Vocabulary Quiz 3 Flashcards
morpheme, ex: “Dog”, incoming has three morphemes, “in”, “come”, “ing”.
A morpheme is the smallest unit of language that contains a meaning, it is a word or a part of a word that has meaning, and it cannot be divided into smaller meaningful parts.
ad hoc, ex: Our boss established an ad hoc group to fix the documentations.
means “for this” or “for this situation”, it can be used when describing something that has been established for an immediate purpose, with no prior planning.
sine qua non, ex: wheels are the sine qua non for cars.
A condition which is absolutely necessary, something that is essential. Since Qua non can be translated as “without which, not”.
obfuscate, ex: The teacher obfuscated the instructions
Something that is unclear, to obfuscate something is to make something less clear and more difficult to understand.
castigate, ex: The customer castigated the chef for his cooking.
To castigate is to criticize someone severely, it is to scold someone harshly.
boilerplate, ex: The student asked the teacher for boilerplate language for writing an essay.
Boilerplate means language which is standardized, something that had been pre-made.
allude, allusion, ex: The story alluded that the protagonist was actually evil.
Something that hints as something else, such as a reference that is indirectly given.
conceit (of a film, novel, plot), ex: the conceit of the book I just read was that the protagonist was trying to get revenge for his friend.
Conceit means the artistic device or message, such as converting an artistic effect through something.
reification, reify, ex: He decided to reify his love for his favorite movie by putting up posters of the film on his wall.
To take something that is non-literal or abstract and making it literal, and making it a concrete, material thing.
elucidate, ex: His friends helped eludicate the movie to him.
To make something clear, or to explain something.
canon, canonical, ex: His essay was considered canon because of how well it was constructed.
A canonical text that is considered good, making it accepted as “good”.
de facto, ex:
De facto means as a matter of fact, something that describes what is really happening.
Highbrow, ex: A mathematician is typically a highbrow person.
Lowbrow, ex: Some comedians require a lowbrow persona.
Lowbrow means something that doesn’t require or provide intellectual stimulation, while highbrow is the opposite, something that provides intellectual stimulation.
trepidation
It is the feeling of fear, anxiety, or apprehension, while the opposite “intrepid” means to be fearless or unintimidated.
internalize, ex: He internalized the beliefs of his peers.
To bring something from the outside in, such as accepting an belief or idea.
