Words Flashcards
Perspicacious
pərspiˈkāSHəs/Submit
adjective
having a ready insight into and understanding of things.
“it offers quite a few facts to the perspicacious reporter”
synonyms: discerning, shrewd, perceptive, astute, penetrating, observant, percipient, sharp-witted, sharp, smart, alert, clear-sighted, farsighted, acute, clever, canny, intelligent, insightful, wise, sage, sensitive, intuitive, understanding, aware, discriminating; More
Griot
/grēˈō,ˈgrēō/
noun
noun: griot; plural noun: griots
a member of a class of traveling poets, musicians, and storytellers who maintain a tradition of oral history in parts of West Africa.
Haulm
Stock
Roseate
Adj. Rose-colored; optimistic
Ensorcel
Verb. Enchant, fascinate
Voe
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Rout
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Wapiti
Elk?
Notturno
Piano piece?
Poetize
Also poetise
Astasia
Inability to Maintain station (stand up) unassisted.
Abasia
Lack of motor coordination in walking.
Ideate
Verb. Form ideas; think; imagine; conceive.
Godded
Supreme being
Ragouted
Verb. Stewed.
Picaro
Noun. Rogue; Bohemian.
Hypos
ˈhīpō/
nounPHOTOGRAPHY
plural noun: hypos
the chemical sodium thiosulphate (formerly called hyposulphite) used as a photographic fixer
Syph
Noun. “The Syph” (syphilis)
Hyps
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Rebuts
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Fubs
? Plump child.
Grama
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Baa
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Amorini
noun
(plural) -retti (-ˈrɛtɪ) -rini (-ˈriːnɪ)
(esp in painting) a small chubby naked boy (a putto) representing a cupid.
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morion
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imine
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dormin
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rami
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gentil
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loth
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nog
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gelt
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uncia
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frags
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quale
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akee
also ac·kee (k, -k)
n.
1. A tropical western African evergreen tree (Blighia sapida) having leathery red and yellow fruits. It is naturalized and cultivated in the tropics and in Florida.
2. The edible, fleshy, ripe aril of this tree, especially popular as a food in Jamaica. The seeds and unripe arils are poisonous.
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keet
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whaup
chiefly Scottish
: a European curlew (Numenius arquata)
curlew
cur·lew/ˈkərˌlo͞o,ˈkərlˌyo͞o/
noun
a large wading bird of the sandpiper family, with a long down-curved bill, brown streaked plumage, and frequently a distinctive ascending two-note call.
spathe
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septa
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Peripeteia
Peripeteia /ˌpɛrəpɨˈtaɪ.ə/ (Greek: περιπέτεια) is a reversal of circumstances, or turning point. The term is primarily used with reference to works of literature. The English form of peripeteia is peripety.
Aristotle defines it as “a change by which the action veers round to its opposite, subject always to our rule of probability or necessity.” According to Aristotle, peripeteia, along with discovery, is the most effective when it comes to drama, particularly in a tragedy. Aristotle wrote “The finest form of Discovery is one attended by Peripeteia, like that which goes with the Discovery in Oedipus…”
Peripety
The English form of peripeteia. Peripeteia /ˌpɛrəpɨˈtaɪ.ə/ (Greek: περιπέτεια) is a reversal of circumstances, or turning point. The term is primarily used with reference to works of literature.
Anagnorisis
Anagnorisis (/ˌænəɡˈnɒrɨsɨs/; Ancient Greek: ἀναγνώρισις) is a moment in a play or other work when a character makes a critical discovery. Anagnorisis originally meant recognition in its Greek context, not only of a person but also of what that person stood for. Anagnorisis was the hero’s sudden awareness of a real situation, the realisation of things as they stood, and finally, the hero’s insight into a relationship with an often antagonistic character in Aristotelian tragedy.
Aristotle defined anagnorisis as “a change from ignorance to knowledge, producing love or hate between the persons destined by the poet for good or bad fortune.”
