MC Vocab Test #1 Flashcards
Indicative
Showing, signifying, or pointing out
Exposition
A large-scale public exhibition/show; the act of explaining; writing or speech primarily intended to convey info or to explain
Ambiguous
Open to or having several meanings or interpretations; difficult to comprehend, distinguish, or classify
Cynicism
Distrusting, disparaging, or contemptuous disposition
Interpolation
The act of introducing between other things or parts
Extraneous
Introduced or coming from without; not belonging or proper to a thing; external; foreign
Solemnity
The character of being grave, sober, or mirthless
Fallacious
Logically unsound
Derivation
The act or fact of receiving or obtaining from a source or origin; the act of reaching or obtaining by reasoning
Conspicuous
Easily seen or noticed; readily visible or observable
Faulty
Having a defect or imperfection
Ascertain
To find out definitively; learn with certainty or assurance; determine
Definitively
Most reliable or complete; serving to define
Assertion
A positive statement or declaration often without support or reason
Nostalgia
A wistful desire to return in thought or in fact to a former time in one’s life
Discursive
Passing aimlessly from one subject to another; proceeding by reasoning or argument rather than intuition
Abstractions
An abstract or general idea or term; an impractical idea
Merits
Claim to respect and praise; something that deserves or justifies a reward or commendation
Nomenclature
A set or system or names of terms, as those used in a particular science or art; the names or terms comprising a set or system
Blatant
Brazenly obvious; flagrant
Disparate
Distinct in kind; essentially different
Fluted
Fine, clear, and mellow; having grooves or the like
Caduceus
The staff carried by Mercury as messenger of the gods; a representation of this staff used as an emblem of the medical profession
Cornucopia
A horn containing food, drink, etc.; an abundant, overflowing supply
Grotesque
Odd or unnatural in shape, appearance; or character; fantastically ugly or absurd; fantastic in the shaping and combination of forms
Emulation
Effort or desire to equal or excel others; jealous rivalry
Aesthetics
The branch of philosophy dealing with such notions as the beautiful, the ugly, the sublime, the comic, the etc.; the study of the mind and emotions in relation to the sense of beauty
Abstract
Thought of apart from concrete realities, specific objects, or actual instances
Innate
Existing in one from birth; inborn; inherent in the essential character of something
Ornamentation
The act of adding an accessory, article, or detail used to beautify the appearance of something it which it is added or of which it is a part
Footnote
An explanatory or documenting note or comment at the bottom of a page, referring to a specific part of the text on the page
Appropriate
Suitable or fitting for a particular purpose, person, occasion, etc.
Bounded
Having bounds or limits
Empirical
Derived from or guided by experience or experiment
Satiety
The state of being satisfied
Treatise
A formal and systematic exposition in writing of the principles of a subject, generally longer and more detailed than an essay
Disillusion
To free from or deprive of illusion, belief, idealism, etc.; disenchant
Digression
A passage or section that deviates from the central them in speech or writing; the act of deviating from the main topic or purpose
Contemptuous
Showing or expressing disdain; scornful; disrespectful
Aberration
The act of departing from the right, normal, or usual course
Jeremiads
A prolonged lamentation or mournful complaint
Degeneration
The process of falling below a normal or desirable level in physical, mental, or moral qualities; deterioration
Ineluctable
Incapable of being evaded; inescapable
Tirade
A prolonged outburst of bitter, outspoken denunciation
Prattle
To talk in a foolish or simple-minded way; chatter; babble
Sanguine
Cheerfully optimistic, hopeful, or confident
Compunction
A feeling of uneasiness or anxiety of the conscience caused by regret for doing wrong or causing pain; any uneasiness or hesitation about the rightness of an action
Homiletic
Of or pertaining to a sermon, usually on a biblical topic; pertaining to an inspirational saying or cliche
Prose
The ordinary form of spoken or written language, without metrical structure; matter-of-fact, commonplace, or dull expression
Berate
To scold: rebuke
Admonition
Counsel, advice, or caution
Facetiously
Not meant to be taken seriously or literally
Enumerate
To mention separately as if in counting; name one by one; specify, as in a list
Allude
To refer casually or indirectly
Enunciate
To utter or pronounce, especially in an articulate or particular manner; to state or declare definitely, as a theory; to announce or proclaim
Futility
the quality of being ineffective or useless; a trifle or frivolity
