REGISTERS
Registers are special terms or words that are used by members of a particular profession, occupation, vocation or group. They are called jargons because individuals outside the confine of a disciplinary boundary and such words difficult to understand. The English language has many registers.
REGISTERS IN MEDICINE AND SURGERY
1. Vasectomy- Male sterilization through surgery.
2. Lobotomy- Surgical operation on the frontal lobe of the brain to treat certain mental illness.
3. Euthanasia- mercy killing.
4. Psychiatry- The branch of medicine that deals with studies and treatments of nature and cause of an illness.
5. Diagnosis- Identification of nature and cause of an illness.
6. Prognosis- A forecast of the future course of a disease or disorder based on medical knowledge.
7. Surgery- A procedure involving major incisions to remove, repair or replace a part of a body.
8. Therapy- Treatment of disease or disability, physical or mental.
9. Scalpel- A surgical blade.
10. Gynecology- A branch of medicine that deals with diseases of female reproductive system.
11. Medicine- The study and treatment of disease and injuries
12. Amnesia- Memory loss
13. Anemia- Blood shortage
14. Theatre- A special place where surgeries take place in hospitals.
15. Amputation- Removal of body parts via surgeries.
16. Ophthalmology- The anatomy, functions, pathology and treatment of the eye.
17. Optician- A person who makes or dispenses lenses, spectacles etc.
18. Anatomy- The science that deals with the form and structure of organic bodies; anatomical structure or organization.
19. Physiology- A branch of biology that deals with the functions and activities of like or of living matter and of physical and chemical phenomena involved.
20. Examination- An inspection by a doctor or other medically qualified person to establish the extent and nature of any sickness or injury.
21. Drug- A substance used to treat an illness to relieve a symptom or modify chemical process in the body for specific purpose.
22. Transfusion- The transfer of blood or blood products from one individual to another.
23. Sedative- An agent or drug that sedates, having a calming or soothing effect or inducing sleep.
24. Gerontology- The study of the elderly, and of the aging process itself.
25. Pathology- The branch of medicine concerned with the study of the nature of disease and its causes, processes, development and consequences.
LAW AND JURISPUDENCE
1. Writ- A writ is a legal document that orders a person to do a particular thing
2. Subpoena- A writ requiring someone to appear in court to give testimony.
3. Jurisprudence- The philosophy, science and study of law and decisions based on the interpretation thereof.
4. Jury- A group of individuals chosen from the general population to hear and decide a case in a court of law.
5. Verdict- A decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest.
6. Judge - A public official whose duty is to administer the law especially by presiding over trials and rendering judgments, a justice.
7. Juror- A member of a jury
8. Prosecution- The institution of legal proceedings (particularly criminal) against a person.
9. Summon- It is an official order issued to appear in court for interrogation over a matter or case before the court.
10. Convict- A person convicted of a crime by a judicial body,
11. Felon- A person who has been tried and convicted of a felony.
12. Pro-bono- A tree legal service offered by a barrister to a client.
13. Complainant- The party that brings to a civil lawsuit against another, the plaintiff.
14. Suit- The attempt to gain an end by legal process, a process instituted in a court of law for the recovery of a right or claim.
