english lit vocab-1

didactic

instructive

platitude

stale; overused expression

banal

common, ordinary

posit

to put forth; assert

Dogmastists

a person who asserts his or her opinions in an unduly positive or arrogant manner

deluded

deceived or misled

monologue

(n.) a speech by one actor; a long talk by one person

imperially

majestically

hyperbole

exaggeration

muzak

recorded light background music played through speakers in public places

maddeningly

in an extremely annoying way.

bureaucratic

over-regulated

inviolable

never to be broken, infringed, or dishonored

epigrams

meaningful sayings

codified

arrange

insidious

intended to deceive or entrap; sly, treacherous

myriad

a very large number

dogma

an unproven principle or belief held to be true