Vocabulary Review Flashcards

A collection of vocabulary flashcards containing terms and their definitions from the lecture notes.

delineate

To describe in detail.

devolve

To hand off to someone else, delegate.

denude

To strip bare, remove any trace of.

descend

To move downward.

delimit

To mark the boundaries of.

decipher

To figure out, discern.

debunk

To disprove.

defenestrate

To throw someone out of a window (typically used in jest).

decadent

Inclined to disreputable and immoral behavior.

detritus

Refuse.

denouement

The falling action after the climax, typically in novels and movies.

enormity

Wickedness.

ineluctable

Unavoidable.

evocative

Causing one to have a vivid recollection of something.

enunciate

To pronounce very clearly.

elocution

The proper way of speaking and pronouncing.

emolument

Payment given for work done.

endorse

To support publicly.

engorge

To fill with another fluid so that it becomes swollen.

enclave

A small area within a larger area.

encompass

To include or surround entirely.

unencumbered

Not weighed down by obligations.

enthrall

To hold spellbound.

encomium

Speech that highly praises.

envisage

To imagine.

entice

To tempt.

enjoin

To urge someone to do something.

entourage

A group that accompanies a celebrity or very important person.

ensue

To follow, in terms of events or actions.

encroach

To move in on so as to threaten.

ensconce

To hide.