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Chapter 14Chapter 14How To Talk About How To Talk About
Common Common Phenomenon & Phenomenon &
OccurrencesOccurrencesSessions 39-41Sessions 39-41
Session 39 Penury- extreme poverty; destitution
Vicarious- shared in or experienced by imagined participation in another’s experience
Ephemeral- lasting a short time, then vanishing
Euphemisms- use of a word or phrase that is less expressive or direct, but also less offensive
Badinage- playful, teasing talk
Bovine- slow, dull, sluggish; cow-like
Nostalgia- a longing for something of the past
Cacophony- harsh, jarring sounds
Carnivorous- meat-eating
Clandestine- keeping secret or hidden for some illegal purpose
Exercises pg. 407-409
Session 40 Penuria- Latin- need, neediness
Parsimonious- English- stingy, cheap, frugal
Indigence- English- people living in reduced circumstances
Destitution- English- extreme poverty; synonym of penury
Fluo- Latin- to flow
Affluent- English- possessing large amounts of money
Confluence- English- flowing together
Opulentus- Latin- wealthy
Opulent- English- living a lavish and luxurious lifestyle
More Session 40 Ephemera- pg. 411- Greek- the word for a fly that lived
for a day
Vanesco- Latin- to vanish
Evanescent- English- fleeting; staying for a remarkably short time (synonym for ephemeral)
-Esce/-escent- suffix- begin to
Adolescent- English- beginning to become an adult
Evanesce- English- beginning to vanish
Convalesce- English- beginning to get well after an illness
Putrescent- English- beginning to rot
Obsolescent- English- beginning to become obsolete
More Session 40- An exploration of various good things
Eu- Greek- good
Pheme- Greek- voice
Phone- Greek- sound
Euphony- English- good sound; pleasant lilt or rhythm
Logos- Greek- word or speech
Eulogy- English- a speech of praise, usually given at a funeral
Euphoria- English- good feeling; a sense of mental buoyancy and physical well-being
Thanatos- Greek- death
Euthanasia- English- method of painless death inflicted on people suffering from incurable conditions
Still 40-Exploration of modes of expression
Persiflage- English- close synonym of badinage; playful speech that may be a bit mocking
Cliché- English- a pattern of words which was once new and fresh, but is now old and overused pg. 413
Bromide- English- any trite, dull, and fallacious remark that shows little evidence of original thinking
Platys- Greek- broad or flat
Platitude- English- similar to a cliché, but the speaker is trying to pass it off as new and original
Plateau- English- flat land
Odyne- Greek- pain
Anodyne- English- a statement made to make the listener feel better
Exercises- pg. 416-421
Session 41- People are the craziest
animals Bovis- Latin- ox, cow
Leonine- English- like a lion
Canine- English- ???
Feline- English- ???
Porcine- English- pig-like
Vulpine- English- fox-like
Ursine- English- like a bear
Lupine- English- wolf-like
Equine- English- like a horse
Piscine- English- ???
See pg. 422 for the Latin roots
More 41- You can’t go home again
Nostos- Greek- a return
Algos- Greek- pain
Kakos- Greek- bad, harsh, or ugly
Telephone- English- sound from afar
Euphony-English- ???
Phonograph- English- ???
Saxophone- English- ???
Xylone- Greek- wood
Xylophone- English- ???
Phonetics- English- the science of the sounds of language
Phonics- English- a method of teaching reading by drilling letter and syllable sounds
More 41 Carnis- Latin- flesh
Voro- Latin- to devour
Herba- Latin- herb
Herbivorous- English- subsisting on grains, grasses, or vegetation
Omnis- Latin- all
Omnivorous- English- eating both meat and vegetation
Voracious- English- devouring; greedy or gluttonous
Potens, potentis- Latin- powerful
Omnipotent- English- all powerful
Potentate- English- powerful leader
Impotent- English- powerless
Potent- English- ???
Potential- English- possessing power not yet exercised
More 41 Sciens- Latin- knowing
Omniscient- English- all-knowing
Omnipresent- English- present everywhere, at all times
Ubiquitous- English- seemingly everywhere
Ubique- Latin- everywhere
Omnibus- English- for all
More 41- More flesh Carnelian- English- reddish in color
Vale- Latin- farewell
Carnival- English- any riotous merrymaking or festivities
Carnal- English- pleasures of the flesh
Carnage- English- great destruction of life
Reincarnation- English- a rebirth or reappearance
Incarnate- English- in the flesh
Clam- Latin- secretly
Surreptitious- English- stealthy, sneaky, furtive
Exercises- pg. 427-434