Vocab - Feminine Gospels

Question 1

Allusion / alludes to

Answer 1

An indirect reference to something that originates from outside the text (or something from earlier in the text)
- frequently used to reference cultural works (bible story, Greek myth)

e.g.

Question 2

Sentient

Answer 2

Able to perceive or feel things

e.g. By using Anorexia as a proper noun and thus treating it as a sentient being

Question 3

aberration

Answer 3

deviation from what is normal, expected, or usual

e.g. Harkins was to be regarded as an aberration among American military leaders …

Question 4

Antithesis

Question 5

amalgamate

Answer 5

merge/unite to form one thing

Question 6

seamless

Answer 6

smooth & continuous with no apparent gaps or spaces between one part & the next

Question 7

Adverbs:

Answer 7

• Potentially
• Seemingly
• Considerably
• Likely
• Possibly
• Deliberately
• Intentionally
• respectively
• initially
• profoundly
• purposely
• seamlessly

Question 8

foregrounded

Answer 8

make smth important

Question 9

remoteness

Answer 9

lack of connection/relationship with smth

Question 10

ephemeral

Answer 10

lasting for a brief time

Question 11

transgression

Answer 11

crossing boundaries and expectations