Vocabulary 2 Flashcards
quid pro quo
Courts decide what is necessary to rule that the agreement was a quid pro quo.
A favor granted with expectations of gaining something in return
archaic
There was a sort of charm in the archaic dictionary entries.
Old / old fashioned
ramifications
The ramifications of the army’s actions came back to bite them.
Consequences of an action that are unwelcome
prose
The writer was known for hating prose and loving poetry.
Language in its ordinary form without any kind of timing or metric
schadenfreude
If you have schadenfreude then you are probably a bad person.
the experience of taking pleasure in others’ pain
connote
The words used in the courtroom were not fair game because they connoted a temporary change when the change was clearly permanent.
to imply a feeling behind a word or a phrase
anachronistic
The paintings in the film were a mistake and were anachronistic.
belonging to a different time than the setting
loan word
The often-used word “naive” is actually a loan word from French.
a word assimilated into a language from another language
vis-a-vis
The reporters wrote an article looking at the American Godzilla vis-a-vis the Japanese Godzilla.
with regard to
ad hominem
The ad hominem in the debate was uncalled for and left a scar on the boy for the rest of the evening.
an attack in an argument directed at the person instead of the argument
aesthetic
The procession obviously had a true reason behind it, but the reason presented to the public was merely aesthetic.
having to do with beauty
etymology
Etymology proves that words on social media that aren’t considered real words right now will at some point be assimilated into our dictionaries.
the study of words and their origins
via
He traveled from France to Italy via Switzerland.
Traveling through a place to a destination
ergo
The man had a scar on his right ankle, ergo he was the main villain from the beginning of the movie.
therefore but fancy
ubiquity
The ubiquity of cell phones makes us incredible dependent on them.
appearing everywhere / being incredibly common
unique
The threat was unique; he had not seen anything like it before.
the only one of its kind
ellipsis
The ellipsis is very useful for making sentences end dramatically…
the three dots at the end of a sentence to taper it off
perfunctory
The homework was perfunctory and was very poorly done.
carried out with minimum effort
