User:Flaming Ferrari/Vocab

General

 * Ablution - A ceremonial act of washing parts of the body or sacred containers
 * Abrasive - Harsh
 * Affliction - pain of suffering
 * Affront - An action or remark that causes offense
 * Allegory - A story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral one
 * Anachronism - A chronological misplacing of persons, events, objects, or customs
 * Anew – In a new or different, typically more positive, way
 * Apostasy - disaffiliation
 * Askance - With an attitude or look of suspicion or disapproval - "The man looked askance at...."
 * August Institution - Impressive and respected
 * Balustrade - rails
 * Catacomb - an underground tunnel with recesses where bodies were buried
 * Certitude - Absolute certainty or conviction that something is the case
 * Chivalry – Courteous behavior, esp. that of a man toward women
 * Clemency – mercy / lenience
 * Contrite - Feeling or expressing remorse or penitence
 * Demonstrative - Tending to show feelings, esp. of affection, openly
 * Dichotomy – A division or contrast between two things that are or are represented as being opposed or different
 * Diffuse - Spread out over a large area; not concentrated
 * Disparate - Things so unlike that there is no basis for comparison
 * Doggedly - with obstinate determination
 * Edifice - Large imposing building / A complex system of beliefs
 * Emancipate - give equal rights to
 * Epithet - A term used to characterize a person or thing; A term used as a descriptive substitute for the name or title of a person; An abusive or contemptuous word or phrase
 * Escutcheon - A shield or emblem bearing a coat of arms.
 * Facetious - Treating serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humor; flippant
 * Fetid - Having an offensive odor
 * Flagellation - Flogging or beating, either as a religious discipline or for sexual gratification
 * Fortitude - Courage in pain or adversity
 * Gauche – lacking social polish
 * Gentrification and urban gentrification refer to the changes that result when wealthier people ("gentry") acquire property in low income and working class communities.
 * Gregarious - Fond of company; sociable.
 * Gnarly – Difficult, dangerous, or challenging / Unpleasant or unattractive / covered in knots or knobs
 * Hiatus – A pause or gap in a sequence, series, or process
 * Hinterland - An area lying beyond what is visible or known
 * Histrionics - Exaggerated dramatic behavior
 * Imbued - Inspire or permeate with a feeling or quality
 * Immemorial - Originating in the distant past / very old
 * Impious - lacking due respect or dutifulness
 * Incongruous - Not in harmony or keeping with the surroundings or other aspects of something
 * Jettison - Abandon or discard
 * Languid - Pleasantly lazy and peaceful
 * Lurid - Horrible in fierceness or savagery
 * Magnum opus - Great work
 * Militia - A military force composed of ordinary citizens
 * Minutiae - Small, precise details
 * Motley Crew - A group of people of mixed background, especially one with a common goal
 * Mutinied - Refuse to obey the orders of a person in authority
 * Nominal - Existing in name only
 * Novella - A short novel
 * Obstinate - Stubbornly refusing to change one's opinion or chosen course of action, despite attempts to persuade one to do so
 * Potsherd - A historic or prehistoric fragment of pottery
 * Prattling - Talk at length in a foolish or inconsequential way
 * Prodigal - A person who spends money in a recklessly extravagant way / A person who leaves home and behaves in such a way, but later makes a repentant return
 * Prow - forward most part of a ship's bow that cuts through the water
 * Quip - Make a witty remark
 * Schadenfreude - Pleasure derived from the misfortunes of others
 * Shard - A piece of broken ceramic, metal, glass, or rock, typically having sharp edges
 * Subterfuge - Deceit used in order to achieve one's goal
 * Reproached - Address (someone) in such a way as to express disapproval or disappointment.
 * Tawdry - Showy but cheap and of poor quality
 * Unilateral - decided/actioned by one side only
 * Unrequited - love that is not shared
 * Veracity - accuracy / conformity to facts
 * Veranda - Roofed porch
 * Vocation - A person's employment or main occupation, esp. regarded as particularly worthy and requiring great dedication
 * Whimsical - Playfully quaint or fanciful
 * Writhe – squirm

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 * Cathartic - ?
 * Mercurial - volatile
 * Moratorium – suspension
 * Mottled - Marked with spots or smears of colour
 * Duality – similar meaning as dichotomy
 * Memorandum – memo
 * Illusory - illusive
 * Flailing – wave, thrash
 * Oblivion - void
 * Entreating - begging
 * Shroud - cover
 * Phantom – ghost

French

 * Je vous en prie - You're most welcome

Italian

 * Come sta? - komay sta - How are you?
 * Bene grazie - benay grats-yay - fine thanks
 * E lei? - ay lay - and you?
 * Che bella giornata -  kay bel-la jor-nata  -  What a lovely day
 * Che brutto tempo! -  kay broot-to tempo  -  What awful weather!

