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Vocab Test 8
Vocab Test 4 second semester Nawrocki
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Diffident | Adj.- Shy and lacking in self-confidence; showing modest reserve |
| Salubrious | Adj.- Promoting health, healthy |
| Incipient | Adj.- In an early stage of existence, imperfectly formed |
| Fetter | 1. Verb- To confine or restrain 2. Noun- Anything that confines or restrains |
| Intelligible | Adj.- Capable of being understood; in philosophy means it can only be understood by the mind |
| Scourge | Noun- A cause of affliction or calamity: something causing misery or death |
| Pandemonium | Noun- A state of extreme confusion and disorder |
| Perdition | Noun- Refers to hell and eternal damnation; suffering that seems ever-lasting |
| Obdurate | Adj.- Unmoved by persuasion, pity, or tender feelings; stubborn or unyielding |
| Vaunt | Verb- To boast |
| Ennui | Noun- A feeling that combines tiredness and boredom |
| Culpable | Adj.- Deserving blame or censure for being wrong, evil, or injurious |
| Digress | Verb- To lose clarity or turn from the main attention of discussion |
| Rankle | Verb- To irritate or aggravate to the point of causing anger or resentment |
| Allegory | A story with two levels of meaning, one on the surface and one deeper meaning |
| Plato's Theory of the Forms | Theory that there is a visible world and an intelligible world which is made up of ideas and concepts that never change called eternal forms |
| Epic Poem | A long narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds usually written in blank verse |
| Epic Similie | An extended simile, as used in the epic poetry of Homer and other writers Tenor: Subject of simile Vehicle: Point of comparison |
| Invocation of the Muse | Prologue that introduces epic poem by praying to or addressing one of the muses asking for inspiration or knowledge. It indicates that the author is working inside traditional form. |
| Epithet | Any word or phrase applied to a person or thing to describe a quality (Physical, familial, occupational, geographical) |
| In Medias Res | "In the middle of things"; The practice of starting a story by plunging into a situation |
| Epigraph | An engraved inscription on a building or statue or a piece of quotation at the beginning of a piece of writing |
| Sophistry | A weak argument |
| Rebuttal | A reply intended to show fault in an opponent's argument |
| Cross Examination | The examination of a witness who has already testified in order to check or discredit the witness' testimony |
| Plagiarism | Taking someone else's words or ideas as if they were your own; not attributing sources |
| Foil | A character that shows qualities that are in contrast with the qualities of another character to highlight those traits |
| Dis | Apart |
| Sonare | To sound |
| Nom | Name |
| In | Not |
| De | Entirely |
| Fatigare | Tire out |
| Salus | Welfare, health |
| Pan | All |
| Di | Apart |
| Gress | To step or walk |
| Epi | Upon |
| Graph | Write |
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