Upload
shawn
View
45
Download
0
Embed Size (px)
DESCRIPTION
carcinogen Pronunciation: \kär- ˈ si-nə-jən, Function: noun Date: 1853 : a substance or agent causing cancer. carousel Variant(s): car·rou·sel \ ˌ ker-ə- ˈ sel, Function: noun Etymology: French carrousel, from Italian carosello Date: 1650 - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Citation preview
carcinogenPronunciation: \kär-ˈsi-nə-jən, Function: noun Date: 1853 : a substance or agent causing cancer
• carousel• Variant(s): car·rou·sel \ˌker-ə-ˈsel, • Function: noun • Etymology: French carrousel, from Italian carosello Date: 1650 • 1: a tournament or exhibition in which horsemen execute evolutions2
a: merry-go-round b: a circular conveyor <the luggage carousel at the airport> c: a revolving case or tray used for storage or display
• zenith• Pronunciation: \ˈzē-nəth, • Function: noun • Etymology: Middle English cenyth, senyth, from Middle French
cenit, from Medieval Latin, from Old Spanish zenit, modification of Arabic samt (al-ra's) way (over one's head)
• Date: 14th century • 1 : the point of the celestial sphere that is directly opposite the nadir
and vertically above the observer — see azimuth illustration 2 : the highest point reached in the heavens by a celestial body
• hemorrhage• Pronunciation: \ˈhem-rij, ˈhe-mə-\ • Function: noun • Etymology: Latin haemorrhagia, from Greek haimorrhagia, from
haimo- hem- + -rrhagia • Date: 1671 • 1 : a copious discharge of blood from the blood vessels 2 : a rapid
and uncontrollable loss or outflow <a financial hemorrhage> • — hem·or·rhag·ic \ˌhe-mə-ˈra-jik\ adjective
• quorum• Pronunciation: \ˈkwor-əm\ • Function: noun • Etymology: Middle English, quorum of justices of the peace, from
Latin, of whom, genitive plural of qui who; from the wording of the commission formerly issued to justices of the peace
• Date: 1602 • 1 : a select group 2 : the number (as a majority) of officers or
members of a body that when duly assembled is legally competent to transact business 3 : a Mormon body comprising those in the same grade of priesthood
• refurbish• Pronunciation: \ri-ˈfər-bish\ • Function: transitive verb • Date: 1611 • : to brighten or freshen up : renovate • — re·fur·bish·er noun • — re·fur·bish·ment \-bish-mənt\ noun
• ruminant• Pronunciation: \ˈrü-mə-nənt\ • Function: noun Date: 1661 • : a ruminant mammal noun: any of various cud-chewing hoofed
mammals having a stomach divided into four (occasionally three) compartments adjective: related to or characteristic of animals of the suborder Ruminantia or any other animal that chews a cud (Example: "Ruminant mammals")
• septum• Pronunciation: \ˈsep-təm\ • Function: noun • Inflected Form(s): plural sep·ta \-tə\ • Etymology: New Latin, from Latin saeptum enclosure, fence, wall,
from saepire to fence in, from saepes fence, hedge Date: 1698 • : a dividing wall or membrane especially between bodily spaces or
masses of soft tissue — compare dissepiment
• flout• Pronunciation: \ˈflaut\ • Function: verb • Etymology: probably from Middle English flouten to play the flute,
from floute flute Date: 1551 to treat with contemptuous disregard : scorn <flouting the rules> : to indulge in scornful behavior synonyms see scoff usage see
flaunt
• writhePronunciation: \ˈrīth\ • Function: verb • Inflected Form(s): writhed; writh·ing • Etymology: Middle English, from Old English wrīthan; akin to Old
Norse rītha to twist • Date: before 12th century to twist into coils or folds b: to twist so as to distort : wrench c: to twist (the body or a bodily part) in pain