| Term | Definition |
|---|
| affable | friendly outgoing approachable genial convivial |
| dictatorial | tyrannical, autocratic, autoritarian |
| diction | wording phrasing word choice |
| dictum | pronouncement, assertion, declaration |
| ditty | song, jingle |
| edict | decree, proclamation |
| gloss | explanation annotation/ to conceal or falsify |
| indict | to accuse, blame, charge |
| indite | to write to compose to pen |
| ineffable | inexpressable, indescribable, unutterable |
| interdiction | prohibition, ban, proscription |
| jurisdiction | area of authority, bailiwick |
| malediction | curse, denouncement, condemnation |
| polyglot | person who speaks several languages, linguist |
| valediction | farewell, parting, leavetaking |
| Acclamation | applause, approval, approbation, commendation |
| Clamor | outcry, roar, shout, brouhaha |
| declaim | holdforth, spout, proclaim, orate |
| Forensic | rhetorical, juristic, formal debate |
| forum | meeting, meeting place, open discussionm |
| lingo | jargon, slang, vernacular, lexicon |
| lingua franca | pidgin, common language, diplomatgic language, creole |
| linguist | polyglot, student of language |
| circumlocution | indirectness, discursiveness, verbosity, prolixity, wordiness |
| colloquium | lecture group, seminar, round tables |
| locution | phrasing, verbalization, term phraseollogy |
| loquacious | talkative, chatty, gossipy |
| proverbial | aximatic, repeated, well known |
| verbatim | word for word, literal, precise |
| verbose | wordy, prolix, redundent |
| apogee | zenith, apex, pinnacle, smmit, vertex, peak |
| Exhume | unearth, dig up, disinter |
| geocentric | earth centered |
| humus | loam, earth, compost, soil |
| Inter | entomb, bury, cover up, lay to rest |
| Mountebank | con man, charlatan, swindler, scammer |
| paramount | principal, primary, chief, important, vital |
| pastoral | rural, bucolic, rustic, countrified, agarian |
| Promontory | headland, ridge, prominence |
| perigee | know this word for sentences |
| repast | meal, feast, buffet, spread |
| Rustic | rural, country, unsophisticated, countrified |
| Rusticate | countrify |
| terra cotta | clay, reddish brown, pottery |
| Terrestrial | earthly, mundane, earthbound, land dwelling |
| Caustic | sarcastic, scathing, vitriolic, corrosive |
| Cauterize | to burn, to sterilize, purify |
| conflagration | blaze, holocaust, inferno, wildfire |
| effervescent | sparkling, bubbling, bubbly, lively |
| fervid | ardent, feverish, passionate |
| flagrant | conspicuous, evident, blatant |
| flamboyant | ostentatious, showy, flashy |
| Incendiary | inflammable, combustable, provocative |
| Incendiary | arsonist, agitator |
| incense | to infuriate, to enrage, to inflame |
| inflammatory | inflammable, provocative, combustible |
| pyre | combustible pile |
| pyrotechnics | fireworks, virtuosity in perfromance |
| scintilla | bit, iota, jot, particle |
| scintillate | to shimmer, to shine, to sparkle, to twinkle, to be brilliant |
| pyromania | obsessed with fire |
| confluence | convergence, joining together, flowing together |
| effluent | stream, flow, discharge, flowing, streaming |
| flux | fluctuation, change, instability, fluidity |
| dehydrate | to dry out, dehumidify |
| hydrology | water science |
| cormorant | sea bird, glutton, greedy person |
| marinade | seasoned liquid or sauce |
| nauseate | to sicken, to disgust, to repulse |
| nave | central part of church |
| pontiff | pope, bishop |
| pontificate | to orate, to admonish, to speak pompously, to dogmatize |
| undulate | to swell, to billow, to surge |
| redound | to reverberate, to echo, to resound |
| redundant | superfluous, repitious, extraneous |
| inundate | to engulf, to submerge, to flood, to overflow, to overwhelm |
| insubordinate | noncompliant, disobedient |
| inordinate | immoderate, excessive, uncontrolled, extravagant |
| ordain | to decree, to commision, to charge, to consecrate |
| ordinance | rule, regulation, law, command |
| apostle | teacher, leader, master, mentor,disciple, follower, recruit |
| stolid | detached, impassive, unresponsive, unemotional, apathetic |
| epistolary | in letter form |
| rectify | to set right, to correct, to remedy, to repair |
| rectitude | uprightness, virtuousness, correctness |
| constellation | group of star, brilliant gathering |
| stellar | starry, celestial, remarkable, amazing, outstanding, exceptional |
| astral | star like, starry, celestial |
| cosmology | study of the universe |
| cosmopolite | urbanite, citizen of the world |
| asterisk | star shaped symbol |
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