Vocab words Flashcards
(24 cards)
CONNOTATE
When you fold your arms and look away from someone as they speaks to you, you are connoting your discomfort.
it makes you think of a feeling or an idea that is more than its basic meaning
CONNOTATIONS
She is feeling blue connotating emotion of how shes feeling
something suggested by a word or thing.
RAMIFICATIONS
One can only imagine what legal ramifications there may be to such a finding
a related or derived subject, problem, etc.; outgrowth; consequence; implication
ANACHRONISTIC
she is rebelling against the anachronistic morality of her parents
anything that blatantly clashes with the time in which it is seen.
ANACHRONISM
it would be an anachronism to talk of Queen Victoria watching television
a thing belonging or appropriate to a period other than that in which it exists, especially a thing that is conspicuously old-fashioned.
ARCHAIC
He cringed at his own use of such an archaic word
very old or old-fashioned.
LOAN WORD
vis-a-vis is a loan word
a word adopted from a foreign language with little or no modification.
VIS- A- VIS
I need to speak to my teacher vis-a -vis about my work
a face-to-face meeting
QUID PRO QUO
These negotiations always take place on a quid pro quo basis.
a favor or advantage granted or expected in return for something.
SCHADENFREUDE
With that in mind, I present to you Great Moments in Sports Schadenfreude
pleasure derived by someone from another person’s misfortune.
AD HOMINEM
She knows how to debate ideas without engaging in argument ad hominem
of an argument or reaction) directed against a person rather than the position they are maintaining.
AESTHETIC
Her background on her phone was very aesthetic
concerned with beauty or the appreciation of beauty.
PROSE
Her surroundings come alive in prose that lives and breathes upon the page.
written or spoken language in its ordinary form, without metrical structure.
ETYMOLOGY
At college she developed an interest in etymology
the study of the origin of words and the way in which their meanings have changed throughout history.
ETYMON
The old French vairon signifies anything of two colours, and may possibly be the etymo;n of vaire
a word or morpheme from which a later word is derived.
VIA
you can contact me via email
traveling through (a place) en route to a destination
ERGO
she was the sole beneficiary of the will, ergo the prime suspect
therefore
UBIQUITOUS
mobile phones have become ubiquitous
present, appearing, or found everywhere.
UBIQUITY
the ubiquity of mobile phones means you don’t really need a watch
the fact of appearing everywhere or of being very common.
UNIQUE
this discovery was unique in history
being the only one of its kind; unlike anything else.
UNICITY
unicity of truth
the fact of being or consisting of one, or of being united as a whole.
ellipsis
I’m not sure… maybe we should wait and see.
If an ellipsis is placed at the beginning or in the middle of a sentence, it means something has been removed, or it represents a silence or pause, as if the speaker trailed off
PERFUNCTORY
She gave a perfunctory nod
(of an action or gesture) carried out with a minimum of effort or reflection.
