Wilson Vocab 1-20

Vocab Test

Ipso facto (adverb)

by the very fact or action

Sine qua non (noun):

an indispensable condition; prerequisite

Butte (noun)

an isolated hill rising abruptly from the surrounding area, having steep sides and a flat top

Boll (noun)

the pod of a plant, as that of flax or cotton

Trecento (noun)

the 14th century, especially with reference to Italian art, literature, etc.

Rondeau (noun)

a poem of thirteen lines with two rhymes and the opening words used as a refrain in two places

Triskaidekaphobia (noun)

fear of the number 13

Tridecennary (noun)

1. A period of thirteen years 2. Thirteenth anniversary

Profligate (adj)

1. Recklessly extravagant; wasteful 2. Given over to dissipation; dissolute

Hirsutulous (adj)

minutely rough and hairy

Piliferous (adj)

having or producing hair

Pogonotrophy (noun)

the growing of a beard

Pilgarlic (noun)

a bald-headed person

Omnifarious (adj)

of all kinds or sorts

Embrocation (noun)

1. A liquid medication rubbed on the skin 2. The act of applying a lotion to the bruised part of the body

Sessile (adj)

1. Attached directly to the base, without a stalk (as in a leaf or a flower)  2.  Permanently attached; immobile (as in an animal; for ex. A barnacle)

Acescent (adj)

turning sour; slightly sour

Catchpole (noun)

a sheriff’s officer who made arrests for failure to pay a debt

Paludal (adj):

of or relating to marshes

Tocsin (noun)

an alarm bell or warning signal