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WWAW 35-36
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| epiphany | revelation |
| dichotomy | two part division |
| delineate | to outline |
| sui generis | unique |
| sesquipedalion | very long words |
| internecine | mutually destructive |
| soporific | sleep-inducing |
| demotic | of the common people |
| objurgation | rebuke |
| assonance | vowel repitition |
| parthenogensis | unfertilized birth |
| a posteriori | from observation |
| a priori | from theory |
| anthropocentric | man-centered |
| gastronome | a gourmet or epicure |
| autodidact | self-taught person |
| monism | doctrine that reality is one |
| in medias res | in the middle of things |
| lycanthrope | werewolf |
| circumambient | surrounding |
| transmorgify | change form |
| reify | treat as real |
| au contraire | to the contrary |
| vivacous | lively |
| introspective | inward looking |