| Term | Definition |
|---|
| DOUGHTY | BRAVE; VALIANT |
| DOTING | EXCESSIVELY FOND |
| DORMANT | AS IS ASLEEP |
| DIVULGE | TO MAKE KNOWN |
| DISARRAY | DISORDER CONFUSION ;INCOMPLETE OR DISORDERLY ATTIRE |
| DINT | A BLOW; A STROKE |
| DILETTANTE | AN ADMIRER OF THE FINE ARTS; A DABBLER |
| DILAPIDATED | FALLING TO PIECES OR INTO DISREPAIR |
| DIFFIDENCE | LACK OF SELF CONFIDENCE; DISTRUST |
| DEXTEROUS | HAVING OR SHOWING SKILL OF HANDS, BODY OR MIND |
| DESULTORY | WITHOUT ORDER OR NATURAL CONNECTION |
| DESPOTISM | TYRANNY;ABSOLUTE POWER OR INFLUENCE |
| DESPOIL | TO STRIP; TO ROB |
| DESCANT | TO COMMENT AT LENGTH ON A THEME |
| DEPREDATION | A PLUNDERING OR LAYING WASTE |
| DEPOSITION | A REMOVAL FROM POSITION OR POWER; TESTIMONY |
| DELUSION | ACT OR PROCESS OF DECEPTION |
| DELIQUESCE | TO MELT AWAY |
| DEFUNCT | NO LONGER LIVING OR EXISTING |
| DECRY | TO DENOUNCE OR CONDEMN OPENLY |
| DECIDUOUS | FALLING OFF AT A PARTICULAR SEASON OR STAGE OF GROWTH |
| DECADENCE | A DECLINE IN FORCE OR QUALITY; MORAL DECAY |
| DEBONAIR | HAVING AN AFFABLE MANNER; SUAVE; URBANE |
| DAUNTLESS | FEARLESS; NOT DISCOURAGED |
| DALLY | TO DELAY TO PUT OFF |
| CURSORY | HASTY;SLIGHT |
| CRASS | GROSS;THICK;COARSE |
| COY | MODEST; BASHFUL;PRETENDING SHYNESS TO ATTRACT |
| COVENANT | A BINDING AND SOLEMN AGREEMENT |
| COPIOUS | ABUNDANT; IN GREAT QUANTITIES |
| CONTUSION | A BRUISE AN INJURY WHERE THE SKIN IN NOT BROKEN |
| CONTRAVENE | TO GO AGAINST; TO OPPOSE |
| CONSORT | A COMPANION; TO BE IN HARMONY OR AGREEMENT |
| CONNIVANCE | PASSIVE COOPERATION |
| CONCLAVE | ANY PRIVATE MEETING OR CLOSED ASSEMBLY |
| COMPORT | TO AGREE; TO ACCORD |
| COLLUSION | SECRET AGREEMENT FOR A FRAUDULENT OR ILLEGAL PURPOSE |
| COHORT | A GROUP; A BAND |
| COGENT | URGENT COMPELLING;CONVINCING |
| CLANDESTINE | SECRET;PRIVATE ;HIDDEN |
| CIRCUMVENT | TO GO AROUND |
| CHOLERIC | EASILY IRRITATED; ANGRY |
| CHASTE | VIRTUOUS; FREE FROM OBSCENITY |
| CHAFFING | BANTER; TEASING |
| CHAFE | TO RAGE; TO FRET |
| CESSATION | A CEASING; A STOP |
| CELIBATE | UNMARRIED; SINGLE; CHASTE |
| CAVIL | TO FIND FAULT WITHOUT GOOD REASON |
| CATHARSIS | PURGATION |
| CATACLYSM | AN OVERFLOWING OF WATER; AN EXTRAORDINARY CHANGE |
| CASTIGATE | TO CHASTISE |
| CARTE BLANCHE | UNLIMITED POWER TO DECIDE |
| CARNAGE | SLAUGHTER |
| CAPTIOUS | DISPOSED TO FIND FAULT |
| CANDID | OPEN; FRANK; HONEST |
| CANARD | A FALSE STATEMENT OR RUMOR |
| CALUMNY | SLANDER |
| CALLOW | IMMATURE |
| CALIBER | THE DIAMETER OF A BULLET OT SHELL; QUALITY |
| CADAVER | A DEAD BODY |
| BURLESQUE | TO IMITATE COMICALLY |
| BUCOLIC | PASTORAL |
| BROACH | TO PIERCE; IN INTRODUCE INTO CONVERSATION |
| BRINDLED | STREAKED OR SPOTTED WITH A DARKER COLOR |
| BOORISH | RUDE; ILL MANNERED |
| BODE | TO FORESHADOW SOMETHING |
| BLIGHTED | DESTROYED; FRUSTRATED |
| BETROTH | TO PROMISE OR PLEDGE IN MARRIAGE |
| BESTIAL | HAVING THE QUALITIES OF A BEAST |
| BESMIRCH | TO SOIL OR DISCOLOR |
| BELLICOSE | WARLIKE; DISPOSED TO QUARREL OR FIGHT |
| BEHOLDEN | OBLIGED; INDEBTED |
| BATTEN | TO GROW FAT; TO THRIVE |
| AVARICE | INORDINATE DESIRE TO GAINING AND POSSESSING WEALTH |
| ATTENUATE | TO MAKE THIN OR SLENDER; TO LESSEN OR WEAKEN |
| ASSAY | THE DETERMINATION OF ANY QUANTITY OF METAL IN AN ORE OR ALLOY |
| ASKANCE | SIDEWAYS; WITH SUSPICION |
| ARTIFICE | SKILL; INGENUITY; CRAFT; DECEPTION; TRICKERY |
