2019-2020 – Anna Gagiano – Uantwerpen – English: Text and Communication 2
General vocabulary English Text and Communication 2
To source a text To find a text
Glossary Alphabetical list with key terms; handy to
refresh your memory; it refers back to the
page the term is being discussed on
Blurb A short description of a book, film, or other
product written for promotional purposes
Intricate (Pejorative) complicated, complex; layered
Scrapbook A way to store things and usually those
things have a theme; a collection of texts;
you find them all interesting; a personal
archive of texts you actively go out and find
or happen to come across
Preliminary Initial; a step on the way somewhere
Hyperbole Exaggeration
Pithy Short, punchy, to the point
Crowdsourcing Asking on the internet, asking anybody who
has access to your question
Poignant Touching
Obituary A notice of sb's death
Discrete Separated or divided
A spirit of enquiry You are open to things; you are
enthusiastic; e.g. allow yourself to be
intrigued by language
Caveat Sth you need to be careful about
Be a good egg (INF) be a good person
To evoke To bring up
Strop Angry mood
To lay into sb To criticise sb
Perspicacious Quick to notice things, you judge them
quickly and accurately
Satire Comedy + social activism; militant irony
(Northrop Frye)
How to analyse texts (acronym) HTAT
(Latin) Nota bene; pay attention NB
Pesky Annoying
To delve (FML) to dig
Languidly Slowly, enjoyable, relaxing
To alight on To suddenly notice sth or think of sth
Cuff The part of a sleeve that fits around your
wrist
Scallion A spring onion
Shallot A small vegetable similar to an onion
Parsley A small plant with curly leaves, used for
decorating food or for giving it a fresh
flavour (herb)
To duck out of To leave a place, especially in a way that is
not noticed by other people
Tunic A long loose shirt, usually worn by women
Stucco A substance used for covering walls to give
them a rough surface
Affordances Things that are made possible, e.g. a
website can be read by many people
, 2019-2020 – Anna Gagiano – Uantwerpen – English: Text and Communication 2
simultaneously
Curator The person who chooses what art comes
where in an art gallery
Impeccable There is nothing wrong with it; as close to
perfect as human beings can get
Fledgling (Literal) baby bird who cannot fly;
(Metaphorical) sth very small that is just
starting
forty winks a short nap/sleep
to give sb the cold shoulder to ignore/shun sb
to be audacious (FML) to be daring and fearless
affect (N) emotion in a more abstract sense
derision contemptuous ridicule or mockery
incredulity doubt about the truth of something
Sojourner Truth United States abolitionist and feminist who
was freed from slavery and became a
leading advocate of the abolition of slavery
and for the rights of women (1797-1883)
to bare to uncover
detractor a person who disparages/belittles someone
or something
abolitionist a person who wanted to end slavery in the
United States
to accede to agree; to yield to
to suckle give or take milk at the breast or udder
disembodied separated from or existing without the body
impunity exemption from punishment
to allege to assert without proof or confirmation
to contend to assert
to grovel to humble oneself in a demeaning way
to snatch to grab quickly
grizzled streaked with gray
gyre a circular motion of water in each of the
major ocean basins
falconer trainer of falcons
anarchy absence of government
conviction A fixed or strong belief
to reel To fall off balance; lurch
indignant feeling or showing anger or annoyance at
what is perceived as unfair treatment
to vex to annoy/confuse
to slouch to stand, move, or sit in a lazy, drooping
way
retort a quick reply to a question or remark
(especially a witty or critical one)
heraldry the study of coats of arms and the history of
the families that they belong to
FLOTUS First Lady of the United States
POTUS President of the United States
hale and hearty healthy and strong
helter skelter without order; messy
flip flop a type of open shoe
topsy turvey upside down, chaotic
General vocabulary English Text and Communication 2
To source a text To find a text
Glossary Alphabetical list with key terms; handy to
refresh your memory; it refers back to the
page the term is being discussed on
Blurb A short description of a book, film, or other
product written for promotional purposes
Intricate (Pejorative) complicated, complex; layered
Scrapbook A way to store things and usually those
things have a theme; a collection of texts;
you find them all interesting; a personal
archive of texts you actively go out and find
or happen to come across
Preliminary Initial; a step on the way somewhere
Hyperbole Exaggeration
Pithy Short, punchy, to the point
Crowdsourcing Asking on the internet, asking anybody who
has access to your question
Poignant Touching
Obituary A notice of sb's death
Discrete Separated or divided
A spirit of enquiry You are open to things; you are
enthusiastic; e.g. allow yourself to be
intrigued by language
Caveat Sth you need to be careful about
Be a good egg (INF) be a good person
To evoke To bring up
Strop Angry mood
To lay into sb To criticise sb
Perspicacious Quick to notice things, you judge them
quickly and accurately
Satire Comedy + social activism; militant irony
(Northrop Frye)
How to analyse texts (acronym) HTAT
(Latin) Nota bene; pay attention NB
Pesky Annoying
To delve (FML) to dig
Languidly Slowly, enjoyable, relaxing
To alight on To suddenly notice sth or think of sth
Cuff The part of a sleeve that fits around your
wrist
Scallion A spring onion
Shallot A small vegetable similar to an onion
Parsley A small plant with curly leaves, used for
decorating food or for giving it a fresh
flavour (herb)
To duck out of To leave a place, especially in a way that is
not noticed by other people
Tunic A long loose shirt, usually worn by women
Stucco A substance used for covering walls to give
them a rough surface
Affordances Things that are made possible, e.g. a
website can be read by many people
, 2019-2020 – Anna Gagiano – Uantwerpen – English: Text and Communication 2
simultaneously
Curator The person who chooses what art comes
where in an art gallery
Impeccable There is nothing wrong with it; as close to
perfect as human beings can get
Fledgling (Literal) baby bird who cannot fly;
(Metaphorical) sth very small that is just
starting
forty winks a short nap/sleep
to give sb the cold shoulder to ignore/shun sb
to be audacious (FML) to be daring and fearless
affect (N) emotion in a more abstract sense
derision contemptuous ridicule or mockery
incredulity doubt about the truth of something
Sojourner Truth United States abolitionist and feminist who
was freed from slavery and became a
leading advocate of the abolition of slavery
and for the rights of women (1797-1883)
to bare to uncover
detractor a person who disparages/belittles someone
or something
abolitionist a person who wanted to end slavery in the
United States
to accede to agree; to yield to
to suckle give or take milk at the breast or udder
disembodied separated from or existing without the body
impunity exemption from punishment
to allege to assert without proof or confirmation
to contend to assert
to grovel to humble oneself in a demeaning way
to snatch to grab quickly
grizzled streaked with gray
gyre a circular motion of water in each of the
major ocean basins
falconer trainer of falcons
anarchy absence of government
conviction A fixed or strong belief
to reel To fall off balance; lurch
indignant feeling or showing anger or annoyance at
what is perceived as unfair treatment
to vex to annoy/confuse
to slouch to stand, move, or sit in a lazy, drooping
way
retort a quick reply to a question or remark
(especially a witty or critical one)
heraldry the study of coats of arms and the history of
the families that they belong to
FLOTUS First Lady of the United States
POTUS President of the United States
hale and hearty healthy and strong
helter skelter without order; messy
flip flop a type of open shoe
topsy turvey upside down, chaotic
