CD9 Flashcards
mnemonic
Something that helps you remember something else
pedagogy
Teaching, or more precisely the activity of educating or instructing, and the methods used to instruct
matriculate
To enroll in a college or university in order to study for a degree
tutorial
A private session with a teacher or tutor where you can get intensive coaching on a subject
annus
A recording of events, a reporting of history that is just a chronological recitation of facts
metropolitan
Pertaining to a city, or a larger urban settlement
amenity
Something that makes your life easier or more pleasant
denizen
Someone who lives in a certain place, a local inhabitant
heterogeneous
Coming from different sources, made up of things that are not the same kind
urbane
Another word for sophisticated
bucolic
Of the country side
flora
Vegetation or plant life that grows in a certain area
fauna
Animals that
are native to a certain area
microcosm
A miniature version of something larger
dearth
A lack of something, or an insufficient number of things that are
garrulous
Too talkative, too chatty
candor
Frankness or outspokenness
aver
To declare or assert something is true
pontificate
To express one’s position or opinions dogmatically and pompously
dissertation
A formal document that presents original research to a panel
contentious
Quarrelsome or argumentative, when speaking of a person
animosity
animosity
punitive
Punishing or imposing a penalty on someone
adverse
In a negative way
misanthropic
Disliking everyone, distrusting everyone, hating all mankind
cognitive
Refers to the process of thinking itself
intuition
Instinctive knowledge, rather than learned knowledge
deduce
To apply logic to a problem
esoteric
Mystical or hidden knowledge
perspicacious
Able to perceive hidden things
