RBR Vocab pg. 69-73

energeia

energy

peripeteia

sudden reversal of circumstances

uraei

sacred asps

Ctenoidei

class of fishes

nepenthe

potion or drug to give forgetfulness of pain or sorrow

anemone

genus of herbs with showy flowers

chelone

small genus of perennial herbs

Thule

northernmost part of the habitable world

ornithes

the birdlife of a region, avifauna

ichorous

thin, watery

iynx

woodpecker

Dyassic

relating to the last period of the Paleozoic era

deictic

showing or pointing out directly

strobila

linear series of similar structures

hilus

scar on a seed

phylum

one of the primary divisions of the animal kingdom

hyle

matter (philosophy)

intertrigo

inflammation produced by chafing of the skin

lentigo

nevus, freckle

thyroid

cartilage in the larynx, endocrine gland

thymele

altar of Dionysus

thigmotropic

stereotypical

migmatite

gneiss rock

rhigolene

petroleum product

kerygmatic

relating to the Christian gospel

sterigmatic

related to the slender stalk of fungi

mydriatic

involving the dilation of the pupil of the eye

myoxine

relating to dormice

cydonium

quince seed

cygneous

curved like the neck of a swan

myatonia

muscular flabbiness

thymiaterion

vessel for burning incense in ancient Greece

miolecithal

having little yolk

Nerine

a genus of southern African bulbous herbs

Helxine

a genus of plants with tiny moss-like flowers

Philine

a bubble shell

Alsine

a genus of herbs

Asphodeline

a genus of asphodels with yellow or white flowers

Cordyline

a genus of tropical plants with a creeping rhizome

Eleusine

a genus of grasses

hyaline

resembling glass

psittacine

a type of bird

achates

fine-grained opal chalcedony

antistes

a presiding officer in the church

Polistes

a genus of social wasps

mystes

an initiate in a mystery

Palystes

a genus of hunting spiders

Ammodytes

a genus of percomorph fish

aromatites

a precious stone of ancient Arabia and Egypt

ascites

abnormal accumulation of fluid in the abdominal cavity

pyrites

metallic-looking sulfide

lentigines

freckles

aborigines

indigenous inhabitants of a country

antipodes

diametrically opposite parts of the earth

octopodes

plural of octopus

aeroides

a pale blue beryl

cantharides

Spanish flies

Euxine

relating to the Black sea

ousia

true being, entity, essence

Diophantine

relating to Diophantus

tessarace

a tetrahedral summit

antenatus

a person born before a certain time or event

meatus

a natural body passage

afflatus

inspiration

hiatus

a break, gap, or passage

foederatus

an auxiliary soldier serving the Roman empire

boletus

a genus of fleshy stalked spore fungi

motetus

a middle voice above the tenor

quietus

extinction

acetum

vinegar

creta

chalk

decretum

decree, ordinance

macrochaeta

large bristles on the body of insects

oncochaeta

a hair or bristle with a hooked tip

pinetum

a plantation of pine trees

tapetum

membranous layer of the ey

planeta

chasuble vest

rasceta

creases of the skin on the wrist

nidus

a breeding place, a nest

aditus

a passage or opening for entrance

crepitus

a crackling noise