20 vocabulary deck 4 Flashcards
palliantions
Patients with terminal diseases usually need palliation. It’s a kind of care that makes you feel better, even though it can’t cure you. … The Latin root word is palliat, or “cloaked,” and palliation does in a sense cloak or mask a person’s pain.
ethos
the credibility of the author
refute
prove (a statement or theory) to be wrong or false; disprove
zeal
great energy or enthusiasm in pursuit of a cause or an objective.
ambivalence
the state of having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something or someone.
forthright
(of a person or their manner or speech) direct and outspoken; straightforward and honest.
effusive
expressing feelings of gratitude, pleasure, or approval in an unrestrained or heartfelt manner.
polysyndention
is the use of conjunction words in a sentence to break it up
extrude
thrust or force out.
fraility
the condition of being weak and delicate.
demireps
a woman whose chastity is considered doubtful.
morality
principles concerning the distinction between right and wrong or good and bad behavior.
enumeration
he action of mentioning a number of things one by one.
cartwrighting
person whose job is making carts
rapturous
characterized by, feeling, or expressing great pleasure or enthusiasm.
recurrence
the fact of occurring again.
temperance
abstinence from alcoholic drink.
industry
economic activity concerned with the processing of raw materials and manufacture of goods in factories. Or hard work
humility
a modest or low view of one’s own importance; humbleness.
negligent
failing to take proper care in doing something.
