Week 1 Flashcards
audience
a group of listeners or admirers, or the action/condition of listening
from “audio”
14c - act or state of hearing, action or condition of listenting
14c - formal hearing or reception
15c - assembly of listeners
clarity
quality of being clear; transparent, blemish-free, easily understood, etc.
from “clarus” clear
c1300 - brightness, radiance; glory, splendor. Of sounds: clearness. Figuatively: fame, renown.
connotation
implication or signification
from “com” + “notare” = with, together + to make a note
15c - a concommitant symptom
- a secondary signification
didactic
intended to teach, convey instruction (pompous)
from “didaktos” taught
1650s - fitted or intened for instruction
essay
effort, attempt (init tenative); a literary composition; to test
from “exagium” to weigh
1590s - trial, attempt, endeavor
- short, discursive literary composition
etymology
history of linguistic form
from “etymon” origin of a word
14c - facts or the origin and development of a word
classical: ref to meenaings
lateer: histories
formal
characterized by, belonging to, or according with a certain rigidity, form, and/or ceremony
from “forma” a form, figure, shape
14c - pertaining to form or arrangment
15c - in due or proper form
informal
marked by abscence of formality; ordinary, casual, familiar
from “in-“ + formal
15c - lacking form; not in accordance with rules of formal logic
c1600 - irregular, unofficial
c1828 - done without ceremon
purpose
object or end to be attained
from “pro-“ + “forth” [variant] to put forth
c1300 - intention, aim, goal
synthesis
the composition of parts to form a whole; production of such; thesis + antithesis
from “synthesis” collection, suit of clothes, composition
1610s - deeductive reasoning
1733 - combining separate thoughts or conceptions into whole
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