Unit 3

abominate (v)

abominate (v)

to have intense dislike or hatred

acculturation (n)

the modification of social patterns, traits, or e\structures of one group or society by tontact with another → blending

aventitious (adj)

resulting from chance rather than inherent cause or character; accidental; (medicine) acquired, not congenital

ascribe (v)

to assign or refer to (as cause or source) attribute

chicanery (n)

trickery; deception by artful subterfuge or sophistry (ex: company’s financial chicanery)

circuitious (adj)

rounabout, no direct

commiserate

to sympathize with, have pity or sorrow for, share a feeling a distress

enjoin (v)

to direct or order, to prescive a course of action in an authoritative way, to prohibit

expedite (v)

to make easy, cause to progress faster

expiate (v)

to make amends, atone, make up for; to ward off or avert

fabrication (n)

to make up for the purpose of deception; to invent; to create

inadvertent (adj)

resulting from or marked by lack of attention; unintentional, accidental

ex: her inadvertent error led to a smell misunderstanding

nominal (adj)

existing in name only, not real; too small to beconsidered

noncommittal (adj)

not decisive or definite, unwilling to take a clear position or to say yes or no

proclivity (n)

a natural or habitual inclination or tendency (espically of human character or behavior)

sangfroid (n)

composure or coolness, espiecially in trying circumstances

seditious (adj)

resistant to lawful authority, having the purpose of overthrowing an established government

tenuous (adj)

thin, slender, not dense; lacking clarity or sharpness; of slight importance; lacking a sound basis

vitrioilic (adj)

bitter, sarcastic; highly caustic or biting (like a strong acid)

wheedle (v)

to use coaxing or flattery to gain some desire end

chiasmus

phrases or clauses are parallel in syntax

ex: “ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country” -jfk

clause

gramatical unit; indpenedent or dependent

colloquial / colloquialism

use of slang

ex: im gonna to the store yall”

coherence

principle demanding parts of a composition be arranged so the whole may be clear and intelligible

ex: George Orwell

conceit

a fanciful expression as a extended metaphor or analogy

Ex: edmund spenser

connotation

nonliteral, associative meaninf of the word- may be ideas, emotions, or attitudes

denotation

the strict literal meaning of a word without emotion, attitude, or color

diacope

repeition of a word of phrase after an intervening word or phase

ex: we will do it, i tell you, we will do it, we give thanks to thee o god, we give thankd (psalm 75:1)

diction

related to style, writers word choice

didactic

greek word meaning “teaching”, works aim to teach or instruct, espically for ethical principles