Senester 2 Vocab 1 Flashcards
Envoy
A messenger or representative, especially one on a diplomatic mission
Enjoin
Instruct or urge someone to do something
Interloper
Intruder, encroacher
Vicarious
experienced in the imagination through the feelings or actions of another person
Admonish
warn or reprimand someone firmly
Lassitude
A state of physical or mental weariness: lack of energy
Licentious
Promiscuous and unprincipled in sexual matters
Muse
N: a woman, or a force personified as a woman, who is the source of inspiration for a creative artist.
V: be absorbed in thought; ponder
Pecuniary
of, relating to, or consisting of money.
Microcosm
a community, place, or situation regarded as encapsulating in miniature the characteristic qualities or features of something much larger.
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a little world; a world in miniature (opposed to macrocosm ).
Macrocosm
the whole of a complex structure, especially the world or universe, contrasted with a small or representative part of it.
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the great world or universe; the universe considered as a whole (opposed to microcosm ).