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Chapter 14 How To Talk About Common Phenomenon & Occurrences. Sessions 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
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Chapter 14How To Talk About Common Phenomenon & Occurrences Sessions 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