Flashcards list 3
Morpheme
The Morpheme of baking is bake and ing
the smallest meaningfull unit of grammer
ad hoc
Mr.Landers created a ad hoc seating chart.
without previous planning peices.
Allusion
I made an allusion about my first soccer game.
a brief mention of something or someone well known often in literature.
Genesis
The genesis of the book was a religuous manner.
an origin or a creation of somthing
pro forma
My brother smiled at me but pro forma
as a matter of form
elucidate
Mr. Landers elucidated the Native American topic.
to make someting clear
sine qua non
Chocolate chips are the sine qua non of chocolate chip cookies
A essential thing that is neccesary
de facto
Although he was the best player, he was de facto the captain.
as a matter of fact
obfuscate
The main thing is to confuse and obfuscate the audience.
to make something less clear
castigate
My mom castigated me because i was loud
to scold
subversive
seeking, going against power
boilerplate
Mr. Landers gave us a boilerplate for our essay
standardized text
internalize
Leo internalized the soccer hate
to accept or absorb an idea, opinion, belief
canon
I’ve read the whole canon in the law book
general law, rule, principle
trepidation
My brother caused fear in trepidation
A feeling of fear about somethinb that happened
highbrow
Mr. Landers is highbrow while students are low brows
intellectual, academic, and is often difficult to understand. asmart person
conceit
The film was a conciet story of the woods
a fanciful metaphor, especially a highly elaborate or extended metaphor in which an unlikely, far-fetched, or strained comparison is made between two things.
reification
The soccer ball was a reification on the soccer field.
the act of changing something abstract
