Vocabulary 20-40 Flashcards
Moderation
Avoiding excess or extremes
Sentiments
Emotion of attitude or attitude
Preferment
Promotion of dignity
Ridicule
Making fun of someone
Venerable
Commanding respect, from great age
Dispositions
A person’s mood or attitude about life
Parliamentary
Relating to the parliament, to make laws
Exertions
Physical action, putting in effort
Vex
Irritate, provoke, annoy
Obtruding
To block or close up an obstacle
Solitude
Being alone, emphasized feeling alone
Alliance
An agreement between two groups
Casuistry
Revolving a specific duty
Logos
The logic a writer uses in his writing
Claim
A way to present your personal opinion or state the writers main ideas
Enthrallment
A claim
Shame
It is a disappointment or not satisfactory
Wry
Finding a bad or difficult situation, slightly funny
Asyndeton
Device to eliminate conjunctions, between phrases and sentences
Protrude
To stick out from or through something