english vocab 2 Flashcards
(18 cards)
Connote
(Hostility used to Connote racial prejudice, but no longer.)
Imply or suggest in addition to the literal or primary meaning.
Ramifications
(A poor rating on the index can have significant Ramifications for countries.)
Consequence of an action or event, especially when complex or unwelcome.
Anachronistic
(Some of you will doubtless declare the latter is totally Anachronistic.)
Belonging to a period other than that being portrayed.
Archaic
(She had no idea how Archaic the Commons was until she got there.)
Very old or old-fashioned.
Loan Word
(Aferim is a Turkish Loan Word Romanians use for “bravo”, but with a slight sarcastic edge.)
Words that are borrowed from other languages.
Vis-a-Vis
(My friend and I stood Vis-a-vis in the crowded bus.)
In relation to, with regard to.
Quid Pro Quo
(The girl did not request a quid pro quo.)
A favor or advantage granted or expected in return for something.
Schadenfreude
(It gives me no Schadenfreude to say, it looks like the latter.)
Pleasure derived by someone from another person’s misfortune.
Ad hominem
(She knows how to debate ideas without engaging in argument ad hominem.)
An argument or reaction directed against a person rather than the position they are maintaining.
Aesthetic
(He has such a particularly structured Aesthetic; it’s all about exactitude.)
Concerned with beauty or the appreciation of beauty.
Prose
(He is not stylist, and yet the raw power of his narrative trumps the sometimes excruciating clunk of his Prose.)
Written or spoken language in its ordinary form, without metrical structure.
Etymology
(Give him a word, and he would burrow joyously into its Etymology.)
The history of a word or phrase shown by tracing its development and relationships.
Via
(they came to Europe Via Turkey.)
By way of; through
Ergo
(The air quality is high, Ergo, I will not be going outside.)
Therefore
Ubiquitous
(Cowboy hats are Ubiquitous among the male singers.)
Present, appearing, or found everywhere.
Unique
(The style of architecture is Unique to Spain.)
Being the only one of its kind; unlike anything else.
Ellipsis
(She wasn’t sure about the Ellipsis: “Now I’m totally second-guessing myself.”)
The omission of one or more words that are obviously understood but that must be supplied to make a construction grammatically complete.
Perfunctory
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(of an action or gesture) carried out with a minimum of effort or reflection.
