Vocabulary Flashcards
_________ can refer to a newspaper format, a style of journalism, a drug, or a documentary
Tabloid
Define capacious
having a lot of space inside; roomy.
Define dunce
Means idiot
Define Lobotomy
a surgical operation involving incision into the prefrontal lobe of the brain, formerly used to treat mental illness.
Define colloquially
adverb:
colloquially
in the language of ordinary or familiar conversation; informally.
“the storms hit several states along a corridor colloquially referred to as “tornado alley””
Define empirically
adverb:
empirically
by means of observation or experience rather than theory or pure logic.
“empirically tested methods”
Define mne·mon·ic
a device such as a pattern of letters, ideas, or associations that assists in remembering something,
for example Richard Of York Gave Battle In Vain for the colors of the spectrum (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet).
Define irreconcilable
(of ideas, facts, or statements)
representing findings or points of view that are so different from each other that they cannot be made compatible.
“these two views of the early medieval economy are irreconcilable”
Define orthodox
(of a person or their views, especially religious or political ones, or other beliefs or practices)
conforming to what is generally or traditionally accepted as right or true; established and approved.
“orthodox medical treatment”
Define allegory
a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one.
“Pilgrim’s Progress is an allegory of the spiritual journey”
Define perilous
full of danger or risk.
“a perilous journey south”
Define maxim
noun
a short, pithy statement expressing a general truth or rule of conduct.
“the maxim that actions speak louder than words”
Define pithy
adjective
1.
(of language or style) concise and forcefully expressive.
2.
(of a fruit or plant) containing much pith.
What is the definition of zeitgeist?
The defining spirit or mood of a particular period of history as shown by the ideas and beliefs of the time.
Example: “the story captured the zeitgeist of the late 1960s”
