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WP Chapter 14
Word Power Made Easy Chapter 14
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Penury | Poverty |
| Vicarious | Secondhand |
| Ephemeral | Imperminent |
| Euphemism | Circumluction |
| Badinage | Banter |
| Bovine | Placid, Stolid; cowlife |
| Nostalgia | Homesickness |
| Cacophony | Loud noise |
| Carnivorous | Meat-Eating |
| Clandestine | secret |
| Yes or No? Do wealthy people normally in Penury? | No |
| Yes or No? Is a Vicarious thrill one that comes from direct participation? | No |
| Yes or No? Do Ephemeral things last a very short time? | Yes |
| Yes or No? Is a Euphemism the substitution of an inoffensive term for another of the same meaning that may sound offensive, vulgar, or indelicate? | Yes |
| Yes or No? Does Badinage show lighthearted frivolity? | Yes |
| Yes or No? are bovine people high strung and nervous? | No |
| Yes or No? Does one get a feeling of Nostalgia for past occurrences and relationships? | Yes |
| Yes or No? Is Cacophony pleasant and musical? | No |
| Yes or No? Do carnivorous animals eat meat? | Yes |
| Yes or No? Is a clandestine meeting conducted secretly ? | Yes |
| Same or Opposite? Penury-Affluence | Opposite |
| Same or Opposite? Vicarious-Actual | Opposite |
| Same or Opposite? Ephemeral- Eternal | Opposite |
| Same or Opposite? Euphemism -Less offensive word | Same |
| Same or Opposite? Badinage- Light, Teasing talk | Same |
| Same or Opposite? Bovine - High Strung | Opposite |
| Same or Opposite? Nostalgia - Longing for the past | Same |
| Same Or Opposite? Cacophony - Euphony | Opposite |
| Same or Opposite? Carnivorous - Herbivorous | Opposite |
| Sameor Opposite? Clandestine - Hidden | Same |
| Harsh Sound | Cacophony |
| Having a short life | Ephemeral |
| Dire Poverty | Penury |
| Substitution of an indirect or pleasant word or phrase for a possibly offensive one of the same meaning | Euphemism |
| Experienced as a spectator rather than as a participant | Vicarious |
| Acute feeling of homesickness | Nostalgia |
| Light, half-teasing banter | Badinage |
| Subsisting solely on meat | Carnivorous |
| Cowlike; Stolid | Bovine |
| Secret, Concealed | Clandestine |
| Penuria | need, neediness |
| ad- (af-) | to, toward |
| fluo | to flow |
| opulentus | wealthy |
| ephemera | dayfly |
| e-, ex- | out |
| vanesco | vanish |
| -esce | begin to |
| -ent | adjective suffix |
| -ence | noun suffix |
| eu- | good |
| pheme | voice |
| -ism | noun suffix |
| phone | sound |
| -ic | adjective suffix |
| -pus | adjective suffix |
| logos | word, speech |
| -ize | verb suffix |
| thanatos | death |
| platys | broad or flat |
| an- | negative prefix |
| odyne | pain |
| Parismony | stinginess |
| Destitution | Poverty |
| Opulence | Lavish, Luxury |
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