| ARROGATE | TO CLAIM OR DEMAND UNDULY |
| APOCALYPTIC | PERTAINING TO REVELATION OR PROPHECY |
| ANNIHILATE | TO REDUCE TO NOTHING |
| ANACHRONISM | REPRESENTATION OF SOMETHING EXISTING AT OTHER THAT ITS PROPER TIME |
| ADJURE | TO RENOUNCE UPON OATH |
| ABDICATE | TO REJECT DENOUNCE OR ABANDON |
| ALLEGORY | SYMBOLIC NARRATION OR DESCRIPTION |
| ALCHEMY | ANY IMAGINARY POWER OF TRANSMITTING ONE THING INTO ANOTHER |
| ACRIMONY | SHARPNESS |
| ACERBITY | HARSHNESS OR BITTERNESS |
| ABYSMAL | BOTTOMLESS;EXTRAORDINARILY BAD |
| ABSTEMIOUS | SPARING INDICT; SPARINGLY USED |
| ABSCOND | TO GO AWAY HASTILY OR SECRETLY OFTEN WITH THE INTENTION TO HIDE; TO AVOID CAPTURE BY AUTHORITIES |
| ABNEGATION | A DENIAL |
| FRACTIOUS | REBELLIOUS; APT TO QUARREL |
| ADDLE | CONFUSED |
| AGRARIAN | RELATING TO LAND AND THE EQUAL DIVISION OF LAND |
| ADULTERATE | TO CORRUPT, DEBASE OR MAKE IMPURE |
| ADULATION | PRAISE IN EXCESS |
| ADJURE | TO ENTREAT EARNESTLY AND SOLEMNLY |
| DREGS | WASTE OR WORTHLESS MANNER |
| ECCLESIASTIC | PERTAINING OR RELATING TO CHURCH |
| ACRONYM | A WORD MADE UP OF THE FIRST LETTERS OF OTHER WORDS IT DESCRIBES |
| ADJECTIVE | A WORD THAT SERVES AS A MODIFIER OF A NOUN TO DENOTE A QUALITY OF THE THING NAMED, the word class that qualifies nouns |
| ADVERB | A WORD SERVING AS A MODIFIER OF A VERB, AN ADJECTIVE, ANOTHER ADVERB. A PREPOSITION ETC, the word class that qualifies verbs or clauses |
| ALLITERATION | REPETITION OF THE SAME SOUND BEGINNING SEVERAL WORDS IN SEQUENCE , use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse, use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse |
| ANAGRAM | A WORD THAT IS FORMED WHEN THE LETTERS OF A WORD OR PHRASE ARE REARRANGED |
| ARTICLE | ONE OF A SMALL SET OF WORDS AFFIXES (A ,AN, AND THE )USED WITH NOUNS TO LIMIT OR GIVE DEFINITENESS TO APPLICATION. ENGLSIH HAS AN INDEFINITE ARTICLE (A, AN) AND DEFINITE ARTICLE(THE), one of a class of artifacts |
| CONJUNCTION | A WORD THAT JOINS TOGETHER SENTENCES, CLAUSES , PHRASES, OR WORDS.THERE ARE TWO KINDS OF CONJUNCTIONS: COORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS( SUCH AS ,AND, OR) AND SU, something that joins or connects |
| CONSONANCE | the repetition of consonants (or consonant patterns) especially at the ends of words |
| DIAERESIS | a diacritical mark (two dots) placed over a vowel in German to indicate a change in sound |
| DIPHTHONG | a vowel sound that starts near the articulatory position for one vowel and moves toward the position for another |
| HYPERBOLE | extravagant exaggeration |
| INTRANSITIVE VERB | a verb (or verb construction) that does not take an object |
| IRONY | EXPRESSION OF SOMETHING WHICH CONTRAST TO INTEND MEANING; THE WORDS SAY ONE THING BUT MEAN ANOTHER |
| METAPHOR | a figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not literally denote in order to suggest a similarity |
| NOUN | a word that can serve as the subject or object of a verb |
| ONOMATOPOEIA | USE OF WORDS TO IMITATE NATURAL SOUNDS; ACCOMMODATION OF SOUND TO SENSE. EXAMPLES HISS, WHACK.HUM,COUGH, SCRATCH |
| OXYMORON | conjoining contradictory terms (as in 'deafening silence'), conjoining contradictory terms (as in 'deafening silence') |
| PALINDROME | a word or phrase that reads the same backward as forward |
| PLURAL | the form of a word that is used to denote more than one |
| PARADOX | (logic) a self-contradiction |
