Vocabulary

This is where we will keep a list of any new terms/words that we find useful to describe literature, technology/culture, and reality in general.  As soon as a word makes it to this list, we are all expected to know it.  If you don't recognize or understand any of the words below, it is your responsibility to look them up and practice using them.  You NEVER KNOW when this knowledge will come in handy (or be required :)

LIT TERMS
Alliteration
Allusion
Anthropomorphism
Characterization
Connotation
Denotation
Diction
Myth
Personification
Symbolism
Theme
Tone

TECHNOLOGY/ CULTURE
FOMO
hack
HTML
internet
LAN
network
packet switching
URL


GENERAL
abjure
affirm
allocation
ambiguity
enmity
epistemic 
exacerbate
hullabaloo 
inclined 
individualism
indubitably
in loco parentis 
insatiable
insubordinate
interdisciplinary
introspect
intuitively 
kudos
mnemonics
reply
schema
sentient
specialized
supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
syllogism
torrential
uncanny

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