Geography (good)

 * Archipelago - a chain of islands
 * Breakwater - A barrier built at sea to protect a coast or harbor from tidal forces
 * Esplanade - promenade
 * Islet - a small island
 * Lagoon - A body of shallow sea water separated from the sea by some form of barrier
 * Reef - rock sandbar beneath the ocean surface
 * Scree - a slope of loose rocks at the base of a cliff
 * Gulch - a deep V-shaped valley formed by erosion
 * Oasis - An isolated area of vegetation in a desert, typically surrounding a spring or water source
 * Pelagic - Living in the open sea rather than in coastal or inland waters
 * Swell - long-wavelength surface waves

Life (good)

 * Fauna – animal life
 * flora – plat life
 * Frond – large divided leaf
 * Liana - Woody vines that are rooted in the soil and use trees to climb up to the canopy to get access to well-lit areas of the forest
 * Mangroves - Various types of trees and shrubs that grow in saline coastal sediment habitats in the tropics and subtropics

Professions (good)

 * Longshoreman – a worker who handles shipping containers

Health

 * Tourniquet – compression bandage
 * Humerus – bone extending from the shoulder to the elbow
 * Haunch - the hip and buttock and upper thigh in human beings
 * Cauterising - burn, sear, or freeze (tissue) using a hot iron or electric current or a caustic agent
 * Stupor - coma
 * Salubrious - Promoting health or well-being; wholesome. Especially related to air.

Africa (Mainland)

 * 🇨🇲 Cameroon - Yaoundé
 * 🇹🇩 Chad - N'Djamena
 * 🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea - Malabo
 * 🇬🇦 Gabon - Libreville
 * 🇲🇼 Malawi - Lilongwe
 * 🇲🇷 Mauritania - Nouakchott
 * 🇳🇪 Niger - Niamey
 * 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone - Freetown
 * 🇸🇸 South Sudan - Juba
 * 🇸🇩 Sudan - Khartoum
 * 🇹🇿 Tanzania - Dodoma
 * 🇹🇬 Togo - Lomé

African Island Nations

 * 🇨🇻 Cape Verde - Praia
 * 🇰🇲 Comoros - Moroni
 * 🇸🇨 Seychelles - Victoria

Asia

 * East Timor - Dili
 * India - New Delhi
 * Japan - Tokyo
 * 🇵🇭 Philippines - Manila
 * Thailand - Bangkok

Caribbean

 * 🇰🇳 Saint Kitts and Nevis - Basseterre
 * 🇻🇨 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines - Kingstown

Europe

 * 🇪🇪 Estonia - Tallinn
 * France - Paris
 * Germany - Berlin
 * 🇬🇷 Greece - Athens
 * 🇮🇹 Italy - Rome
 * 🇱🇻 Latvia - Riga
 * 🇱🇹 Lithuania - Vilnius
 * 🇷🇸 Serbia - Belgrade

Middle East

 * 🇯🇴 Jordan - Amman
 * 🇴🇲 Oman - Muscat
 * Qatar - Doha
 * 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
 * Syria	- Damascus
 * United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
 * 🇾🇪 Yemen - Sana'a

Central America (Perfect)

 * 🇧🇿 Belize
 * 🇨🇷 Costa Rica - San José
 * 🇸🇻 El Salvador - San Salvador
 * 🇬🇹 Guatemala - Guatemala City
 * 🇭🇳 Honduras
 * 🇳🇮 Nicaragua - Managua
 * 🇵🇦 Panama - Panama City

South America

 * 🇦🇷 Argentina - Buenos Aires
 * 🇧🇷 Brazil - Brasília
 * 🇵🇪 Peru - Lima
 * 🇸🇷 Suriname - Paramaribo

Deserts (good)

 * Gobi Desert (1,300,000 km²) - Mongolia and China
 * Kalahari Desert (900,000 km²) - Botswana, Namibia, South Africa
 * Patagonian Desert (670,000 km²) - Argentina and Chile
 * Karakum Desert (350,000 km²) - Turkmenistan
 * Mojave Desert (65,000 km²) - USA
 * Aral Karakum - Kazakhstan

Music

 * Clair de Lune - Claude Debussy
 * Jerusalem - Sir Charles Hubert Hastings Parry, 1st Baronet