Vocabulary Growth: Terminology Chapter 2 A Flashcards


acme

highest or greatest point, culmination


antithesis

total opposite


chaos

complete and utter confusion


dogma

doctrine; belief taught, especially as part of formal religion


enigma

puzzle, riddle


epitome

someone or something that is representative of something else


epoch

period of time, age


phobia

obsessive, morbid fear, often beyond that which is reasonable


-phobia

abnormal fear of


stigma

stain's on ones reputation; a mark of disgrace or dishonor


stoic

one who controls his/her feelings and is indifferent to pleasure or pain


stratagem

scheme-often complex- for deceiving an enemy, especially a political opponent


theoretical

dealing with theory or that which hypothesized rather than factual-
based on theory not fact