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ENG COMP: Vocab 5-1
Vocabulary List 5
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| anagram | a word or phrase constructed from another by writing the letters of the first in a different order, as live and evil |
| acribe | literally, to write to, and thus to attribute to a specific person, source, cause, or origin; to assign as an attribute; to give credit |
| calligraphy | the art of beautiful handwriting, penmanship |
| epigram | a brief and often witty, satirical, or paradoxical saying, as "If speech is silver, silence is golden." |
| graphic | written in vivid and realistic detail |
| monograph | a paper, article, or book written on a single (scholarly) subject |
| nondescript | unremarkable, not easy to describe because of a lack of noteworthy characteristics or qualities; a person or thing not easy to describe because of this lack |
| postscript | literally, to write after, and thus additional information added after the conclusion of a letter, article, book, etc. |
| transcribe | literally, to write over or across, and thus to write out in full or to make a written copy; to record |
| vivacity | a general liveliness or animation of disposition |
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