Vocab

Question 1

Ontological

Answer 1

(1) Relating to the branch of metaphysics regarding the nature of being

(2) Showing the relations between concepts from two different subject matters / domains

Syn: Transcendental

Greek; means essentially “the study or theory of being or that which is.” Yet, historically the first known written use of the word comes from the Latin ontologia in the early 17th century.

Question 2

Impetus

Answer 2

The force that makes something happen or happen more quickly.

Syn: catalyst

Mid 17th century: from Latin; ‘assault, force’, from impetere ‘assail’, from in- ‘towards’ + petere ‘seek’.

Question 3

Discursive

Answer 3

(1) Digressing from subject to subject
- of a style of speech or writing) fluent and expansive rather than formulaic or abbreviated.

(2) Relating to discourse

Opp: Concise

Late 16th century: from medieval Latin discursivus, from Latin discurs-, literally ‘gone hastily to and fro’, from the verb discurrere

Question 4

Dichotomy

Answer 4

(1) The separation or contrast between two things that are considered opposites.

Syn: Chasm

Question 5

Amelioration

Answer 5

Noun; the act of making something better

Syn: Improvement

Latin adjective meaning “better”

Question 6

Indemnity

Answer 6

Security or protection against a loss or other financial burden

Question 7

Banal

Answer 7

adjective; so lacking in originality as to be obvious and boring.

mid 18th century (originally relating to feudal service in the sense ‘compulsory’, hence ‘common to all’): from French, from ban ‘a proclamation or call to arms’; ultimately of Germanic origin

Question 8

Corpus

Answer 8

Noun; a collection of written texts, especially the entire works of a particular author or a body of writing on a particular subject.

late Middle English (denoting a human or animal body): from Latin, literally ‘body’. corpus (sense 1) dates from the early 18th century.

Question 9

Empirical

Answer 9

Adjective; based on, concerned with, or verifiable by observation or experience rather than theory or pure logic.

Derived from Latin empīricus, itself from Greek empeirikós, meaning “based on observation (of medical treatment), experienced.” The root of the Greek word (-peiros) is a derivative of peîra, meaning “attempt, trial, test.”

Question 10

Hegemony

Question 11

Pecuniary

Question 12

Prodigal