Vocabulary List 2 Flashcards
connote, connotation
He made a CONNOTATION to the business pitch.
imply or suggest (an idea or feeling) in addition to the literal or primary meaning.
ramifications
His decisions last night had some RAMIFICATIONS this morning.
a consequence of an action or event, especially when complex or unwelcome.
anachronistic, anachronism
My parents are extremely ANACHRONISTIC towards the world today.
belonging to a period other than that being portrayed.
archaic
My grandma is very ARCHAIC.
very old or old-fashioned.
loan word
She says Hola now instead of hello.
words adopted by the speakers of one language from a different language
vis-a-vis
He needed to get a job, but he could only get it if he was VIS-A-VIS with an employee there.
in relation to; with regard to.
quid pro quo
If she did all her work she would get a QUID PRO QUO and get extra credit.
a favor or advantage granted or expected in return for something.
schadenfreude
He thrives on SCHADENFREUDE.
pleasure derived by someone from another person’s misfortune.
ad hominem (attack) [logic]
She was an AD HOMINEM towards her co workers beliefs.
attacking the person
aesthetic
Her background on her phone was super AESTHETIC
concerned with beauty or the appreciation of beauty.
prose
His book had to follow the PROSE.
any written work that follows a basic grammatical structure
etymology, etymon
They had to find the ETYMOLOGY of the word truth
late 16th century (denoting the original form of a word): via Latin from Greek etumon ‘true thing’ (see etymology).
via
He sent me his birthday invite VIA text.
traveling through (a place) en route to a destination.
by way of; through.
by means of.
ergo
He lost ERGO he now has to be suspended.
therefore.
ubiquitous, ubiquity
Waldo is not a very UBIQUITOUS person.
present, appearing, or found everywhere
unique, unicity
Their lifestyles were very UNIQUE.
being the only one of its kind; unlike anything else.
ellipsis
it is very rare for an ELLIPSIS to occur without a linguistic antecedent.
the omission from speech or writing of a word or words that are superfluous or able to be understood from contextual clues
