Lecture Vocabulary Review

A complete set of 42 vocabulary terms and definitions extracted from the provided lecture transcript pages.

Mellifluous

Sweetly flowing or sounding

Levity

Lack of seriousness; jolly or joking manner

Alleviate

To make less painful or dangerous

Relapse

A falling back into an old illness or bad habit

Cede

To surrender

Elapse

To slip away; go by

Concession

Something given up or yielded

Affluent

Wealthy and privileged; well-to-do

Superfluous

Additional to what is necessary; extra

Leaven

To make less heavy or serious

Collapse

Complete failure and ruin

Recede

To move back or away from

Inconsequential

having no effect or importance

Regress

to go back to a less mature or less positive state

Consecutive

following in order

Digress

to move away from the topic at hand; ramble

Incur

to bring about

Recurrent

happening repeatedly

Execution

the way something is done

Preamble

a passage or speech which introduces another, longer passage or speech

Amble

to casually walk; stroll

Enjoin

to command; to urge

Injunction

an order which legally prevents something

Rejoinder

an answer; reply

Impartial

having no bias or favor

Impart

to give away; share

Inclusive

containing all; not keeping any out

Inconclusive

providing no clear answer or solution

Preclude

prevent from happening

Partisan

believing and acting on the ideas of political party or group

Precise

accurate; definite

Indecisive

unable to make choices

Incision

a cut made in order to get something inside

Metamorphosis

change in form; transformation

Metaphorical

symbolic rather than literal

Inalienable

not able to be taken or given away

Alienate

To make hostile

Alternate

to go back and forth; change from thing to another

Altercation

a fight or dispute

Simulate

to mimic; imitate

Dissemble

to conceal the truth; to deceive

Semblance

Rough likeness