Term
Beatify -
Definition
To bless; to make happy
Term
Beguile -
Definition
To trick.
Term
Belied -
Definition
Contradicted [TELLING LIES]
Term
Bereft -
Definition
Deprived of something
Term
Bootless -
Definition
Useless [BOOTY-LESS WOMAN]
Term
Bugbear -
Definition
Something to fear [BUGS. BEARS]
Term
Bumptious -
Definition
Assertive in a loud, angry way
Term
Byzantine -
Definition
Devious; complicated
Term
Calamitous -
Definition
Related to a calamity
Term
Capacious -
Definition
Spacious [CAPE SPACIOUS]
Term
Capricious -
Definition
Impulsive; without forethought
Term
Celerity -
Definition
Quickness [ACCELERATE]
Term
Censure -
Definition
To criticize harshly
Term
Chicanery -
Definition
Trickery
Term
Choleric -
Definition
Irritable [CHOLIC]
Term
Circumspect -
Definition
cautious
Term
Cloying -
Definition
Gross because it is too much
Term
Complicit -
Definition
Having assisted with a crime
Term
Concord -
Definition
Harmony
Term
Concupiscence -
Definition
Strong desire; especially sexual [CUPID'S ESSENCE]
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Condign -
Definition
Deserved, appropriate
Term
Conflagration -
Definition
a fire
Term
Contumacious -
Definition
Disobedient; rebellious [TUMOR]
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Cordial -
Definition
Affectionate [CHERRY CORDIALS FOR VALENTINES]
Term
Coruscate -
Definition
sparkle [CORUSCANT AT NIGHT CORUSCATES]
Term
Cosmopolitan -
Definition
Sophisticated
Term
Countenance -
Definition
Facial expression
Term
Cowed -
Definition
Intimidated [COWARD]
Term
Crepuscular -
Definition
Related to twilight
Term
Cupidity -
Definition
Greedy desire for
Term
Cynosure -
Definition
Something that guides or stands out [SIGN TO BE SURE]
Term
Declaimed -
Definition
Spoke loudly and self-importantly
Term
Decorous -
Definition
Well-behaved
Term
Decried -
Definition
Expressed strong disapproval
Term
Defenestrate -
Definition
To quickly throw out
Term
Deleterious -
Definition
Harmful
Term
Demagogue -
Definition
a leader who gains power by trickery
Term
Despoiled -
Definition
Stripped of value
Term
Desuetude -
Definition
Disuse
Term
Diaphanous -
Definition
So flimsy as to be see-through
Term
Didactic -
Definition
Designed to teach
Term
Dilatory -
Definition
Tending to procrastinate [DILLY DALLY]
Term
Discomfit -
Definition
To embarrass or confuse
Term
Dispatch -
Definition
Speed; efficiency
Term
Disputatious -
Definition
inclined to argue
Term
Distension -
Definition
Swelling
Term
Doggerel -
Definition
Poorly written verse
Term
Droll -
Definition
Funny
Term
Dudgeon -
Definition
A tantrum caused by being offended
Term
Duplicitous -
Definition
Deceptive [OF TWO MEANINGS]
Term
Dyspeptic -
Definition
Grumpy
Term
Ebullient -
Definition
Excitedly enthusiastic [RED BULL]
Term
Effaced -
Definition
Made less visible [ERASED]
Term
Efficacious -
Definition
Effective
Term
Eldritch -
Definition
Weird, eerie [ELDER WITCH]
Term
Embroiled -
Definition
In a difficult situation
Term
Emollient -
Definition
Soothing [EMO IS SOOTHING]
Term
Encomium -
Definition
Praise
Term
Enervating -
Definition
Tiring
Term
Ensorcelled -
Definition
Bewitched; enchanted [SORCERER}
Term
Entreat -
Definition
To plead
Term
Estimable -
Definition
Worthy [MY ESTEEMED COLLEAGUES ARE WORTHY]
Term
Etiolated -
Definition
Made pale, weakened [TOILET WHITE]
Term
Evanescent -
Definition
Lasting only briefly [EVANESCENCE]
Term
Evinced -
Definition
revealed
Term
Extirpate -
