Quarter 3 Vocabulary Flashcards
Mimesis
Imitation
Preponderance
Superiority of weight or power; majority
Remunerative
Profitable
Catharsis
A purification that brings about spiritual renewal or release from tension
Analogue
Something similar to something else
Putative
Commonly accepted
Anachronistic
Out of time; not chronological
Mythopoetic
Giving rise to myths
Welter
Jumble; disorder
Succinct
Concise; to the point
Idiosyncrasies
Eccentricities
Visceral
Dealing with crude or elemental emotions; earthy
Quotidian
Common place; everyday
Insouciance
Nonchalance
Transmogrified
Transformed
Corporeality
Material; bodily existence
Volitant
Able to fly; moving about
Derelict
Vagrant; bum
Cumulus
Cloud
Furtive
Secret
Triumvirate
Group of three
Effeteness
Marked by weakness
Paean
Song of praise; a tribute
Apogee
Culmination