Vocab 1. Group 1 Flashcards
Allusion
A casual or indirect reference to something.
Ex. Hoping to impress the teacher, Hyacinth inserted an ALLUSION to Shakespeare’s seven ages ofman into her essay.
Apocryphal
Of questionable authenticity or authorship; erroneous; fake.
Ex. Although compelling, stories about alligators living in NYC is more than likely APOCRYPHAL and fall under the heading of “urban legend.”
Calumny
False accusation of a crime or offense; malicious misrepresentation.
Ex. When ethical methods of campaigning falter, many politicians turn to strategic gossip and CLUMNY.
Cipher
Something or someone of no value or importance; a secret method of writing, writing done with such a method, or the key to decoding such writing.
Ex. Daisy thought the vase was an antique and expected hundreds of dollars for it, but then realized it was a CIPHER when she only received two dollars for it.
Cliche
A trite or stereotyped sentence or phrase; anything that has become trite trough overuse.
Ex. Simon criticizes the american idol contestants so frequently that his barbs have become CLICHEE.
Digressive
(n.) Passing from one thing to another; tending to depart from te main point to covera wide range of subjects; rambling.
Ex. Though chelsea found the subject matter of the philosophy lecture interesting, she wasn’t able to fain much insight because of DIGRESSIVE professor kept bringing up his recent divorce.
Dissertation
(n.) A formal spoken or written essay or treatise, especially one written by a PhD candidate.
Ex. Most of Athena’s students wrote only enough to satisfy her instructions, but Adlai submitted a DISSERTATION.
Doctrine
(n.) A principle, position, or policy held by a religion or government; a statement of such a policy.
Ex. The Magna Carta is considered one of the most important DOCTRINES in the history of democracy and influenced the US Constitution and Bill of Rights.
Excerpt
(n.) Passage or piece from a larger work or document.
Ex. An EXCERPT from Emma Lazarus’ poem was printed on the program for the holiday festival.
Expository
(adj.) Serving to explain or expound.
Ex. When a tv show is broadcasted, the second show si preceded by an EXPOSITORY statement or clip to let viewers know what took place in the first part.
Memoir
(n.) An account of the author’s personal experience.
Metaphorical
(adj.) Expressing in terms normally denoting another.
Ex. METAPHORICAL description of falling stock prices as “bear” market has more to do with certain selling practices than with the desire of investors ot hibernate until things look better.
Paraphrase
(v.) To restate text giving the same meaning in different words/concisely summarizing.
Pedantic
(adj.) Overly concerned with details or formalities; pretentious in one’s learning.
Ex. It is important for a wedding planner to be PEDANTIC; attention to detail is crucial for a successful wedding.
Prologue
(n.) An introduction to a written or spoken work
Rehash
(v.) To rework old material into a new form.
Ex. JohnPizzarelli REHASED some of Frank’s work and created a CD of jazz songs.
Retract
(v.) To withdraw a statement, opinion or promise.
Ex. While in a rush, Kelly blurted out and “I love…” but quickly RETRACTED her words to say she loves “sailboats.”
Terse
(adj.) Concise; brief; curt.
The turf was BRIEFly hot.
Transcribe
(v.) To make a written copy of; to translate into another language.
Agenda
A list, outline, or plan of things to be considered or done.
Ex. Since time was tight, the chairman insisted that the group only discuss matters on the agenda.
