vocab set 2 Flashcards
apocalyptic
resembling the end of the world
arbitrary
determined by random chance
cataclysmic
severely destructive
catatonic
of or in an immobile or unresponsive stupor
clandestine
kept secret or done secretively
egregious
outrageously bad
ghastly
causing great horror or fear
moribund
being on the point of death
inexorable
impossible to stop or prevent
plight
a dangerous, difficult, or otherwise unfortunate situation
pall
a figurative covering associated with despair
surreal
having an oddly dream-like quality
ubiquitous
present, appearing or found everywhere
incorrigible
incapable of being reformed
verisimilitude
the appearance of being true or real
insidious
proceeding in a gradual, subtle way, but with harmful effects
disillusionment
freed from false beliefs and illusions
automaton
a person who acts in a mechanical or apathetic way
resilience
an occurrence of rebounding or bouncing back
emancipate
to set free, especially from social, legal, or political restrictions
enjambement
a line of poetry that continues into the next line without a stop or pause
epigraph
a quotation at the beginning of a text that introduces the larger themes of the text
existentialism
a 20th-century philosophy that says that people are completely free and responsible for what they make of themselves.
homoioptoton
repetition of word endings within a line
litote
an understatement for emphasis that is the negative opposite of what it means
