1. Chapter 14 How To Talk About Common Phenomenon & Occurrences Sessions 39-41

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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