Picnic Vocab Flashcards
Anachronistic
something out of place in time or space
Hegemony
a situation in which an organisation/country/group has more power/control/importance than others
Inscrutable
impossible to understand or fully penetrate
Latent
something that is hidden and not obvious, but may develop or become revealed in the future
Mimicry
action of mimicking
Sardonic
humorously critical, or comically biting
Soporific
something that makes one feel sleepy or drowsy
Austerity
strict, severe, self-denying
carnal
physical and sexual needs
efface
to efface something is destroy or remove it so that it cannot be seen anymore
factitious
artificial rather than natural
moribund
in very bad condition, or the point of dying
pernicious
something is very harmful, an implication of evil or malice
purport (to)
they claim
adumbrate
to outline or foreshadow something
bastion
if a system is described as a bastion of (something), it is very important and effective at defending it
denigrate
to criticise unfairly or insult
denude
to take something away from someone
extol
praise enthusiastically
illusory
although it may seem true, it is in fact false/impossible
ostensibly
apparently or seemingly
Epistolary
a literary work in letter form
Expository
intended to explain or describe something
Intimating
to state or make known
Polysyllabic
word using many syllables
Ambiguity
the quality of being open to more than one interpretation
Omniscient
knowing everything
Curtailing
reduce in extent or quantity; impose a restriction on, to deprive
circumlocutory
using many words when fewer could be used, especially in a deliberate attempt to be vague/ long-winded
Emotive aposiopesis
sudden breaks in speech