Senior Vocab #1

Humanities

Allegory

Noun - a representation of an abstract or spiritual meaning through concrete or material forms                                                                                   

Expository

Adj - a type of writing that is used to explain, describe, and give information and uses evidence, details, and facts to support the topic

Astronomic

Adj - inconceivably large      

Impromptu

Adj - made or done without previous preparation.                   

Catharsis

Noun - the purging of the emotions or relieving of emotional tensions, especially through certain kinds of art, as tragedy or music.

Interdisciplinary

Adj - combining or involving two or more academic disciplines or fields of study

Immutable

Adj - unchangeable

Socratic

Adj - of or relating to Socrates or his philosophy

Siddhartha

Noun - an epithet of Buddha meaning “he who has attained his goal.”

Prose

Noun - the ordinary form of spoken or written language, without metrical structure, as distinguished from poetry or verse.

Existential

Adj - of or relating to existence.

Catalyst

Noun - something that causes activity between two or more persons or forces without itself being affected

Colloquia

Noun - an academic conference or seminar.

Mode

Noun - a way or manner in which something occurs or is experienced, expressed, or done

Nietzsche

Noun - Friedrich Wilhelm 1844–1900, German philosopher