2021 Nov Flashcards
(29 cards)
Praxis
Practise, as distinguished from theory
Galère
Galley
Informal
Fascicle
A separately published instalment of a series of books
Craquelure
A network of fine cracks in the paint or varnish of a painting
Unctuous
Excessively or ingratiatingly flattering
Oily
Winnow
Separate
To blow a current of air
Assay
Evaluation
Exiguous
Very small in size or amount
Quag
A marshy or boggy place
Trig
To make neat and smart in appearance
He has rigged her and trigged her with paint and spar
Univocal
Having only one possible meaning
Unambiguous
Conation
The mental faculty of purpose, desire or will to perform an action
Volition
Haecceity
Philosophy
That property or quality of a thing by virtue of which it is unique or describable as “this one”
The property of being a unique and individual thing
(“He has a paramount concern with hacceity, the thisness of things”)
Butyraceous
Of or like butter
Percipient
Having a good understanding of things; perceptive; astute
“He is a percipient interpreter of the public mood”
Fillip
Stimulus
Stridulent
Stridulous
Making a shrill, creaking sound
Junket
An extravagant trip or celebration, in particular one enjoyed by a government official at public expense
Aporia
The expression of doubt
An irresolvable internal contradiction or logical disjunction in a text, argument, or theory
e.g., “The celebrated aporia whereby a Cretan declares all Cretans to be “
Tinctorial
Related to dyeing, colouring, or staining properties
Dyeing
Latitudinarian
Allowing latitude in religion
Showing no preference among varying creeds & forms of worship
Overegg
Over-embellish
Exaggerate
Syncretism
The amalgamation or attempted amalgamation of different religions, cultures, or schools of thought
The merging of different inflectional varieties of a word during the development of a language
Anadromous
(Of a fish, such as salmon) migrating up rivers from the sea to spawn