Definition
To get rid of [EXTERMINATE]
Term
Fastidious -
Definition
Heaving very picky standards
Term
Fatuous -
Definition
Foolish
Term
Feckless -
Definition
Weak; worthless; irresponsible
Term
Fecund -
Definition
Inventive; fruitful
Term
Fetid -
Definition
bad-smelling [FESTER]
Term
Filial -
Definition
Like a son or daughter
Term
Florid -
Definition
overly decorated; reddish
Term
Flouted -
Definition
Treated without respect [TO FLOUT MY AUTHORITY]
Term
Foible -
Definition
A minor weakness of character
Term
Forbearance -
Definition
Patience; tolerance
Term
Fracas -
Definition
a noisy brawl
Term
Fractious -
Definition
Cranky
Term
Froward -
Definition
stubbornly disobedient [AFRO]
Term
Fruition -
Definition
A productive result
Term
Fuliginous -
Definition
Obscure, murky, dark
Term
Fulsome -
Definition
Abundant
Term
Gainsay -
Definition
to deny [AGAINST SAY]
Term
Gambol -
Definition
To happily dance around
Term
Garrulous -
Definition
Annoyingly talkative
Term
Genial -
Definition
Good-natured
Term
Germinate -
Definition
To grow or to cause to grow
Term
Grandiloquent -
Definition
loud, colorful, egotistical
Term
Grouse -
Definition
to complain [GROUCH]
Term
Gumption -
Definition
initiative, drive
Term
Hackneyed -
Definition
trite or overused
Term
Harangue -
Definition
A ranting lecture
Term
Hidebound -
Definition
Inflexible or ultra-conservative
Term
Hirsute -
Definition
hair suit
Term
Histrionic -
Definition
Overly emotional for effect [HISTERECHTOMY]
Term
Husbandry -
Definition
Careful management
Term
Idiosyncrasy -
Definition
A weird trait
Term
Illiberal -
Definition
Narrow-minded
Term
Imbroglio -
Definition
Complicated situation {NATALIE IMBRUGLIA HAD A COMPLICATED SITUATION IN TORN]
Term
Imperious -
Definition
Dominant in a kingly way
Term
Impugn -
Definition
To attack verbally
Term
Inchoate -
Definition
Incomplete; formless
Term
Incredulous -
Definition
Extremely skeptical
Term
Inexorable -
Definition
Unstoppable
Term
Inimical -
Definition
Unfriendly, hostile
Term
Insular -
Definition
Narrow-minded
Term
Invidious -
Definition
Unpleasantly envious or causing envy
Term
Irascible -
Definition
easily angered
Term
Jejune -
Definition
Juvenile; dull [JEJUNUM; SEMI-PRO WAS JEJUNE]
Term
Jocose -
Definition
Given to joking {JOKE-ISH]
Term
Kismet -
Definition
Fate [KISS. MET. FATE.]
Term
Lachrymose -
Definition
Tearful; mournful [LACK CHRISTMAS IS SAD]
Term
Lackadaisical -
Definition
Without energy or spirit
Term
Laconic -
Definition
Using few words
Term
Languid -
Definition
Lazy, lacking energy
Term
Lapidary -
Definition
Precise; cutting
Term
Largess -
Definition
Generosity [GOVERNMENT "LARGESS" ROBS THE PEOPLE AND THEN GIVES SOME OF IT BACK]
Term
Lassitude -
Definition
Tiredness; laziness
Term
Legerdemain -
Definition
Sleight of hand; Display of skill [HEATH LEDGER IS THE JOKER]
Term
Licentious -
Definition
Lacking restraint
Term
Lionized -
Definition
Treated with great interest
Term
Lovelorn -
Definition
Without love
Term
Lugubrious -
Definition
Mournful or gloomy
Term
Lurid -
Definition
Sensational; shocking
Term
Macerate -
Definition
To weaken, break down or make soft
Term
Magisterial -
Definition
Having strong authority; Kingly
Term
Manifold -
Definition
diverse; varied
Term
Maudlin -
Definition
overly sentimental
Term
Mawkish -
Definition
Overly sentimental
Term
Mercurial -
Definition
Having rapidly changing moods
Term
Meshuga -
Definition
foolish
Term
Mettle -
Definition
strength; stamina
