Defintions A
A star that increases thousands of time in brightness and then fades.
What is nova?
A person new to any field; a beginner.
What is a novice?
Stern; grim; gloomy.
What is dour?
The meaning or the Latin root novus or the Greek root neos.
What is "new"?
Forced constraint; coercion against one's will.
What is duress?
A written account of events one has lived through; an autobiography.
What is a memoir?
Flagrantly uncivil and ill-natured.
What is surly?
The meaning of the Latin root memoria?
What is "remembrance" or "memory"?
(1) Stubborn; unyielding.
(2) Hardened against good influence; impenitent.
What is obdurate?
Going deep into the past before history, knowledge, or memory; primordial.
What is immemorial?
Things worthy of remembrance.
What is memorabilia?
The meaning of the Latin roots duro, durare, duravi, and duratum.
What is "to make hard" or "to endure"?
A revival or the literary, architectural, musical, and artistic forms that are considered a standard or model, and therefore "classical."
What is neoclassical?
(1) To raise an objection.
(2) To delay.
What is to demur?
Deferment or delay of any action.
What is a moratorium?
The meaning of the Latin words moror, morari, or moratum?
What is "to delay," "to loiter," or "to tarry"?
A new word, phrase, or expression, or a new meaning for an old word.
What is neologism?
(1) A recent convert.
(2) A newly ordained priest or member of a religious order.
(3) A beginner; a novice.
What is a neophyte?
Growing old; aging.
What is senescent?
The meaning of the Latin roots senex or senis.
The meaning of the Latin roots senesco, senescere, or senui.
What is "old" or "an elder"?
What is "to grow old"?