RBR pg. 46-52 Vocabulary

abbreviature

abridgment

abdication

renunciation

aberration

going astray

ablator

provides heat protection

abrachia

no arms or legs

academician

one who studies

acarinaria

insect chamber

acclivity

ascending slope

acervation

heaping up, accumulation

Acetabularia

green algae

acicula

spine, bristle

acinaceous

containing seeds

acquiescent

agreeing without protest

acquisition

gaining possession

acridity

bitterness

acupuncture

puncture skin

adipogenesis

formation of fat

adjudicator

one who decides

agrypnia

insomnia

akropodion

back of the heel

alliaceous

smelling of garlic or onions

amourette

small love affair

ampullaceous

shaped like a flask

Andean

relating to the Andes

animalier

paint animals

animateur

encourages activity

annexin

protein

annulene

hydrocarbon

annuller

canceler

antiphonal

relating to a book

antipodean

opposite

apparitor

officer

aquarium

artificial pond

arbalestrier

crossbowman

arillus

seed covering

armilla

bracelet

arriero

driver of a mule

asadero

cheese

aspergillum

brush

attrition

reduction of employees

auditor

listener

barbeiro

conenose bug

baxter

baker

bedeviller

one who spoils

billet

position or job

bonbonniere

box for bonbons

bureaucratese

language of bureaucrats

cabecera

Spanish city

capillus

hair on head

capitellum

bone

captious

confusing

cavatina

opera solo

cerebellum

little brain

chevrette

goatskin

chlorella

green algae

cipollino

Roman marble

coagulum

clot

coiffeur

male hairdresser

coiffure

hairstyle

conatus

natural tendency

conglomerateur

leader of a conglomerate

coralita

climbing plant

cuirassier

mounted soldier

cultellus

body part of flies

cynocephalous

dog-headed

cynocephalus

dog-headed person

diploidion

Greek women's skirt

diseur

professional reciter

diseuse

female reciter

dominus

owner, not user

equity

value of a property

excursus

a dissertation

filar

threadlike

filum

filament or thread

fleurette

flower motif

frontal

worn on forehead

fumagillin

crystalline acid

halberdier

guard with armor

hariolation

deduction or guesswork

hiatal

rock structure

hilar

related to a scar on a seed

homager

tenant

isabelita

fish

Japanese

relating to Japan

karyolysis

cell nucleus

Karyolysus

parasite on a reptile

leoncito

lion monkey

lilaceous

resembling the color lilac

lorimer

maker of saddles

muleteer

one who drives mules

naranjilla

perennial herb

neurosis

mental disorder

noctambulant

walking at night

onus

burden, obligation

ornature

ornamentation

patrioteer

flag-waver

pediculous

infested with lice

perspicacious

keen

pertinacious

persistent

piteira

hemp