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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Sensuous | attractive or gratify physically, affecting the senses rather than the intellect |
| Allegiance | loyalty/obligation of loyalty to a nation/cause |
| Benediction | an utterance of good wishes |
| Ardent | warmth of feeling; passionate |
| Equanimity | the quality of being calm or even-tempered |
| Manifest | to display or show a quality or feeling by one's acts or appearance |
| Epic | a long poem, typically derived from oral tradition, narrating the deeds and adventures of heroic or legendary figures of history |
| Setting | time and place of a story |
| Portentous | pompous or over solemn |
| Heretics | a person holding an opinion at odds with what is generally accepted |
| Alderman | an elected member of a municipal council |
| Invocation | the act of calling upon someone for help as in god or a deity |
| Impute | to represent something as being done, cause or possessed by someone |
| Lucid | showing ability to think and express yourself clearly |
| Avaricious | greedy |
| Illusion | a false idea or belief, a deceptive appearance |
| Courtesan | a prostitute who associates with a nobleman or a man of wealth |
| Mundane | lacking interest or excitement, dull |
| Immutable | unchanging over time or unable to be changed |
| Mood | feeling that a work of literature evokes |
| Profaners | those who show disrespect |
| Transgression | the action of going beyond or overstepping some boundary or limit |
| Esteem | respect and admiration, typically for a person |
| Benefice | an endowed Church office yielding an income to its holder |
| Envious | jealous |
| Discourse | written or spoken communication |
| Asceticism | self denial, extreme abstinence |
| Folly | a lack of good sense or understanding, mistake |
| Exalted | raised or elevated as in rank/character |
| Attain | to succeed in achieving something that one desires or works hard for, to reach |
| Diffuse | to spread or cause to spread over a wide area or among a large number of people |
| Primordial | having been here since the beginning |
| Theme | the subject of a person's writing that conveys their thoughts |
| Pernicious | Evil |
| Posterity | all future generations |
| Obscured | keeping from being seen, concealed |
| Purged | cleansed |
| Enmity | the state or feeling of being actively opposed or hostile to someone or something |
| Countenance | facial expression |
| Imperturbable | incapable of being upset or agitated |
| Doctrine | a principle, position or policy taught or advocated |
| Gait | way of walking |
| Impartial | unbiased, neutral |
| Pervades | spread through and be apparent throughout |
| Tone | the writer's attitude toward the material or readers |
| Augmenting | making something greater by adding to it, increasing |
| Languish | feeling feeble or weak |
| Boisterous | noisy, energetic, cheerful, rowdy |
| Loathed | hated, despised |
| Instigate | provoke or stir up |
| Chide | to scold |
| Rancor | bitterness or resentfulness |
| Lamentable | deplorably bad or unsatisfactory |
| Poultice | a soft, moist mass of material, typically a plant material or flour, applied to the body to relieve soreness and inflammation |
| Drudge | a person made to do dull work |
| Simile | comparison using like or as |
| Consort | to associate with someone, typically with the disapproval of someone |
| Mantle | a sleeveless garment like a cloak but shorter |
| Tedious | too long, slow or dull, monotonous |
| Beseech | to beg |
| Metaphor | comparison not using like or as |
| Predominant | present as the strongest or main power |
| Indolent | having or showing disposition |
| Insatiable | unable to be pleased or satisfied |
| Irrefutable | cannot be disproved |
| Jackal | person who performs dishonest deeds with a follower |
| Obtain | to come into possession of |
| Orator | public speaker |
| Palliative | something that alleviates |
| Pilgrimage | a journey made to some sacred place as an act of religious devotion |
| Prudent | wise or practical in practical affaits |
| Ravaged | to work havoc upon |
| Reproach | to find fault with or blame |
| Squander | to spend or use time/$ wastefully |
| Tenacious | keeping a firm hold |
| Transitory | not permanent |
| Unkempt | uncared for, neglected |
| Venerable | commanding respect b/c of great age or impressive strength |
| Vitality | exuberant physical strength or mental vigor |
| Vocation | particular occupation |
| Inundation | flood |
| Prorogue | discontinue a session without dissolving it |
| Arbitrating | reach an authoritative judgment or settlement |
| Orisons | prayers |
| Culled | select from a large quantity |
| Solace | comfort or consolation a time of distress or sadness |
| Dirges | a lament for the dead |
| Presage | warning that something bad will happen |
| Penury | extreme poverty |
| Impeach | charge with misconduct |
| Nirvana | Buddhists seek this, through enlightenment one can relieve his or herself of the pain and suffering existing in the present world |
| Four Noble Truths and The Eightfold Path | 2 things Buddha preaches |
| Buddha | the enlightened one, the awakened one, Siddhartha Guatama, founder of Buddhism |
| Brahman | supreme spirit of the world in the Hindu religion |
| Brahma | god, creator of the world in Hinduism |
| Brahmin | member of the highest Hindu caste |
| Brahmana | refers to a sacred set of Hindu writings |
| Vedas | set of hymns that formed the cornerstone of Aryan culture, believe to be the most sacred of all literature because they were said to be revealed directly by the gods |
| Vishnu | preserver of the universe |
| Shiva | destroyer of the universe |
| Atman | w/i all humans, individual soul containing the essence of Brahman |
| Samsara | bound to this until moksha is experienced, never ending cycle of death, birth and rebirth, aka wheel of life aka reincarnation |
| Karma | when one's experiences are shaped through past thoughts and actions |
| Moksha | aka nirvana, attainment of one's connection with the all-might Brahman |
| Maya | one's illusion of the soul being separate from the totality |
| Absurdism | passive philosophy, life is meaningless but not worthless, branch of existentialism |
| Surrealism | style of art and writing that uses unexpected juxtapositions to portray a message or theme in a twisted way |
| Existentialism | active philosophy, life is meaningless and humans will ultimately die in the end, but there is a human need to do things that please us b/c it's worth it |
| Allegory | lit device, extended metaphor that portrays a larger message through a piece of writing |
| Kafkaesque | combination of modernism, surrealism and existentialism, in "The Metamorphosis" |
| Modernism | style of writing that moves away from the emotions of Romanticism and is similar to realism in that it focuses on everyday life, facts and the growth of society |
| Romanticism | rejection of enlightenment ideals and questions facts and observations, focuses on nature, emotions and beauty of live, aka Sturm and Drag Movement |
| Magical Realism | magical elements are blended into a realistic atmosphere in order to access a deeper understanding of reality |
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