“Cinderella, the Legend” Vocab Flashcards
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Horatio Alger
adjective
Success achieved through self-reliance and hard work.
Example Sentence: In his career he had achieved Horatio Alger.
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mercantile
adjective
Engage in trade and commerce.
Example Sentence: He lived in a mercantile society.
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aspiration
noun
A strong desire to achieve something high or great.
Example Sentence: He has many hopes and aspirations.
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seminal
adjective
Containing or contributing the seeds of later development.
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enmeshed
adjective
Entangled or caught in some situation or trap.
Example Sentence: The student was enmeshed in a conversation with his teacher.
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abasement
noun
The act of lowering in rank, office, prestige, or esteem.
Example Sentence: His abasement was not an unusual thing.
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affiliation
noun
To be connected or associated with.
Example Sentence: He has no affiliation with the Sierra Club.
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menial
adjective
Lowly and sometimes degrading.
Example Sentence: He was forced to do menial work.
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paradigm
noun
An outstandingly clear or typical example.
Example Sentence: There are many paradigms in science.
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sojourn
noun
A temporary stay.
Example sentence: I had a three day sojourn in Paris on my trip through Europe.
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deus ex machina
noun
A character or thing that suddenly enters the story in a novel, play, movie, etc., and solves a problem that had previously seemed impossible to solve.
Example Sentence: Faux the Pheonix is a deus ex machina in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.
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Kierkegaard
A Danish philosopher, theologian, poet, social critic, and religious author who is widely considered to be the first existentialist philosopher.
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Perrault
A French author who laid the foundations for a new literary genre, the fairy tale. Wrote a version of Cinderella.
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domesticity
noun
The quality or state of being related to the household or the family.
Example Sentence: He was tired of being overseas and wanted to return to domesticitiy.
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docility
noun
The quality or state of being easily led or managed.
Example Sentence: He wanted dogs that had been bred for docility.
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hubris
noun
Exaggerated pride or self-confidence.
Example Sentence: The man in the painting seems to have too much hubris.
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icon
noun
A representative symbol.
Example Sentence: Lady Gaga is a pop culture icon.
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virulence
noun
Being extremely harmful.
Example Sentence: The virulence of the epidemic was high.
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Teutonic
noun
Germanic
Example Sentence: He spoke a Teutonic language.
