Challenge Words CR 2

Alter Ego

A second self or alternate personality that is distinct from a person's normal or original character.

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subaltern

someone of lower rank, status, or position, or a person marginalized and excluded from centers of social, political, and economic power

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epicycle

A circle that rolls upon the external or internal circumference of another circle.

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Epidural

an injection of a substance into a person's spine to cause the lower part of the body to become unable to feel pain

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Episcopal

of or relating to a bishop

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Episcope

a projector for images of opaque objects (such as photographs)

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Epistemology

the study or a theory of the nature and grounds of knowledge especially with reference to its limits and validity

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Epistrophe

repetition of a word or expression at the end of successive phrases, clauses, sentences, or verses especially for rhetorical or poetic effect (such as Lincoln's "of the people, by the people, for the people")

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Epitasis

the part of a play developing the main action and leading to the catastrophe

Epithesis

1. linguistics

the addition of a letter to the end of a word, so that its sense does not change

2.

a splint

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Epithet

a disparaging or abusive word or phrase

Paragenesis

the formation of minerals in contact in such a manner as to affect one another's development

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Parallax

the apparent displacement or the difference in apparent direction of an object as seen from two different points not on a straight line with the object

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Parallelepiped

a 6-faced polyhedron all of whose faces are parallelograms lying in pairs of parallel planes

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Paralogism

a fallacious argument

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Paramnesia

a disorder of memory

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Parataxis

the placing of clauses or phrases one after another without coordinating or subordinating connectives

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Pericardium

a cavity or space that contains the heart of an invertebrate and in arthropods is a part of the hemocoel

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Pericycle

a thin layer of parenchymatous or sclerenchymatous cells that surrounds the stele in most vascular plants

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Perihelion

the point nearest to the sun in the path of an orbiting celestial body (such as a planet)

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Periodontal

investing or surrounding a tooth

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Periphrastic

of, relating to, or characterized by periphrasis

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Peripteral

having a row of columns on all sides

Peristalsis

successive waves of involuntary contraction passing along the walls of a hollow muscular structure (such as the esophagus or intestine) and forcing the contents onward

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Peristyle

a colonnade surrounding a building or court

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Peritoneum

the smooth transparent membrane that lines the cavity of the abdomen and encloses the abdominal and pelvic organs

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Apothecary

one who prepares and sells drugs or compounds for medicinal purposes

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Diathesis

a constitutional predisposition toward a particular state or condition and especially one that is abnormal or diseased

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Metathesis

a chemical reaction in which different kinds of molecules exchange parts to form other kinds of molecules

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Prosthesis

an artificial device to replace or augment a missing or impaired part of the body

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