Second Semester Vocab Flashcards
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- anonymous
- adj. having unknown authorship
- cognomen
- n. a descriptive nickname
- denomonation
- n. the name of a class or group
- homonym
- n. word with the same sound as a nother
- ignominy
- n. great personal dishonor
- metonymy
- n. figure of speech using a feature of an item
- misnomer
- n. a name wrongly or unsuitably applied
- nomenclature
- n. system of names in arts and sciences
- nominal
- adj. existing in name only and not in actuality
- renown
- n. quality of being widely honored and acclaimed
- convival
- adj. sociable
- ebullience
- n. exuberance
- felicitous
- adj. well-chosen; apt
- irascible
- adj. prone to outbursts of temper
- placid
- adj. having an undisturbed surface or aspect