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Week 3
Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Epithet | a word or phrase that describes or characterizes a person or things; a descriptive name |
| Evoke | to call forth; to bring out; to elicit; to produce (a reaction) |
| Infer | to conclude on the basis of reasoning or observation |
| Lucid | easily understood; clear; rational and sane |
| Scrutinize | to examine closely or critically |
| Evasive | avoiding by cleverness; not straightforward; misleading |
| Foreshadow | to indicate or suggest beforehand; to give a warning of |
| Laudable | praiseworthy; commendable |
| Perpetuate | to make perpetual, ongoing or constant; to cause to be remembered. |
| Symposium | a meeting for discussing a particular subject; a collection of writings on a subject |
| S V, conjunction S V | Connect two complete thoughts with a conjunction such for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so. A comma separates the two thoughts and precedes the conjunction. |
| Prepositional Phrase (,) S V | A preposition expresses a relationship between a noun or a pronoun and another word in the sentence. A prepositional phrase begins with a preposition and ends with a noun or pronoun. |