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.
