| Term | Definition |
|---|
| re | again |
| obit | death |
| pathetic fallacy | ascribing feelings to things |
| vid | look |
| malapropism | ludicrous misuse of a word |
| altercation | heated dispute |
| lykos | wolf |
| monism | doctrine that reality is one |
| circumambient | surrounding |
| transmogrify | change form |
| objurgation | rebuke |
| dichotomy | two-part division |
| ism | system |
| synoptic | general in view |
| assiduous | persevering |
| bon vivant | indulger in luxury |
| funi | cord |
| apo | up |
| syllogism | three-part deduction |
| metonymy | association name |
| anaphora | repetition in successive phrases |
| locus classicus | classical example |
| in | in |
| sta | stand |
| sarco | flesh |
| ana | up |
| magn | great |
| stoicism | indifference to sensation |
| ignominious | disgraceful |
| expository | explanatory |
| exegesis | critical interpretation |
| emissary | messenger |
| mir | wonder |
| expedite | hasten |
| patronize | condescend to |
| inter alia | among other things |
| malediction | a curse |
| fic | make |
| contiguous | touching |
| biogenesis | theory of life from life |
| superannuated | obsolete |
| recondite | abstruse |
| obloquy | verbal abuse |
| abrogate | annul |
| acronym | initials-name |
| diatribe | abusive speech |
| eschatology | theology of last things |
| ine | nature of |
| fac | to do |
| costermonger | vegetable vendor |
| superego | unconscious conscience |
| expostulate | to earnestly object |
| lacustrine | of lakes |
| euphemism | pleasant name |
| dissonant | inharmonious |
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