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### Exploring Common Phenomena: Understanding Language and Human Experience ###

Delve into the intricacies of language and shared human experiences through a comprehensive examination of common phenomena. From the emotional weight of terms like "penury" and "nostalgia" to playful banter in "badinage" and "persiflage," this exploration uncovers the deeper meanings behind words and phrases. Discover how ephemeral moments resonate in our lives, and learn to express complex ideas through euphemisms and vivid imagery. This text provides valuable insights into how language shapes our perception of the world and our interactions with others. ###

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### Exploring Common Phenomena: Understanding Language and Human Experience ###

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  1. Chapter 14How To Talk About Common Phenomenon & Occurrences Sessions 39-41

  2. Session 39 • Penury- extreme poverty; destitution • Vicarious- shared in or experienced by imagined participation in another’s experience • Ephemeral- lasting a short time, then vanishing • Euphemisms- use of a word or phrase that is less expressive or direct, but also less offensive • Badinage- playful, teasing talk • Bovine- slow, dull, sluggish; cow-like • Nostalgia- a longing for something of the past • Cacophony- harsh, jarring sounds • Carnivorous- meat-eating • Clandestine- keeping secret or hidden for some illegal purpose • Exercises pg. 407-409

  3. Session 40 • Penuria- Latin- need, neediness • Parsimonious- English- stingy, cheap, frugal • Indigence- English- people living in reduced circumstances • Destitution- English- extreme poverty; synonym of penury • Fluo- Latin- to flow • Affluent- English- possessing large amounts of money • Confluence- English- flowing together • Opulentus- Latin- wealthy • Opulent- English- living a lavish and luxurious lifestyle

  4. More Session 40 • Ephemera- pg. 411- Greek- the word for a fly that lived for a day • Vanesco- Latin- to vanish • Evanescent- English- fleeting; staying for a remarkably short time (synonym for ephemeral) • -Esce/-escent- suffix- begin to • Adolescent- English- beginning to become an adult • Evanesce- English- beginning to vanish • Convalesce- English- beginning to get well after an illness • Putrescent- English- beginning to rot • Obsolescent- English- beginning to become obsolete

  5. More Session 40- An exploration of various good things • Eu- Greek- good • Pheme- Greek- voice • Phone- Greek- sound • Euphony- English- good sound; pleasant lilt or rhythm • Logos- Greek- word or speech • Eulogy- English- a speech of praise, usually given at a funeral • Euphoria- English- good feeling; a sense of mental buoyancy and physical well-being • Thanatos- Greek- death • Euthanasia- English- method of painless death inflicted on people suffering from incurable conditions

  6. Still 40-Exploration of modes of expression • Persiflage- English- close synonym of badinage; playful speech that may be a bit mocking • Cliché- English- a pattern of words which was once new and fresh, but is now old and overused pg. 413 • Bromide- English- any trite, dull, and fallacious remark that shows little evidence of original thinking • Platys- Greek- broad or flat • Platitude- English- similar to a cliché, but the speaker is trying to pass it off as new and original • Plateau- English- flat land • Odyne- Greek- pain • Anodyne- English- a statement made to make the listener feel better • Exercises- pg. 416-421

  7. Session 41- People are the craziest animals • Bovis- Latin- ox, cow • Leonine- English- like a lion • Canine- English- ??? • Feline- English- ??? • Porcine- English- pig-like • Vulpine- English- fox-like • Ursine- English- like a bear • Lupine- English- wolf-like • Equine- English- like a horse • Piscine- English- ??? • See pg. 422 for the Latin roots

  8. More 41- You can’t go home again • Nostos- Greek- a return • Algos- Greek- pain • Kakos- Greek- bad, harsh, or ugly • Telephone- English- sound from afar • Euphony-English- ??? • Phonograph- English- ??? • Saxophone- English- ??? • Xylone- Greek- wood • Xylophone- English- ??? • Phonetics- English- the science of the sounds of language • Phonics- English- a method of teaching reading by drilling letter and syllable sounds

  9. More 41 • Carnis- Latin- flesh • Voro- Latin- to devour • Herba- Latin- herb • Herbivorous- English- subsisting on grains, grasses, or vegetation • Omnis- Latin- all • Omnivorous- English- eating both meat and vegetation • Voracious- English- devouring; greedy or gluttonous • Potens, potentis- Latin- powerful • Omnipotent- English- all powerful • Potentate- English- powerful leader • Impotent- English- powerless • Potent- English- ??? • Potential- English- possessing power not yet exercised

  10. More 41 • Sciens- Latin- knowing • Omniscient- English- all-knowing • Omnipresent- English- present everywhere, at all times • Ubiquitous- English- seemingly everywhere • Ubique- Latin- everywhere • Omnibus- English- for all

  11. More 41- More flesh • Carnelian- English- reddish in color • Vale- Latin- farewell • Carnival- English- any riotous merrymaking or festivities • Carnal- English- pleasures of the flesh • Carnage- English- great destruction of life • Reincarnation- English- a rebirth or reappearance • Incarnate- English- in the flesh • Clam- Latin- secretly • Surreptitious- English- stealthy, sneaky, furtive • Exercises- pg. 427-434

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