Chapters 11 and 12 Flashcards
transgress
To go beyond or over set limits; to break a rule.
transitive
Describing an action carried from subject to verb to object; needing a direct object to complete the meaning of the verb.
transitory
Lasting for only a short while.
translucent
Permitting light to pass through, but not transparent.
ambience
Environment; the surrounding atmosphere.
obituary
Notice of a death with biographical information.
transient
- Passing quickly; transitory.
2. Staying only a short time.
aberration
Straying away from what is normal or accepted
erratic
Irregular or inconsistent in movement, habit, quality or ideas.
episode
An incident in a person’s life or in a story or play.
exodus
- Mass departure or emigration.
2. The departure of the Israelites from Egypt with their leader Moses. (used as Exodus)
itinerant
adj. Traveling from place to place, especially to perform some duty or work; transient.
n. A person who travels from place to place.
itinerary
- A route of travel.
2. A plan or record of a journey.
advent
- Arrival or coming into being.
2. (Advent) The period beginning four weeks before Christmas; the birth of Christ.
circumvent
- To avoid; to evade by cleverness.
2. To avoid by passing around.