Vocab Sheet 2 Flashcards
One who or that which precedes or goes before as in time place rank order or causality
Antecedent
A collection of extracts from the writings of various artists
Anthology
A gradual or sudden decrease in the importance or impressiveness of what is said
Anticlimax
One who collects and examines old things, as coins, book, medals, weapons etc.
Antiquary
The inversion of terms in successive classes as in “the home of joy” and “the joy go home”
Antistrophe
Hole
Aperture
Climax
Apogee
Deification
Apotheosis
Capable of being appealed to
Appellate
Of or pertaining to a tree or trees
Arboreal
A prototype
Archetype
Intensity of passion or affection
Ardor
Something overdue and unpaid
Arrear
Given to severe self-denial and practicing excessive abstinence and devotion
Ascetic
The chemical analysis or testing of an alloy ore
Assay
To cause to be less harsh, violent, or severe, as excitement, appetite, pain, or disease
Assuage
To certify as accurate, genuine, or true
Attest
To predict
Augur
Any one who claims or wields unrestricted authority or influence
Autocrat
Any living being whose actions are or appear to be involuntary or mechanical
Automaton
Passion for getting and keeping riches
Avarice
To assert as a fact
Aver
Malignant
Baleful
Commonplace
Banal
A narrow strip of wood
Batten
To make supremely happy
Beatify
Madhouse
Bedlam
Warlike
Bellicose
To give by will
Bequeath
The passion for collecting books
Bibliomania
