Post by Mr. Wells on Oct 9, 2007 10:30:23 GMT -5
1. eschew – v. (used with object) - to abstain or keep away from; shun; avoid “I have a holistic need to work and to have huge ties of love in my life. I can't imagine eschewing one for the other.”
Meryl Streep
2. innocuous – adj. - not likely to irritate, offend, harm or injure. “This drug was at first mistakenly thought to be innocuous.” Dictionary.com
3. parody – v. or n. - a humorous or satirical imitation of a serious piece of literature or writing. “We felt like we had done as much as you can do with the slasher genre. We were trying to find the next group of scary movies that were ripe for parody.”
Keenen Ivory Wayans
4. metonymy – n. – a figure of speech that consists of the use of the name of one object or concept for that of another to which it is related, or of which it is a part, as “scepter” for “sovereignty,” or “the bottle” for “strong drink,” or “count heads (or noses)” for “count people.” Example: “The pen is mightier than the sword.
The pen is an attribute of thoughts that are written with a pen; the sword is an attribute of military action” rhetoric.byu.edu
5. ubiquitous – adj. - existing or being everywhere, esp. at the same time; omnipresent: ubiquitous fog; ubiquitous little ants. “Technology has become as ubiquitous as the air we breathe, so we are no longer conscious of its presence.”
Godfrey Reggio
6. antithesis - n - opposition; contrast: the antithesis of right and wrong. "Love is the antithesis of hate"- Answers.com “The farther a society progresses, the more clearly the individual becomes the antithesis of the group.”
Herbert Read
7. dubious – adj. doubtful; marked by or occasioning doubt: a dubious reply. of doubtful quality or propriety; questionable. “The War on Drugs employs millions - politicians, bureaucrats, policemen, and now the military - that probably couldn't find a place for their dubious talents in a free market, unless they were to sell pencils from a tin cup on street corners.” - L. Neil Smith
8. asyndeton – n. – the omission of conjunctions between clauses, often resulting in a hurried rhythm or vehement effect. “I came, I saw, I conquered.” - Julius Caesar
9. litotes – n. – deliberate understatement, especially when expressing a thought by denying its opposite. It isn't very serious. I have this tiny little tumor on the brain. - J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye
10. languish – v. - to exist in miserable or disheartening conditions "Many parents, when faced with what to do with these spare embryos would like to donate them to science rather than let them languish indefinitely in storage tanks." - Eleanor Clift
Meryl Streep
2. innocuous – adj. - not likely to irritate, offend, harm or injure. “This drug was at first mistakenly thought to be innocuous.” Dictionary.com
3. parody – v. or n. - a humorous or satirical imitation of a serious piece of literature or writing. “We felt like we had done as much as you can do with the slasher genre. We were trying to find the next group of scary movies that were ripe for parody.”
Keenen Ivory Wayans
4. metonymy – n. – a figure of speech that consists of the use of the name of one object or concept for that of another to which it is related, or of which it is a part, as “scepter” for “sovereignty,” or “the bottle” for “strong drink,” or “count heads (or noses)” for “count people.” Example: “The pen is mightier than the sword.
The pen is an attribute of thoughts that are written with a pen; the sword is an attribute of military action” rhetoric.byu.edu
5. ubiquitous – adj. - existing or being everywhere, esp. at the same time; omnipresent: ubiquitous fog; ubiquitous little ants. “Technology has become as ubiquitous as the air we breathe, so we are no longer conscious of its presence.”
Godfrey Reggio
6. antithesis - n - opposition; contrast: the antithesis of right and wrong. "Love is the antithesis of hate"- Answers.com “The farther a society progresses, the more clearly the individual becomes the antithesis of the group.”
Herbert Read
7. dubious – adj. doubtful; marked by or occasioning doubt: a dubious reply. of doubtful quality or propriety; questionable. “The War on Drugs employs millions - politicians, bureaucrats, policemen, and now the military - that probably couldn't find a place for their dubious talents in a free market, unless they were to sell pencils from a tin cup on street corners.” - L. Neil Smith
8. asyndeton – n. – the omission of conjunctions between clauses, often resulting in a hurried rhythm or vehement effect. “I came, I saw, I conquered.” - Julius Caesar
9. litotes – n. – deliberate understatement, especially when expressing a thought by denying its opposite. It isn't very serious. I have this tiny little tumor on the brain. - J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye
10. languish – v. - to exist in miserable or disheartening conditions "Many parents, when faced with what to do with these spare embryos would like to donate them to science rather than let them languish indefinitely in storage tanks." - Eleanor Clift