Term
Miasma -
Definition
An unhealthy atmosphere
Term
Milieu -
Definition
Setting or environment
Term
Milquetoast -
Definition
A timid person
Term
Minatory -
Definition
Threatening
Term
Misanthrope -
Definition
One who hates people
Term
Morass -
Definition
A situation that makes you stuck [MOLASSES]
Term
Munificent -
Definition
Generous or giving
Term
Nebulous -
Definition
Vague
Term
Noisome -
Definition
Stinky
Term
Nonpareil -
Definition
Having no equal
Term
Nugatory -
Definition
Unimportant
Term
Numinous -
Definition
Mysterious in a holy way
Term
Obeisance -
Definition
A gesture to show respect
Term
Obstreperous -
Definition
Uncontrollably noisy
Term
Odious -
Definition
Arousing or deserving hatred
Term
Officious -
Definition
Bossy
Term
Openhanded -
Definition
Generous
Term
Opprobrium -
Definition
Public disgrace
Term
Otiose -
Definition
Useless or lazy [TORTOISE]
Term
Overweening -
Definition
Arrogant
Term
Palliate -
Definition
To reduce the severity of
Term
Pallid -
Definition
Lacking color
Term
Paragon -
Definition
A model of excellence
Term
Parochial -
Definition
Narrow-minded
Term
Parsimonious -
Definition
Stingy
Term
Pastiche -
Definition
An imitation; something made of many things
Term
Patent -
Definition
Clear
Term
Patols -
Definition
The speech/slang used by a certain group
Term
Paucity -
Definition
Lack of
Term
Penitent -
Definition
Being sorry for one's actions
Term
Penurious -
Definition
Stingy
Term
Penury -
Definition
Severe poverty
Term
Peremptory -
Definition
Bossy, prone to cutting off others.
Term
Perfidy -
Definition
treachery; treason
Term
Perfunctory -
Definition
Showing little interest [PER FUNCTION]
Term
Petulant -
Definition
Rude; irritable
Term
Phlegmatic -
Definition
Sluggish; unresponsive
Term
Picaresque -
Definition
About someone's adventures
Term
Picayune -
Definition
Unimportant; small-minded
Term
Piebald -
Definition
Many-colored; varied
Term
Platitude -
Definition
an overused expression
Term
Plenipotentiary -
Definition
fully empowered
Term
Politesse -
Definition
Politeness
Term
Precocious -
Definition
Very talented at a young age
Term
Profligacy -
Definition
Reckless wastefulness
Term
Prolific -
Definition
Adundantly productive
Term
Prolix -
Definition
Too long/wordy
Term
Promulgate -
Definition
To make known
Term
Prosaic -
Definition
Dull or boring
Term
Prowess -
Definition
Exceptional bravery/skill
Term
Puerile -
Definition
childish
Term
Punctilious -
Definition
Marked by following the rules strictly
Term
Pusillanimous -
Definition
Cowardly
Term
Querulous -
Definition
whiny; complaining
Term
Quiescent -
Definition
At rest
Term
Quixotic -
Definition
Idealistic; impractical
Term
Quotidian -
Definition
Daily
Term
Rapturous -
Definition
Full of wonderful feelings; ecstatic
Term
Recalcitrant -
Definition
Difficult to manage or change
Term
Recapitulated -
Definition
Summarized
Term
Recidivist -
Definition
Someone who relapsed into crime
Term
Recrudescent -
Definition
Reactivating
Term
Refractory -
Definition
Stubborn; unmanagable
Term
Remiss -
Definition
Careless
Term
Resplendent -
Definition
Shining brilliantly
Term
Restive -
Definition
Stubborn
Term
Reticent -
Definition
Reserved, shy, or quiet
Term
Retiring -
Definition
Shy
Term
Retrenchment-
Definition
A reduction
Term
Revanche -
Definition
Revenge
Term
Riposte -
Definition
A comeback [REPOST]
Term
Risible -
Definition
Funny; inclined to laugh
Term
Roborant -
Definition
An invigorating drug
