Hamlit vocab. list 1-6

olfactory

Adj: sense of smell

gustatory

Adj: taste

tactile

Adj: touch

zeugma

Noun: comparing two different things that don't go together. ex) going out with him drained my brain and pocketbook

cumulative sentence

A sentence where main indp clause is elaborated by the successive addition of modifying clauses or phrases

benna

Genre of music from Antigua/Barbuda -spreading scandalous rumors/gossip

periodic sentence

Main idea is stated at end, leads up to main thoughts -made od semicolon

hectoring

Adj: talk in a bullying way

enjambment

Noun: when a sentence continues without stopping over a line/stanza

confederacy

Noun: league/alliance ex) Iroquois Confederacy

jeremiad

Noun: long, mournful complaint -style of writing that laments a decline while celebrating the possibility of an ideal

trickster tales

stories with a cultural character(usually animals) -sends a message/warning

removes

Narratives written over time ex) Mary Rowland's Removes while held captive(journal writings)

recompense

Verb: make amends to someone for loss/hurt suffered, compensation

succourless

Noun: with out assistance or aid

hortatory

Adj: Tending or aiming to exhort, to encourage.

false dilemma

a speaker presents two extremes options as the only possible choices

Post hoc ergo propter hoc

when someone assumes and the correlation does not equal causation

Ad hominem

use of personal attacks rather than logic

bandwagon

assumes something is right because everyone else agrees with it

circular reasoning

repetition of a person's argument before getting a new conclusion

false authority

when a celebrity uses their fame to show they are qualified to speak on a topic

hasty generalization

not enough evidence to support a conclusion

red herring fallacy

when a speaker skips to a new/irrelevant topic to avoid a topic of discussion

straw man fallacy

when a speaker chooses a deliberately poor or oversimplified example in order to ridicule and refute an opponent's viewpoint

faulty analogy

inaccurate comparisons between objects or concepts

Her economic plan is impressive, but remember: this is a woman who spent six weeks in the Betty Ford Center getting treatment for alcoholism.

Ad hominem

Since Mayor Perry has been in office, our city has had a balanced budget; if he were governor, the state budget would be balanced.

Post hoc ergo propter hoc

If we outlaw guns, only outlaws will have guns.

false dilemma

What's the problem? All my friends have a curfew of midnight!

bandwagon

A person who is honest will not steal, so my client, an honest person, clearly is not guilty of theft.

circular reasoning

He was last year's MVP, and he drives a Volvo. That must be a great car.

false authority

A national study of grades 6-8 showed that test scores went down last year and absenteeism was high; this generation is going to the dogs.

hasty generalization

inoculation

The act of immunizing someone against a disease

prodigious

Causing amazement; extraordinary in size or degree.

preternatural

Outside what is normal or natural.

languishing

the failure to be successful or thrive (feeble; weak)

efficacy

Being able to produce what was wanted

spectral

of or like a ghost

sundry

multiple/various kinds, several

brimstone

burning; fiery torments of hell

crucible

A situation of severe trial. Vessel in which elements are heated for a reaction.

unconvenanted

not bound by agreement or in a covenant

backslider

relapse into bad ways or error

conversion

changing or causing someone to change religiously

profusion

a large quantity of something

itinerant (preacher)

traveling from place to place

revival

A reawakening of religious fervor

reproach

disapproval

fractiousness

Annoyed, displeased

pungent

strong scent

peremptorily

Abruptly, suddenly, urgently.

intimation

hint or nod to

pastoral

idlic, in the countryside

rakish

Disreputable but in-style.

immoderately

Excessively.

hauteur

Disdainful pride

deft

quick, sharp, skillful

prodigality

Over extravagance

impetuously

Passionately, without thought or care

ascertained

to make sure of

vinous

relating to wine (drunk on wine)

caterwauling

screeching, shrill sound

crescendo

gradually louder; maximum intensity

aphorism

Noun: observation that contains a general truth "If it ain't broke, don't fix it"

polymath

Noun: person with wide-range of knowledge

quintessential

Adj: representing perfect or typical example of something

temperance

Noun: Moderation and self restraint, especially with alcohol

frugality

Noun: quality of being careful with money and food, thriftiness

enigmatic

Adj: difficult to interpret or understand; mysterious

benighted

Adj: surrounded and preyed upon by darkness

sable

Noun: dark brown or black

encomium

Noun: writing to praise someone

panegyric

Noun: A public speech praising someone

refulgent

Adj: shining brightly

refluent

Adj: flowing back, ebbing

ensign

Noun: A flag

alacrity

Noun: brisk or cheerful readiness, eagerness

rectitude

Noun: morally correct behavior/thinking, righteousness

virago

Noun: violent, bad-tempered woman

subterfuge

deceit used to achieve one's goal

cardinal

Fundamental

punctilious

Showing great attention to detail or correct behavior.

modish

fashionable

Somnambulatory

To walk when asleep

denizen

an occupant; inhabitant of a particular place

nebulous

In the form of a cloud or haze, hazy.

laudable

deserving praise

insidious

proceeding in a gradual, subtle way, but with harmful effects

meretricious

attractive but having in reality no value

ineffable

too great to be expressed in words

ingratiate

to gain another's favor by flattery or false friendliness

libertine

a man who leads an immoral life, without moral principles

prig

self-righteous, prude

redolent

Strongly reminiscent, of a sweet smell

transitory

Temporary

epistolary

A literary work in the form of letters

in lieu of

instead of

dissipated

scattered or dispersed

quiver

to tremble or shake