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Lesson 5 and 6
Vocabulary from classical roots: Mr. Cashman's class
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| bas-relief | (n) Sculpture whose ornament or figures are somewhat raised above the background |
| debase | (v) to lower in quality, value or dignity: to degrade |
| declivity | (n) a downward slope: the slope of a hill |
| proclivity | (n) a natural inclination or tendency |
| leaven | (n) a substance like yeast or small amount of fermented dough that causes dough to expand or rise |
| legerdemain | (n) magic tricks |
| leverage | 1. the action of a lever that raises or lifts 2.Power to influence; a position of strength |
| levitate | to rise or float, or cause to rise, seemingly despite gravity |
| levity | amusement |
| penchant | liking |
| ponderous | 1. Extremely heavy; massive 2. Unwieldy or awkward 3. Dull or tedious |
| imponderable | unable to be assessed or measured percisely |
| preponderant | superior in number, force, power or importance |
| echelon | a level of command or authority |
| transcendent | going beyond the limits of ordinary experience |
| incumbent | a person who holds office or position |
| recumbent | reclining; lying down |
| succumb | to die |
| hypochondria | a psychological disorder characterized by the illusory conviction that one is ill or in pain, or likely to become so |
| hypothesis | en educated theory that has not been proven |
| cataclysm | a disaster or catastrophe on such a large scale that biological, environmental, or cultured elements are permanently altered or irreparably to the earth |
| catapult | an ancient mechanical device for hurling missiles 2. a modern mechanism for launching aircraft from the deck of a ship 3.To hurl or launch suddenly; to spring up |
| subjective | Relating to personal opinion and thought processes rather than factual information or universal experience |
| sublimate | to turn aside an instinctual, perhaps primitive, impulse in favour of a more socially or culturally acceptable activity |
| suborn | to induce a person to commit a misdeed or a crime |
| subterfuge | an artifice, device, or evasion to hide or avoid something, or to escape an outcome |
| verisimilitude | a thing or a quality that appears true or real |
| verity | a belief, principle, or statement expressing some basic human truth |
| aver | to affirm; to declare or attest to positively or dogmatically |
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