Four Flashcards
palliations
to relieve or lessen without curing; mitigate; alleviate.
ethos
the fundamental character or spirit of a culture; the underlying sentiment that informs the beliefs, customs, or practices of a group or society; dominant assumptions of a people or period
refute
to prove to be false or erroneous, as an opinion or charge.
zeal
fervor for a person, cause, or object; eager desire or endeavor; enthusiastic diligence; ardor.
ambivalence
uncertainty or fluctuation, especially when caused by inability to make a choice or by a simultaneous desire to say or do two opposite or conflicting things.
forthright
going straight to the point; frank; direct; outspoken
effusive
unduly demonstrative; lacking reserve
polysyndeton
the use of a number of conjunctions in close succession.
extrude
to thrust out; force or press out; expel
frailty
the quality or state of being frail.
demireps
a demimondaine.
morality
conformity to the rules of right conduct; moral or virtuous conduct.
enumeration
a catalog or list.
cartwrighting
a trades person skilled in the making and repairing of wagons and carts.
rapturous
full of, feeling, or manifesting ecstatic joy or delight.
recurrence
an act or instance of recurring.
temperance
moderation or self-restraint in action, statement, etc.; self-control.
industry
the aggregate of manufacturing or technically productive enterprises in a particular field, often named after its principal product
humility
the quality or condition of being humble; modest opinion or estimate of one’s own importance, rank, etc.
negligent
guilty of or characterized by neglect, as of duty