| PLURAL | the form of a word that is used to denote more than one |
| PARADOX | (logic) a self-contradiction |
| PERSON | a human being, a human being |
| PORTMANTEAU | a new word formed by joining two others and combining their meanings |
| POSSESSIVE | serving to express or indicate possession |
| PREDICATE | (logic) what is predicated of the subject of a proposition |
| PREPOSITION | a function word that combines with a noun or pronoun or noun phrase to form a prepositional phrase that can have an adverbial or adjectival relation to some other word |
| PROPOSITIONAL PHRASE | A PHRASE THAT STARTS WITH A PREPOSITION |
| PRONOUN | a function word that is used in place of a noun or noun phrase |
| SIMILE | a figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds (usually formed with 'like' or 'as') |
| SUBJECT | the subject matter of a conversation or discussion |
| SUPERLATIVE | the highest level or degree attainable, an exaggerated expression (usually of praise) |
| TAUTOLOGY | useless repetition |
| TRANSITIVE VERB | a verb (or verb construction) that requires an object in order to be grammatical |
| VERB | a content word that denotes an action or a state |
| ALOLOGY | study ofalgae |
| ANTHROPOLOGY | the social science that studies the origins and social relationships of human beings |
| APIOLOGY | study of bees |
| ARCHEOLOGY | the branch of anthropology that studies prehistoric people and their cultures |
| BACTERIOLOGY | the branch of medical science that studies bacteria in relation to disease |
| BIOLOGY | the science that studies living organisms |
| CARTOLOGY | study of maps and map-making |
| CETOLOGY | study of whales |
| CONCHOLOGY | the collection and study of mollusc shells |
| COSMOLOGY | the branch of astrophysics that studies the origin and evolution and structure of the universe |
| CRYPTOLOGY | the science of analyzing and deciphering codes and ciphers and cryptograms |
| CYTOLOGY | the branch of biology that studies the structure and function of cells |
| DEONTOLOGY | the theory or study of moral obligation |
| ENOLOGY | the art of wine making |
| ENTOMOLOGY | the branch of zoology that studies insects |
| ESCHATOLOGY | the branch of theology that is concerned with such final things as death and judgment |
| ESCHATOLOGY | the branch of theology that is concerned with such final things as death and judgment |
| ETHOLOGY | the branch of zoology that studies the behavior of animals in their natural habitats |
| ETIOLOGY | the cause of a disease PHENOMENA |
| ETYMOLOGY | a history of a word |
| GEOLOGY | a science that deals with the history of the earth as recorded in rocks |
| GERONTOLOGY | the branch of medical science that deals with diseases and problems specific to old people |
| GRAPHOLOGY | study of handwriting |
| HAGIOLOGY | saints and revered persons |
| HERPETOLOGY | the branch of zoology concerned with reptiles and amphibians |
| HIPPOLOGY | the study of horses |
| HISTOLOGY | the branch of biology that studies the microscopic structure of animal or plant tissues |
| HOROLOGY | science of time measurement |
| HYDROLOGY | the branch of geology that studies water on the earth and in the atmosphere: its distribution and uses and conservation |
| ICHTHYOLOGY | the branch of zoology that studies fishes |
| KINESIOLOGY | the branch of physiology that studies the mechanics and anatomy in relation to human movement |
