Inveigle

Persuade with deception or flattery.

Isomorphic

Similar structure but different background

Assonance

Similar vowel

Effluvia

Smells bad!

Philology

Study of Literature or Classics

Scurrilous

Coarse; vulgar; rude; obscene; abusive

Approbation

Offical or formal approval

Enigmatic

Perplexing or mysterious

Bifurcated

Divided into two parts

Camera Obscura

a dark room or chamber

Incorporeal

Having no material body or form

Adduce

To cite as evidence

Totemistic

the belief in the kinship of groups or individuals having a common totem or tribal divisions

Saturnine

Gloomy; slow; dark in coloring and moody or mysterious

viz.

"Namely"

Weltanschauung

world view; philosophy of life; a comprehensive  conception or image of the universe and of 

humanity's relation to it.

Analogue

Something that is similar to something else

Alchemy

any magical power or process of transmuting a common substance, usually of 

little value, into a substance of great value.

Simian

relating to or resembling a monkey or an ape

Atomistic

Composed of many simple elements

Typological

Types that have common traits

Antinomian

faith alone is necessary for salvation;

one who rejects a socially established morality;

a person who maintains that Christians are freed 

from the moral law by virtue of grace as set forth in the gospel.

Verisimilar

depicting realism (as in art or literature)

having the appearance of truth; probable

Anthropocentric

Teleology

AGGLUTINATE

Aphasiac

DESICCATE

lacking interest, passion, or energy.

"a desiccated history of ideas"

Concatenation

Connected or linked in a series.

Anterior

Envisage

To conceive an image or a picture of, especially as a future possibility: envisaged a world at peace.

To consider or regard in a certain way.

Chimera

Torpidity

having or showing very little energy or movement : not active

Vettura

An Italian four-wheeled carriage, esp. one let for hire; a hackney coach.

Viscous

Hegemony

Nascency

starting to grow or develop;

being born

Aegis

1. Classical Mythology . the shield or breastplate of Zeus or Athena, bearing at its center the head of the Gorgon.

2. protection; support: "under the imperial aegis."

3. sponsorship; auspices: "a debate under the aegis of the League of Women Voters."

Discursive

Discourse

_Pragmatic

a branch of linguistics that is concerned with the relationship of sentences to the environment in which they occur

the context of the utterance, any pre-existing knowledge about those involved, 

Semantic

 of or relating to the meanings of words and phrases

Sociolinguistics

The study of language as it functions in society; the study of the interaction between linguistic and social variables.

(("Sociolinguistics" focus the effect of the society on the language "sociology of language" focuses on language's effect on the society. ))

http://www.pbs.org/speak/speech/sociolinguistics/sociolinguistics/

Semiotic

Metonymy

A figure of speech that replaces the name of a thing with the name of something else with which it is closely associated.

The Oval Office was busy in work. (“The Oval Office” is a metonymy as it stands for people at work in the office.)

Hermeneutic

a method or principle

of interpretation

prolegomenon

a formal essay or critical discussion serving to introduce and interpret an extended work

Bricolage

construction (as of a sculpture or a structure of ideas) achieved by using whatever comes to hand;

New Historicism

a method of literary criticism that emphasizes the historicity of a text by relating it to the configurations of power, society, or ideology in a given time

aestheticize

to depict as being pleasing or 

artistically beautiful; 

represent in an idealized or 

refined manner.

solipsism

a theory holding that the self can know nothing but its own modifications and that the self is the only existent thing;

also : extreme egocentrism

nihilism

the belief that traditional morals, ideas, beliefs, etc., have no worth or value;

the belief that a society's political and social institutions are so bad that they should be destroyed

perspicuous

clearly expressed or presented

hortatory

urging to some course of conduct or action; exhorting; encouraging: 

a hortatory speech.

fungible

 freely exchangeable or replaceable

flinty

firm;

unyeidling

polemic

a controversial argument

Dyspeptic

grouchy, gloomy, pessimistic, 

and irritable.

Post-Strucucturalism

words have no absolute meaning; any text is open to an unlimited range of interpretations 

Iteration 

Repetition; emphasis

Materialism

Reality consists entirely of physical matter that is the sole cause of every possible occurrence.

