Flashcards #3
Morpheme
Most basic grammatical unit of language. Ex: Talk + s/er/ed/ing
Ad hoc
When necessary/needed; done for a certain purpose as necessary; on the fly, impromptu, unplanned, uncoordinated, informal
sine qua non
Something essential & necessary
Obfuscate
To make something obscure/unclear
Castigate
To severely disapprove; real criticism with some moral judgement
boilerplate language
Standardized and prepackaged language used in many things ex:
allude, allusion
To hint at something, a reference
conceit (of story)
Underlying assumptions a reader accepts before the story, the artistic effect that the story reposes, ex: the conceit of Story was that trees are sentient and can think but are very slow. Artistic idea of a story
reification, reify
embodiment, the making of something abstract into something concrete/real
eludicate
to make something clear, to explain
canon, canonical
Things accepted as genuine and good ex: canonical texts are the accepted, “good” texts.
de facto
in fact/of effect
highbrow, lowbrow
cultured & scholalry, –> antonym
trepidation
feeling of fear/anxiety/apprehension of something that could happen
internalize
To make something part of yourself, outside –> inside
