New words - feel free to add :)

[nerdmmb]

Hey everyone,
Thanks to Einstein, I thought it would be a good idea to start this thread so that we may share new words with eachother.
I honestly struggle a lot with expressing myself and its mainly because of my poor vocab
So, maybe adding a word and using it in a sentence so that we may all benefit from it

So I'll start off -

Reiterate: to say something repeatedly for emphasis

Example: The council reiterated the importance of limiting our water usage.

[brenden]

Characterise/characterises/characterisation/characterised

Characterization or characterisation is the concept of creating characters for a narrative.[1] It is a literary element and may be employed in dramatic works of art or everyday conversation.


The author characterises the protagonist as an embodiment of love.

[literally lauren]

zeitgeist I love this one, pronounced z-eye-t-guy-st in case you ever need to say it aloud
Basically a fancy word for "spirit of the times"
eg. The zeitgeist of 1920s America was categorised by a culture of excess and debauchery, as seen in Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby.
(bonus points for including categorisation?  )

also debauchery= immoral self-indulgence

[IndefatigableLover]

Loving the thread nerdmmb!

Ingratiate (in-grey-shee-eyt): In short it's like sucking up (should try and find a euphemism here) to people so that they view the person in good favour LOL (well what my teacher told me a long time ago anyway)...

Example: During the party, the host ingratiated himself with all his guests.

[pi]

eellogofusciouhipoppokunurious

My teacher said my use of vocabulary in the SAC was simply eellogofusciouhipoppokunurious.

Of interest perhaps What are some good sophisticated words that can be used in a essay??

[Einstein]

[HawthornM8]

Methionylthreonylthreonylglutaminylarginyl...isoleucine [actually has 189,819 letters]

It means 'Chemical name of titin, the largest known protein.' Could come in handy for the GAT essay when you don't have anything to write. Couldn't fail you if you memorised like 1000 letters haha, it's basically an IQ test and you'd be on your way to Mensa. 

[simba]

Hmm, here's one drilled into me from two years of drama (plus I ended up using it in a fair few English essays!)

Eclectic: deriving ideas, style, or taste from a broad and diverse range of sources.

Example: The author eclectically draws upon his personal experience in combination with historical data to obtain...

[nerdmmb]

Repudiate: refuse to accept

The VCE students repudiated VCAA's decision to penalise students for having limited vocabulary.

[Thu Thu Train]

Loving the thread nerdmmb!

Ingratiate (in-grey-shee-eyt): In short it's like sucking up (should try and find a euphemism here) to people so that they view the person in good favour LOL (well what my teacher told me a long time ago anyway)...

Example: During the party, the host ingratiated himself with all his guests.

Just like your mum ingratiated herself with me

Disavow
verb
To deny any responsibility or support for a person or event.

Example: "The CIA disavowed their top spy today"

[mishamigo]

Exacerbate: to make (a problem/bad situation/negative feeling) worse.

EG. Students' dislike for VCE was exacerbated by period zero (8 am) classes

[Thorium]

Malleable:-metal's charachteristic of being able to change shape easily, or, people's tendency to get influenced easily by others.

a word I learned in chem and ended up using in my essays.
E.g. I play games instead of studying, since my friend told me to, so I am a malleable guy.

[literally lauren]

Methionylthreonylthreonylglutaminylarginyl...isoleucine [actually has 189,819 letters]

It means 'Chemical name of titin, the largest known protein.' Could come in handy for the GAT essay when you don't have anything to write. Couldn't fail you if you memorised like 1000 letters haha, it's basically an IQ test and you'd be on your way to Mensa.

lol. GAT. Three hours of my life I'll never get back. I wrote my two essays without using the letter e as a challenge, still got full marks but I dont think they noticed 

prolepsis: good for L.A. means when an author answers their own question. eg. 'Why can't we bring a 4L water bottle into the exam? Because VCAA has a rule for that too.'
eg. The author's use of prolepsis encourages readers to share in his belief that...

also seditious: meaning inciting rebellion, can be used for LA too eg. The author's seditious declaration that students "just can't take this anymore" attempts to drive public discourse towards action...

[nerdmmb]

Epitomise: be a perfect example of

The lawyer epitomised great reasoning skills in his previous case.

[brenden]

Sporadic

It means 'occurs at random intervals' (the opposite of periodic)

Brenden's efforts to feed himself are sporadic at best.