Vocab List 3 Flashcards
Morpheme
A collection of phonemes having no smaller meaningful parts.
Elucidate
My parents will sometimes elucidate what chores I have to do at home before I can play video games.
Boilerplate
My friend wanted to know more about history so he looked up boilerplate terminology.
Sine Que Non
It is a sine que non for a friend to be honest.
Ad hoc
Our flight was supposed to leave earlier but we had an ad hoc delay.
Obfuscate
Our teacher made the lesson more obfuscated than it needed to be.
Castigate
My mom castigated me for not turning my assignments in on time.
Canon
Most school textbooks are canonical texts.
De facto
One of my classmates became the de facto teacher for the day since they were absent.
Highbrow
The audience needed prior knowledge in order to get the highbrow joke.
Trepidation
Sometimes too many tests in one week can bring me trepidation.
Internalize
It can be good to internalize your emotions sometimes.
Subversive
Some politicians try to subversive each other.
Genesis
The Genesis of my life was birthday.
Reification
Trees are the reification of life in the wilderness.
Conceit
The conceit of the film 500 Days of Summer is that we should live in the moment and not get ahead of ourselves mixed feelings are shown.