15. Perjury- The deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath.
16. Evidence- Anything admitted by a court to prove or disprove alleged matters of fact in a trial’
17. Acquittal- A setting free, or deliverance from an offense by a court of law.
18. Sentence- The judicial order for a punishment to be imposed on a person convicted of a crime.
19. Litigation- The conduct of a lawsuit
20. Guilty- Judged to have committed a crime.
21. Litigant- A party suing or being sued in a lawsuit.
22. Counsel- A lawyer
23. Homicide- The unlawful killing of a person by another.
24. Adjudication- A judgment or sentence.
25. Bailiff- A legal officer to whom some degree of authority is committed.
RELIGION
1. Agnosticism- The philosophical position that the existence or non-existence of God is unknowable.
2. Animism- The belief that every material form of reality has an indwelling spirit.
3. Atheism- Disbelief in any deity or supernatural power.
4. Blasphemy- Indignity offered to God.
5. Eucharist- The sacrament of the Lords’ supper.
6. Heresy- False doctrines or teaching.
7. Ecumenical- Worldwide.
8. Gnosticism- The belief that salvation is obtained by means of secret knowledge.
9. Fatwa- A legal opinion, decree or ruling, issued by a mufti or other Islamic lawyers.
10. Sacrament- A sacred act or ceremony in Christianity.
11. Hell/ Hades- A place of eternal torment meant for Satan, demons and sinners.
12. Supplication- Prayers on behalf of someone else.
13. Martyr- A person who suffers very much or is killed for his/ her religious beliefs.
14. Apocrypha- Christian religion texts which are not considered to be genuine.
15. Apocalypse- Destruction of the world.
16. Pagan- A person who holds religious beliefs that are not part of any of the world’s main religions.
17. Altar- A holy table in a church or temple.
18. Exorcism- The act of getting evil spirit from a place or a person’s med by prayers or magic
19. Celibacy- The practice of not getting married for religious reasons.
20. Paradise- A perfect place where people are said to go when they die.
MARRIAGE
1. Marriage- The union between a man and a woman to become husband and wife.
2. Wedding- Marriage ceremony
3. Dowry- Money and property that in some societies, a wife or her family must pay to her husband when they get married or money or property that, in some societies, a husband must pay to his wife’s family when they get married.
4. Exogamy- Marriage outside one’s family or caste.
5. Endogamy- Marriage within one’s family or caste.
6. Polyandry- A form of marriage whereby a woman marries more than one husband.
7. Polygamy- The custom of having more than one wife at the same time.
8. Misogamy- Hatred of marriage.
9. Misogynist- Hatred of women.
10. Infidelity- Unfaithfulness in marriage.
11. Bastard- A child born outside wedlock.
12. Divorce- Legal ending of a marriage.
13. Elopement- The practice of running away with somebody in order to marry them secretly.
14. Estrangement- The state of being estranged. That is, no living with your husband or wife.
15. Bride- A woman on her wedding day.
16. Groom- The man on his wedding day.
17. Matrimony- The stage of being married.
18. Maternity- The state of becoming a mother.
19. Paternity- The state of becoming a father.
GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS
1. Bills- A proposed law.
2. Legislature- The organ of government that makes laws. It is also known as parliament (UK), congress (U.S.A), National Assembly (Nigeria) etc.
3. Filibuster- A long speech made in parliament in order to delay a vote or passage of bill.
4. Power- The capacity to influence the behaviours of others through threat or sanction.
5. Republic- A country governed by a president and politicians elected by the people.
6. Gerontocracy- A form of oligarchy premised on old age.
7. Revolution- An attempt by a large member of people, to change the government of a country, especially by violent action.
8. Judiciary- The organ of government that interprets and adjudicates the law.
9. Sovereignty- The supreme power of a state to make and enforce the law without external interference.
10. Executive- The organ of government that makes and executes public policies. It also executes or implements the law.
11. Authority- It is the right to command and for the people to obey.
12. State- A politically organized geographical entity (a country).
13. Nation- A group of people with the same culture, language, ancestry and shared values.
14. Democracy- Government by its concept of the governed.
15. Election- Process through which leaders are elected in a democracy.
16. Citizen- A legal and political member of a country.
17. Fascism- A totalitarian and authoritarian form of government established in Italy by Benito Mussolini in 1922.
18. Tyrant- A despot or dictator.
19. Aristocracy- Government nobility.
20. Constitution- Fundamental principles, rules and regulations by which the country is governed.
EXERCISE FOUR
1. Jimmy is afraid of his wife who has a very ¬_____ size (a) eminent (b) voluptuous (c) prominent (d) intimidating.
2. The government has imposed an ______ on the importation of rice (a) assent (b) edict (c) order (d) embargo
3. The corpse has been taken to the ______ in Lagos (a) ward (b) theatre (c) ward (d) mortuary
4. Irrespective of the vicissitudes of life, he never _____ from his plan (a) pervaded (b) waded (c) deviated (d) detoured.
