Week 8 - Deck 2

Question 1

incant

Answer 1

v. [with obj.] chant or intone:

“priests were ~ing psalms around her body.”

Question 2

evanesce

Answer 2

v. [no obj.] (literary) pass out of sight, memory, or existence.

Question 3

allegory

Answer 3

n. (pl. allegories) a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one:

“Pilgrim’s Progress is an ~ of the spiritual journey.”

[]a symbol

Question 4

i.e.

Answer 4

abbr. that is to say (used to add explanatory information or to state something in different words):

“A walking boot that is synthetic, i.e., not leather or suede.”

Origin: from Latin “id est” meaning “that is.”

Question 5

evanescent

Answer 5

adj. (chiefly literary) soon passing out of sight, memory, or existence; quickly fading or disappearing:

“a shimmering evanescent bubble.”

Question 6

incantation

Answer 6

n. a series of words said as a magic spell or charm:

“an ~ to raise the dead.”

Question 7

e.g.

Answer 7

abbr. for example.

Origin: from Latin “exempli gratia” meaning “for the sake of an example.”