English 10, Period 8

Period 8, your words are as follows:

1. lethargic: lacking in energy; sluggish; apathetic
2. panacea: a solution or remedy for all difficulties or diseases
3. lunatic: a person with a mental illness (this term is not a term doctors/nurses would use)
4. aphrodisiac: a food, drink, or drug which stimulates physical desire
5. fidelity: loyalty; faithfulness to a person, cause, or belief
6. panorama: a picture or photograph containing a wide view; a complete survey or presentation of a sequence of events
7. mnemonic: a device that helps one to remember (a short poem, and image, a jingle)
8. geriatrics: the branch of medicine dealing with the health and care of the elderly
9. mortician: one who prepares a corpse for burial or cremation and helps with funeral plans
10. lethal: deadly; the ability to cause death
11. flora: the plants of a particular region, habitat, or geological period
12. fauna: the animals of a particular region, habitat, or geological period
13. cupidity: greed for money and possessions
14. insomnia: an inability to sleep
15. thronged: densely gathered group of people; clustered; massed
16. parentage: the identity or origin of one’s parents
17. illicit: forbidden; taboo
18. narcissist: one who is vain, selfish, overly self-involved
19. venture: a risky undertaking or risky journey
20. dalliance: casual involvement with something (esp. a romantic or sexual relationship)
21. phlegmatic: an unemotional, calm disposition
22. peripatetic: travelling from place to place, esp. working or based in different places
23. inveigle: to persuade someone to do something especially by means of flattery or deception
24. choleric:   bad tempered
25. brood (v): to think deeply on something that causes one unhappiness
26. insouciant: showing a casual lack of concern; indifferent
27. callous: having an insensitive or cruel disregard of others
28. admonish: to warn or reprimand firmly; to advise or urge earnestly
29. wistful: having or showing a feeling of vague or regretful longing; nostalgic
30. to scuttle:  to run hurriedly or furtively with quick steps; to sink one’s own ship
31. thrall:  the state of being in someone’s power or of having great power over others
32. fecund:  producing/capable of producing an abundance of offspring or new growth; fertile
33. festooned:  adorned with ribbons, garlands, or other decorations
34. blasphemy:  profane talk; the act of speaking irreverently about God or other sacred things
35. chasm:  deep fissure in the earth or other surface; a profound difference between people
36. to keen:  to wail in grief for a dead person
37. heathen:  a non believer; what people who belong to a widely held religion call others who do not belong to a world-wide, organized religion
38. forsaken:  abandoned; deserted
39. ministration:  the provision of assistance or care; the services of a minister or religious institution