Useful vocabulary from the classroom
207963377 | archetype | a typical character or personality type found in every society | |
207963378 | conjecture | an opinion formed from inconclusive evidence; a guess | |
207963379 | quintessential | perfect example, fundamental, important | |
207963380 | euphemism | a mild, indirect, or vague term substituting for a harsh or offensive term or action | |
207963381 | juxtaposition | placing two elements side by side to present a comparison or contrast | |
207963382 | purgatory | a place between heaven and hell; a temporary in-between stage of suffering (-) | |
207963383 | epiphany | the sudden realization of or insight into an essential truth | |
207963384 | denouement | an outcome or solution; the unraveling of a plot | |
207963385 | proletariat | working class or lower class; blue collar | |
207963386 | bourgeois | (according to Marxist thought) being of the property-owning class and exploitive of the working class | |
207963387 | totalitarian | referring to a government that exercises control over all aspects of life | |
207963388 | communism | an economic system in which all wealth and property is owned by the community as a whole | |
207963389 | intelligentsia | intellectuals considered as a group or class, esp. as a cultural, social, or political elite. | |
207963390 | fable | a brief story that leads to a moral, often using animals as characters | |
207963391 | allegorical | the expression of truths about human experience through symbolism within fictional narratives |