| LIMNOLOGY | the scientific study of bodies of fresh water for their biological and physical and geological properties |
| MAMMALOGY | the branch of zoology that studies mammals |
| METEROLOGY | study of weather |
| MORPHOLOGY | the branch of biology that deals with the structure of animals and plants |
| MYCOLOGY | the branch of botany that studies fungi and fungus-caused diseases |
| MYRMECOLOGY | Study of ants |
| ONCOLOGY | the branch of medicine concerned with the study and treatment of tumors |
| NUMISMATOLOGY | the collection and study of money (and coins in particular) |
| ONTOLOGY | the metaphysical study of the nature of being and existence |
| OPHIOLOGY | study of snakes |
| OPTHALMOLOGY | study and treatment of the eye |
| OTOLOGY | the branch of medicine concerned with the ear |
| PALEONTOLOGY | the earth science that studies fossil organisms and related remains |
| PATHOLOGY | the branch of medical science that studies the causes and nature and effects of diseases |
| PEDOLOGY | The study of soil: its formation, usage, classification, etc. |
| PETROLOGY | the branch of geology that studies rocks: their origin and formation and composition |
| PHILOLOGY | the humanistic study of language and literature |
| PHYSIOLOGY | the branch of the biological sciences dealing with the functioning of organisms |
| PYROLOGY | study of fire |
| SEISMOLOGY | the branch of geology that studies earthquakes |
| TELEOLOGY | the explanation of phenomena by the purpose they serve rather than by postulated causes. • Theology: the doctrine of design and purpose in the material world. |
| THANATOLOGY | the branch of science that studies death (especially its social and psychological aspects) |
| VIROLOGY | the branch of medical science that studies viruses and viral diseases |
| VULCANOLOGY | the branch of geology that studies volcanoes |
| ZOOLOGY | the branch of biology that studies animals |
| A POSTERIORI | involving reasoning from facts or particulars to general principals or from effects to causes |
| A PRIORI | involving deductive reasoning from a general principle to a necessary effect |
| AD HOC | for or concerned with one specific purpose |
| ALTER EGO | second self |
| AMICUS CURIAE | an adviser to the court on some matter of law who is not a party to the case, an adviser to the court on some matter of law who is not a party to the case |
| BEAU GESTE | a fine or noble gesture |
| BETE NOIRE | a detested person |
| BON MOT | a clever remark |
| CARPE DIEM | seize the day, make the most of life |
| CAUSES BELI | PRETEXT FOR WAR |
| CAVEAT EMPTOR | let the buyer beware |
| CARTE BLANCHE | full discretionary power, freedom to use judgement |
| CORPUS DELICTI | BODY OF A CRIME; SUBSTANTIAL FACT NECESSARY TO PROVE THE COMMISSION OF A CRIME |
| DE FACTO | existing in fact whether with lawful authority or not |
| DE JURE | by right |
| DEUS EX MACHINA | any active agent who appears unexpectedly to solve and insoluble difficulty |
| DIES IRAE | the first words of a medieval Latin hymn describing the Last Judgment (literally 'day of wrath') |
| DOLCE VITA | A luxurious, self-indulgent way of life |
| ECCE HOMO | behold the man |
| EX CATHEDRA | BY VIRTUE OF ONE OFFICE |
| EX PARTE | FROM A PARTISAN POINT OF VIEW |
| EX POST FACTO | affecting things past AFTER THE FACT RETROACTIVELY |
| FAIT ACCOMPLI | an accomplished and presumably irreversible deed or fact. |
