Week 1-3 Flashcards
ascetic
a person with incredible self-dicipline and the ability to deprive themself
crass
coarse, crude, and unrefined
Enjoin
to direct or order; to prescribe a course of action in an authoritative way; to prohibit
Interloper
one who moves in where he or she is not wanted or has no right to be; an intruder
licentious
immoral; unrestrained by society
importunity
describes a plea that is so demanding and insistent that it becomes annoying
vacillate
to be undecided about something
nefarious
wicked, depraved, devoid of moral standards
torrid
scorching, ardent, passionate, hurried
flamboyant
elaborately or excessively ornamented; marked by ostentation but often tasteless
Draught
a current of air(usually coming into a chimney or room or vehicle)
fatuity
a ludicrous folly
undulating
to move in a wavelike pattern
affront
an action or comment that causes offense
mortality
the state of being subject to death
callous
being hardened or thickened; feeling no emotion
ennui
a feeling of weariness or boredom
nuance
a subtle distinction or quality
austere
of a stern or strict demanding; practicing great self-denial; severely simple
perspective
the narrator’s point of view on the events, characters, and world of a story.
verisimilitude
a concept that determines the level of truth in a story
linear
chronological
nonlinear
not chronological
In media res
starts in the middle of the action
flashback
memories from the past
epistolary
documents
framed narrative
a story within a story
setting
the time and place where a story takes place
narrator
the voice that tells a story in literature