Similar to:   physicalism

Opposite of:   idealism and other forms of monism, dualism, and pluralism

PHALLOGOCENTRISM

centered on or emphasizing the masculine viewpoint;

"my way is the center of the universe"

logocentrism

• structuralist approach:  (more...) 
• favors speech over writing

Ontotheology

the metaphysical study of God and/or the theology of being

Relativist

no one culture or viewpoint is right;

we all have different cultures

Aporia

Not knowing what to do or say

(because of the presence of evidence both for 

and against it.)

Phenomenology

 Full Presence in the present moment:  

detailed description of conscious experience, without recourse to explanation, metaphysical assumptions, and traditional 

philosophical questions

The Signifier

The word ("dog")

The Signified

The actual dog

Traces

every element has to function with another element;

every word in a dictionary depends upon another word

Heterogeneous

made up of dissimilar elements

Denotation

The exact meaning.

Erwin Panofsky, the denotation of a representational visual image is what all viewers from any culture and at any time would recognize the image as depicting.

The first order of signification is that of denotation: at this level there is a sign consisting of a signifier and a signified.

Metanarrative

(Or, "Grand Narrative")

A big story that claims to account for, explain and subordinate all lesser, little local narratives.

Dictionary of the Khazars

"the only place of refuge, the only place of reality left for us, is in our dreams, the place of our deepest longings and desires, a place beyond metanarratives, space, and time."

‘prae-fatio’

preface, prologue

Telos

Tautology

The needless repetition of an idea.

"This candidate will win or

will not win."

Gnostic

possessing knowledge, especially esoteric knowledge of 

spiritual matters.

Univocity

that which speaks with one voice.

("...polyvocity" Eco, p. 341)

http://users.rcn.com/bmetcalf.ma.ultranet/What%20is%20Univocity.htm

Atavistic

the reappearance in an individual of characteristics of some 

remote ancestor that have been absent in intervening generations.

Apologist

A person who offers an argument in defense of something controversial.

Topos

1. a traditional theme or formula in literature

Logos

the Word of God, or principle of divine reason and creative order, 

Venial

able to be forgiven or pardoned; 

not seriously wrong, as a sin

Homology

Rapacious

in cases of doubt in moral matters, the more liberal course should always be followed

Eddy

To move in a circular motion

Otiose

serving no practical purpose or result.

Cynosure

something that strongly attracts 

attention by its brilliance,

Apocryphal

of doubtful authorship or authenticity.

Otium

cum

Dignitate

Liesure with Dignity.

Dirunal

Daytime; daily

Regnant

Exercising authority or rule:

"The Queen Regnant"

Encomium

Formal expression of high praise;

(Eulogy)

Exegesis

critical explanation or interpretation of a text or portion of a text,

especially of the Bible.

Eclogue

A pastoral poem or dialogue

Unregenerate

Non-believer; unrepentant; unconvinced

Votary

a person who is devoted or addicted 

to some subject or pursuit;

monk or nun

Aetiology

The study of casues

(such as a disease)

Arboreal

Living and moving about in trees

Leaven

an element that produces an altering 

or transforming influence.

Titular

from whom or which a title or name 

is taken: 

His titular Saint is Michael.

Autochthonous

Indigenous, Native

Impecunious

No money

Theophany

a manifestation or appearance of God or a god to a person.

Synecdoche

Do I already have this?

"The Pentagon..."

"The White House..."

Obstreperous

noisy, clamorous, or boisterous

Truculent

Fierce, curel, brutal

Imbricate

Instantiate

represent as or by an instance

originating from outside; 

derived externally.

(opposite of "endogenous")

Felicitous

Appropriate

Well-suited

Endogenous

proceeding from within; 

derived internally.

(opposite of "exogeneous")

Armature

structure;

framework

Explicate

to make plain or clear; explain; 

interpret.

Parsimony

extreme or excessive economy or 

frugality; stinginess

Diaspora

dispersion, dissemination, migration, 

displacement, scattering. 

Allegory

Exegeses

critical explanation or interpretation of a text, especially of scripture