| FAUX PAS | a social blunder |
| HOI POLLOI | the common people generally |
| IDEE FIXE | a fixed idea; an obsession |
| IN CAMERA | kept private or confined to those intimately concerned |
| IN EXTREMIS | near death |
| IN LOCO PARENTIS | in place of the parents |
| IN VINO VERITAS | in wine there is truth |
| IPSO FACTO | by the fact itself |
| JOIE DE VIVRE | joy of living |
| MEA CULPA | an acknowledgment of your error or guilt |
| MEMENTO MORI | A REMINDER THAT YOU MUST DIE |
| MODUS OPERANDI | the mode of operation |
| MOT JUSTE | the appropriate word or expression |
| NOLO CONTENDERE | (law) an answer of 'no contest' by a defendant who does not admit guilt but that subjects him to conviction |
| NON SEQUITOR | an inference that does not follow from the facts as stated |
| NOTA BENE | a Latin phrase (or its abbreviation) used to indicate that special attention should be paid to something |
| PERSONA NON GRATA | a person who for some reason is not wanted or welcome |
| PRIMA FACIE | ON THE FACE OF IT |
| PRO BONO | done for the public good without compensation; literally, FOR GOOD |
| PRO FORMA | DONE AS A MATTER OF FORM; PERFUNCTORY |
| QUID PRO QUO | n. an equal exchange or substitution |
| QUO VADIS | where are you going? |
| RARA AVIS | rare bird |
| SANGFROID | SELF-POSSESSION OR EQUANIMITY, ESPECIALLY UNDER STRAIN LITERALLY, COLD BLOOD |
| SHADENFREUDE | Enjoyment of another person's misfortune. |
| SIC TRANSIT GLORIA MUNDI | thus passes the glory of the world |
| SINE QUA NON | SOMETHING INDISPENSABLE; LITERALLY, WITHOUT WHICH NO |
| SUI GENERA | one of a kind |
| TABULA RASA | blank slate, John Locke's concept of the mind as a blank sheet ultimately bombarded by sense impressions that, aided by human reasoning, formulate ideas. |
| TOUT LE MONDE | ALL THE WORLD; EVERYONE OF IMPORTANCE |
| VENI, VIDI, VICI | I came, I saw, I conquered |
| VOX POPULI | the voice of the people |
| WELTANSCHAUUNG | a comprehensive view of the world and human life |
| WELTSCHMERZ | sadness on thinking about the evils of the world |
| ALLEGORY | WRITTEN PIECE IN WHICH IDEAS OR MORALS ARE REPRESENTED BY INDIVIDUAL CHARACTERS OR THINGS |
| ALLUSION | A REFERANCE WITHIN AN ARTISTIC WORK TO ANOTHER ARTISTIC |
| ANTAGONIST | The character, force or collection of forces that opposes the protagonist and gives rise to the conflict of the story. |
| BALLAD | Any popular narrative poem, often with epic subject and usually in lyric form. |
| BEAT MOVEMENT | group of American writers who came to prominence in the late 1950s and early 1960s cultural phenomena |
| BLANK VERSE | un- rhymed verse (usually in iambic pentameter) |
| CANTO | A SUBDIVISION OF AN EPIC POEM |
| CLASSICISM | a movement in literature and art that derived its models from the ancient Greeks and Romans |
| CLIMAX | The highpoint of interest or suspense in a novel, story, or play. |
| COUPLET | Two consecutive rhyming lines of poetry. |
| DENOUEMENT | an outcome or solution; the unraveling of a plot |
| ELEGY | A POEM OF REMEMBRANCE |
| EXISTENTIALISM | FRENCH PHILOSOPHICAL IDEA THAT ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THE INDIVIDUAL LIVE IN AN DIFFERENT WORLD AND MUST TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR ONE'S OWN CHOICES (SARTRE, CAMUS) |
| FABLE | AN ALLEGORICAL STORY OFTEN EMPLOYING ANIMALS AS CHARACTER(AESOP) |
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