Reading...
Play button
Play button
Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
25 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
|
crux
|
the basic or essential feature of something
|
|
|
appellation
|
a name or title that distinguishes or identifies
|
|
|
diphthong
|
a speech sound that consists of either two vowels or a vowel and a semivowel (such as y) contained in a single syllable
|
|
|
eponym
|
a person for whom something is or is thought to be names
|
|
|
linguistics
|
the study of human speech esspecially it components structure and nature and how it changes
|
|
|
patois
|
a dialect other than the standard dialect of a languageespecially a regional or uneducated form of speech
|
|
|
neologism
|
a newly made-up word phrase or expression
|
|
|
parlance
|
a particular manner or kind of speech
|
|
|
polyglot
|
consisting of many groups speaking different languages
|
|
|
solecism
|
the ungrammatical usage of a word or construction of a sentence
|
|
|
vulgar
|
spoken by or using the language soken by common people rather than literary cultures or learned people
|
|
|
amulet
|
an object worn to bring luck or to protect against evil or injury
|
|
|
capricious
|
characterized by or subject to sudden unpredictable changes
|
|
|
fatalism
|
the belief that all events are dtermined in advance by fate and cannot be changed by human means
|
|
|
incantation
|
a set of words spoken as a magic charm or to casst a magic spell
|
|
|
propitious
|
presenting favorable circumstances providential
|
|
|
continuity
|
the condition of being without a stop or interruption
|
|
|
initiate
|
to begin; originate; cause to begin
|
|
|
converge
|
to approach teh same point from different directions; meet
|
|
|
pivotal
|
central or crucial to something; very important
|
|
|
sequel
|
something that follows; continuation
|
|
|
subordinate
|
one subject to the authority of another
|
|
|
tangential
|
only superficially relevant or related
|
|
|
terminate
|
to bring to an end; conclude
|
|
|
ultimate
|
last; coming at the end
|
