1st Vocabulary Flashcard

Question	Answer
IVORY "noun"	hard white material made from elephant tusks; gading gajah -The loss of natural ivory could threaten traditional Japanese instruments.
COGNOSCENTI "noun"	people with a lot of knowledge about a particular subject - It is for the cognoscenti who already know much of the story, not for the less well-informed.
ARCANE "adjective"	known or understood by only a few; mysterious -He was the only person who understood all the arcane details of the agreement.
MISCHIEVOUS "adjective"	causing or showing a fondness for causing trouble in a playful way -Her mischievous blue eyes sought her father first then her grandmother.
MENOLOGY "noun"	a record or account arranged in the order of a calendar -The Greeks placed her among the saints in their menology.
MELIORISM "noun"	the belief that the world can be made better by human effort -Meliorism, the theory that there is in nature a tendency to better and better development.
FROLICSOME "adjective"	full of merriment; playful -He found a beautiful animal with a frolicsome spirit.
ANDANTE "adverb"	moderately slow and even -You've made a transition from the frolicsome allegretto to the bachelor to the heavy andante of the father of a family.
PROPHESY "verb"	predict what will happen -The 2018 sci-fi film "Ready Player One" offers a glimpse of what many technology companies prophesy is the internet's next big thing.
CLANDESTINE "adjectice"	secret; confidental -The group held weely clandestine meetings in a chruch.

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