Term
Ruminate -
Definition
The carefully reflect on
Term
Sacrosanct -
Definition
Holy
Term
Salutary -
Definition
Beneficial
Term
Sanguine -
Definition
Optimistic
Term
Sapid -
Definition
Flavorful [SAP IS TASTY]
Term
Scintillating -
Definition
Sparkling; brilliant
Term
Scurrilous -
Definition
Obscenely abusive
Term
Scuttle -
Definition
To destroy; scrap [SCUTTLE THOSE AIRCRAFT]
Term
Sedulous -
Definition
Careful, hardworking, diligent
Term
Seminal -
Definition
Important; original
Term
Sere -
Definition
Dried, withering
Term
Simper -
Definition
To smile in a silly way
Term
Sinuous -
Definition
Having many curves
Term
Skittish -
Definition
Restless; easily frightened
Term
Skulk -
Definition
To hide or be stealthy
Term
Skullduggery -
Definition
Tricky or sneaky behavior
Term
Slake -
Definition
To quench or satisfy
Term
Solecism -
Definition
A blunder
Term
Solicitous -
Definition
Concerned for
Term
Somnolent -
Definition
Sleepy
Term
Sonorous -
Definition
Having a deep, rich sound
Term
Sophistry -
Definition
Deceptive reasoning
Term
Spendthrift -
Definition
Someone who spends wastefully
Term
Statuesque -
Definition
Attractively tall
Term
Stentorian -
Definition
Loud
Term
Stigmas -
Definition
Marks of shame
Term
Stilted -
Definition
Overly formal; stiff
Term
Stolid -
Definition
Unemotional
Term
Stultify -
Definition
To make ineffective
Term
Succor -
Definition
Aid
Term
Sumptuary -
Definition
Made to prevent overindulgence
Term
Surpassing -
Definition
Really, really great
Term
Surreptitious -
Definition
Sneaky or stealthy
Term
Sycophant -
Definition
One who flatters for self-gain
Term
Synergy -
Definition
Combined action that produces mutually helpful results
Term
Synoptic -
Definition
Giving a summary
Term
Taciturn -
Definition
Not talkative
Term
Temerity -
Definition
Recklessness
Term
Tempestuous -
Definition
Stormy
Term
Tenable -
Definition
Able to be defended; workable
Term
Terse -
Definition
Brief and abrupt
Term
Timorous -
Definition
Fearful
Term
Tonic -
Definition
Something helpful
Term
Toothsome -
Definition
Tasty; appealing
Term
Torpid -
Definition
Sluggish
Term
Tortuous -
Definition
Winding
Term
Tremulous -
Definition
Fearful
Term
Trite -
Definition
Not original
Term
Truculent -
Definition
Ready to fight
Term
Tumid -
Definition
Swollen
Term
Turbid -
Definition
Stirred up and made unclear or muddy
Term
Turgid -
Definition
Swollen [TURGISH IS SWOLE]
Term
Turpitude -
Definition
Vile or immoral behavior
Term
Umbrage -
Definition
Offense; annoyance
Term
Unassuming -
Definition
Modest
Term
Unbridled -
Definition
Not restrained
Term
Unctuous -
Definition
Smooth in a fake way
Term
Upbraided -
Definition
Criticized severely
Term
Urbane -
Definition
Sophisticated; polite and polished
Term
Vacuous -
Definition
Stupid
Term
Variegated -
Definition
Varied
Term
Vaunted -
Definition
Widely praised
Term
Vilify -
Definition
To speak ill of
Term
Virtuoso -
Definition
Someone highly skilled at something
Term
Vitiate -
Definition
To impair or degrade
Term
Vituperated -
Definition
Criticized harshly
Term
Vivacious -
Definition
Lively
Term
Vociferous -
Definition
Loud
Term
Wan -
Definition
Sick-looking
Term
Winsome -
Definition
Charming and pleasing
Term
Wistful -
Definition
Sadly wishing for
Term
Wizened -
Definition
Shrunken and wrinkled, usually due to age
Term
Zealous -
Definition
Passionate
Term
Zephyr -
Definition
A gentle breeze
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