Nouns
Disaster
What is calamity?
occurring after the death of the originator
analyze and develop (an idea or principle) in detail.
What is to explicate?
the state of being different, to be an other
What is alterity?
Of the same kind/alike
What is homogeneous?
grounding texts in other texts/connecting texts
What is intertextuality?
beyond reproach/attack; not liable to doubt, attack, or question
What is unassailable?
to cover
to shroud
1) suspension ; a state of temporary inactivity 2)a lapse in succession during which there is no person in whom a title is vested
What is abeyance?
cynical; disdainfully or skeptically humorous : derisively mocking; similar to "sarcastic"
What is sardonic?
dearth/lack of/scarcity
What is paucity?
daily
What is quotidian?
to earn someone's favor by "sucking up" to them
What is to ingratiate?
someone who is attentive and agreeable towards someone important to gain something
What is sycophant?
The excessive concern for minor details and rules or for displaying knowledge/learning
What is pedantic?
a community that is an epitome of a larger unity; a community, place, or situation regarded as encapsulating in miniature the characteristic qualities or features of something much larger
What is microcosm?
very typical of a certain kind of person or thing, recurrent as a symbol or motif in literature, art, or mythology.
What is archetypal?
conceal or disguise
What is to dissimulate?
a literary/artistic assistant who typically takes dictation (writes what people say as they say it); a fancy word for a secretary (dication specific)
What is amanuensis?
deceitful
What is duplicitous?
when a smaller part of something stands for a whole of something; when the part stands in for the whole
childish, silly
puerile
to go back on a promise or undertaking
What is to renege?
the traditional or conventional images or symbols associated with a subject and especially a religious or legendary subject; study of icons, representation of symbols (often religious symbols) ; established systems of representation, especially around religious symbols
What is iconography?
overly obedient or servile to an excessive degree
What is obsequious?