5. When the barrister told Kemi to wait outside, she considered it ______ to her dignity (a) a drawback (b) an affront (c) a strain (d) withdrawal
6. The meeting was delayed for hours because we had not formed a ______ before 2 pm (a) chorus (b) crowd (c) quorum (d) chorus
7. The _____ of the asylum in Uganda were well taken care of (a) occupants (b) tenants (c) residents (d) inmates
8. His appointment was _____ of dereliction of duties (a) annulled (b) debarred (c) terminated (d) dismissed
9. There was no _____ of truth in his statement (a) bagful (b) cesspit (c) iota (d) deluge
10. The car is quite attractive but I doubt its _____ (a) intricacy (b) effusion (c) durability (d) longevity
11. The _____ sent their letter of complaint to the principal last Monday. (a) fighters (b) dissents (c) tenants (d) occupants.
12. The court restrained the land from _____ tenants (a) ostracizing (b) banishing (c) exiling (d) evicting
13. Their _____ to blackmail the permanent secretary failed (a) work (b) conspiracy (c) involvement (d) expectation
14. The unfortunate boy stepped on a life wire and was _____ (a) killed (b) electrocuted (c) murdered (d) exterminated
15. The president is yet to _____ the bill (a) ascent (b) assent (c) approve (d) confirm
16. The _____ armed robbers met their waterloo last night (a) famous (b) popular (c) scrupulous (d) notorious
17. There is need for improved _____ between the students and their principal to ensure peace in the school (a) teaching (b) influence (c) rancor (d) rapport
18. The principal ______ their plan to go on an excursion to the National Assembly Abuja (a) enhanced (b) endorsed (c)endeared (d) enlightened
19. The man was _______into custody until his friends could gather the money for his bail (a) demanded (b) remanded (c) condemned (d) ensnared
20. The tenants complained of _____ from cockroaches rates and other rodents (a) persecution (b) revolution (c) confusion (d) molestation
21. The hotel was _____ in order to build a public library (a) devastated (b) collapsed (c) demolished (d) ravaged
22. The children were ______ against polio (a) drugged (b) insulated (c) immunized (d) sedated
23. The police discovered that the man was hiding under the bed when his wife _____ glanced towards the bed (a) inadvertently (b) sluggishly (c) carefully (d) secretly
24. The judge warned that people found guilty of ______ criminals in their homes would be put in prison (a) entertaining (b) harboring (c) feeding (d) conversing
25. The schoolboy ______ the desk in the library and requested the librarian to help him choose good story book (a) moved (b) shuffled (c) turned (d) approach
26. The security agents were called in when the demonstrators started to fight and _____ hit many innocent passers-by (a) voluntarily (b) accidently (c) indiscriminately (d) shamelessly
27. The president was _____ in a military coup de ’tat (a) ousted (b) ousted (c) ostracized (d) expelled
28. During the last general election, majority did not vote, the exhibited mass _____ (a) sovereignty (b) authority (c) apathy (d) participation
29. The policeman arrested the plumber for causing an ______ on the road with pipes (a) impediment (b) obstruction (c) blockade (d) interruption
30. A few months after the surgery,______ set in and further surgery was required (a) necessities (b) mystery (c) complications (d) entanglement
31. Businessmen are always engaging in new ______ (a) manufacturing (b) ventures (c) negotiations (d) actions
32. We thought our trip would be smooth, but _____ many problems (a) received (b) observed (c) noticed (d) encountered
33. The state government assigned a group of researchers to study the economic ______ of building the proposed highway (a) means (b) feasibility (c) method (d) fortune
34. The surgery was a success, but the scar it left is _____ (a) robust (b) eminent (c) conspicuous (d) balanced
35. After the protracted battle, the general _____ his troop and retired. (a) scattered (b) discarded (c) disdained (d) disbanded
