Comprehensive Glossary of Literary Terms

Posted on Sep 22, 2024 in Philosophy and ethics

A

Abject:

Negligible.

Acid:

Bitter, violent.

Adept:

Adherent, skilled.

Admonish:

Intimidate.

Acquiescence:

Adoption.

Afflict:

Anguish, racking.

Aleve:

Treacherous.

Animadversion:

Enmity.

Anodyne:

Negligible.

Apocryphal:

Chimerical, liar.

Apprehension:

Distrust.

Ardid:

Skill, stratagem.

Argue:

Disagree.

Arrange:

Dress, decorate.

Ascetic:

Loner.

Asepsis:

Hygiene.

Atavistic:

Hereditary, traditional.

Aterido:

Freeze.

Atizbar:

Observe, envision.

Avalar:

Support.

Aversion:

Rejection, antipathy.

Azores:

Scare.

B

Banal:

Superficial.

Bastion:

Protection.

Besiege:

Surround.

Bitter:

Acid, violent.

Boasting:

Arrogance, vanity.

Bravado:

Bluff.

C

Circumlocution:

Periphrasis, digression.

Coercion:

Spontaneity.

Colleagues:

Conclusion.

Complexion:

Structure, figure.

Concupiscence:

Sensuality.

Conmiseration:

Pity.

Conspiracy:

Ayuntamiento.

Constraint:

Urgency, need.

Contrite:

Sorry, rueful.

Cower:

Hide, flinch.

Crumbly:

Delicate.

D

Deafening:

Noisy, scandalous.

Default:

Failure.

Delación:

Indictment.

Demonstrate:

Offend.

Desazón:

Forward.

Detriment:

Injury, lesion.

Diatribe:

Insult, attack.

Discern:

Understand.

Díscolo:

Naughty, unruly.

Disquisition:

Discussion.

Dissolute:

Vicious.

Dour:

Serious.

Dress:

Arrange, decorate.

E

Eager:

Excited, turbulent.

Efficacy:

Effectiveness.

Enrapture:

Seduce.

Envision:

Observe, atizbar.

Erect:

Upright.

Esmirrado:

Emaciated, exhausted.

Exiguo:

Miserable, reduced.

Exultation:

Euphoria, happiness.

F

Fanning:

Exciting, stimulating.

Fateful:

Encouraging.

Fickleness:

Please.

Flagrante:

Indisputable, obvious.

Frugal:

Moderate.

Fruition:

Enjoyment, pleasure.

Futile:

Slight, insignificant.

G

Gain:

Achieve.

H

Hesitate:

Pause.

Hieratism:

Priesthood.

Hilarious:

Funny.

Hirsute:

Tangled.

Hollar:

Trampling.

I

Imbue:

Infiltrate.

Implore:

Obtain.

Ineffable:

Wonderful.

Inequity:

Evil.

Inerme:

Alone.

Inexorable:

Cruel.

Infausto:

Unfortunate.

Inflict:

Produce.

Innocuous:

Harmless, positive, healthy, intact.

Inquisitorial:

Averiguador.

Interference:

Interruption.

Intimidate:

Admonish.

Unexpected:

Casual, sudden.

J

Jactancia:

Boasting, arrogance, vanity.

L

Laceration:

Tear.

Ladino:

Clever, cunning.

Lax:

Loose, relaxed.

Lene:

Tender, sweet.

Libar:

Drink, taste.

Loquacious:

Talkative.

M

Malediction:

Condemnation.

Marasmus:

Quiet, off.

Meaner:

Irregular, tortuous.

Mellifluous:

Sweet.

Misanthropy:

Antipathy, illness.

Mitigate:

Temper, soften.

Moue:

Wink, pout.

N

Neglect:

Abandon.

Nihilism:

Anarchism, annihilation.

Niggling:

Narrow, small.

O

Obice:

Difficulty, barrier.

Obnubilate:

Blind, persist.

Obstinacy:

Obsession, insistence.

Occiso:

Deceased, corpse.

Ominous:

Hateful.

Opulence:

Accumulation, excess.

Oropel:

Appearance, vanity.

P

Palmaria:

Obvious, evident.

Paragon:

Confrontation.

Paria:

Slave.

Parsimony:

Wisdom.

Pause:

Hesitate, take.

Perspicacious:

Witty, clever.

Philanthropy:

Charity.

Pingüe:

Fat.

Plausible:

Acceptable.

Pléyade:

Cream selection.

Pontificate:

Affirm, assert.

Precarious:

Insecure, unstable.

Prerogative:

Right, thanks.

Probity:

Integrity, honesty.

Prodigal:

Spendthrift, wasteful.

Progeny:

Ancestry, family.

Proselyte:

Henchman, partisan.

Prostration:

Discouragement, weakness.

Punishable:

Torture.

Pusillanimous:

Cowardly, fearful.

Q

Quimera:

Dream.

R

Rapacity:

Offal, usury.

Recodo:

Corner.

Reinforce:

Establish, consolidate.

Remanso:

Slow.

Reparation:

Restitution, amend.

Repertorio:

Tirade, succession.

Reticence:

Rodeo, indirect.

Revoke:

Invalidate, cancel.

Ribald:

Insolent.

Roughing:

Educating.

S

Sardonically:

Ironic, sarcastic.

Seasoned:

Accustomed, customary.

Schism:

Disunity, dissent.

Seduce:

Enrapture.

Shabby:

Dirty, unkempt.

Sinecure:

Advantage.

Soften:

Temper, mitigate.

Solicitous:

Attentive, polite.

Sorna:

Dissimulation.

Stated:

Impose.

Stealth:

Concealment.

Subdue:

Submit, dominate.

Sublimation:

Exaltation.

Subvert:

Disturb.

Succession:

Tirade, repertoire.

Submit:

Hands up, withdraw, subdue.

Summarized:

Concise.

Support:

Avalar, advocate, protect.

Susceptible:

Ready, adequate.

Suspicious:

Distrustful.

T

Tahúr:

Cheat.

Taciturn:

Languid, reserved.

Temper:

Mitigate, soften.

Temporize:

Pleasing, cushion.

Tirade:

Succession, repertoire.

Trans:

Overwhelmed, dazed.

Trampling:

Hollar.

Trenchant:

Sharp, sarcastic.

Trocar:

Exchange.

Tropelías:

Arbitrariness.

Truncate:

Join, paste.

U

Unblemished:

Pure.

Unequivocal:

Certain, no doubt.

Unswerving:

Insurance.

Urgency:

Constraint, need.

V

Vaino:

Pointless.

Vejación:

Trick, contempt.

Vituperio:

Insult, denigration.

Z

Zeal:

Constancy.