Vocab 3 Flashcards
Connoisseur
(N)
A person with special knowledge or appreciation in a field, especially in the arts.
Cognizant
(Adj)
Aware, fully informed
Polyglot
(N)
A person able to speak or write several languages.
A book containing texts in several languages.
Circumscribe
(V)
To draw a line around, to enclose within borders, to restrict
Transcribe
To make a written copy of
Braggadocio
(N)
A boasting person, bragger, cocky manner.
Literature
The personification of vainglory in The Faerie Queene by Edmund Spenser(1552-1599)
Gargantuan
(Adj)
Gigantic, enormous
Literature
The giant hero of Gargantuan and of Pantagrue by Francois Rabelais.
Chimerical
(Adj)
Unreal, imaginary, visionary
Greek mythology
A fire-breathing monster unusually represented as a composite of a lion, goat, and serpent.