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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| obsequious | servilely following |
| pathetic fallacy | ascribing feelings to things |
| mutatis mutandis | with necessary changes |
| sedate | calm |
| retort | swift reply |
| phyte | plant |
| portly | stout |
| neophyte | beginner |
| hierarchy | ranking |
| vide | see |
| ven | come |
| heterodox | unorthodox |
| putative | thought to be |
| contravene | go against |
| soliloquy | speech to oneself |
| declaim | speak rhetorically |
| lykos | wolf |
| autodidact | self-taught person |
| lycanthrope | werewolf |
| introspective | inward looking |
| sesqui | one and a half |
| dicho | in two parts |
| delineate | to outline |
| saturnine | gloomy and remote |
| sedentary | sitting |
| loco | place |
| funi | cord |
| metonymy | association name |
| locus classicus | classical example |
| funambulist | tightrope walker |
| idée fixe | obsession |
| schism | division |
| phys | nature |
| hedon | pleasure |
| patrician | aristocratic |
| sententious | full of maxims |
| sanction | authorize |
| colloquy | conversation |
| analects | selected writings |
| diction | word choice |
| emissary | messenger |
| graph | write |
| expedite | hasten |
| expatiate | to elaborate |
| mellifluous | honeyed |
| patronize | condescend to |
| inter alia | among other things |
| par | equal |
| fic | make |
| malefic | causing harm |
| contiguous | touching |
| metempsychosis | transmigration of souls |
| biogenesis | theory of life from life |
| equilibrist | tightrope walker |
| discursive | rambling |
| cise | cut |
| solipsism | doctrine: only self exists |
| ineluctable | not escapable |
| recondite | abstruse |
| obloquy | verbal abuse |
| incisive | sharp |
| mis | hatred |
| tauto | same |
| tautology | needless repetition |
| opprobrium | disgrace |
| misogynist | hater of women |
| morphology | study of form |
| fac | to do |
| drome | run |
| malfeasance | public misconduct |
| costermonger | vegetable vendor |
| gynecocracy | government of women |
| lacustrine | of lakes |
| pungent | sharp |
| megalomania | delusions of greatness |
| euphemism | pleasant name |
| execrate | denounce or curse |
| peri | near |
| para | beside |
| truculent | fiercely savage |
| ineffable | inexpressible |
| contretemps | embarrassing mishap |
| pharisaism | hypocrisy |
| remunerate | repay |
| interpolate | insert |
| effulgence | shining out |
| immolate | sacrifice |
| effusion | outpouring |
| invective | bitter denunciation |
| subjacent | underlying |
| fulg | shine or flash |
| subjugate | bring under the yoke |
| pro | before |
| Terms | 93 |
| Creator | pwexler |
| Created | January 13, 2009 |
| Groups | None |
| Subjects | None |
| Access | Anyone |
| Edit | Creator Only |