English Vocab #3 Flashcards
Morpheme
Example: (e.g.in,come, -ing, forming, incoming).
units that form a word
Ad hoc
Example: The discussions were on a AD HOC basis
When necessary or needed
Sine qua non
Example: Grammar and usage are the SINE QUA NON of language teaching and learning
An essential condition; a think that is absolutely necessary
Obfuscate
Example: The spelling changes will deform some familiar words and OBFUSCATE their etymological origins
Render obscure, unclear, or unintelligible
Castigate
Example: He was CASTIGATED for not setting a good example
Severely rebuke someone
Boilerplate
Example: I created multiple BOILERPLATES
Rolled steel for making boilers
Allusion
Example: an ALLUSION to Shakespeare
An implied or indirect reference to a person, event, or thing, or to a part of another text
Conceit
Example: “Diving into the wreck”
An approach to a story component, or combination of components, rather than the component itself
Reify
Example: These instincts are, in humans, REFIED as verbal constructs
Make (something abstract) more concrete or real
Elucidate
Example: Work such as theirs will help to ELUCIDATE this matter
Make (something) clear; explain.
Canon
Example: The appointment violated the CANONS of fair play and equal opportunity
A general law, rule, principle, or criterion by which something is judged
de facto
Example: The island has been DE FACTO divided into two countries
In fact, or in effect, weather by right or not
lowbrow
Example: That group of students are LOWBROW
not highly intellectual or cultured.
Trepidation
Example: The man set off in fear and TREPIDATION
The feeling of fear agitation about something that may happen
Internalize
Example: People learn gender stereotypes and INTERNALIZE them
Make (attitudes or behavior) part of ones nature by learning or unconscious assimilation
