Gladwell
Terms
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- allege
- to assert without proof or before proving
- attribution
- the act of establishing a particular person as the creator of a work of art or criticism
- banal
- drearily commonplace and often predictable
- boilerplate
- formulaic, or stereotypical language
- Busman's holiday
- spending one’s day off doing the same thing he or she does for a living
- chasm
- a deep, steep-sided opening in the earth’s surface; an abyss or gorge
- coagulate
- to gather together or form into a mass
- collaborate
- to work together, especially in an intellectual effort
- dapper
- neatly dressed; stylish
- decry
- to condemn openly
- dollop
- an indefinite quantity, especially of something liquid
- enshrine
- to preserve or cherish as sacred
- exposé
- a disclosure of something discreditable
- extremist
- one who argues for or engages in measures beyond what is normally accepted
- falsetto
- an artificially high voice
- gamut
- a complete range or series
- genealogy
- the study of ancestry and family histories
- grotesque
- departing significantly from the natural, the expected, or the typical
- harrowing
- extremely upsetting; agonizing
- interval
- the amount of time between two specified events
- memoir
- an account of the personal experiences of an author
- meticulous
- extremely careful and precise
- monopoly
- exclusive control of the means of producing or selling a commodity or service
- mordent
- in music, a melodic ornament in which a principal tone is rapidly alternated with the tone a half or full step below
- narcissism
- excessive love or admiration of oneself
- neurology
- the medical science that deals with the nervous system and disorders affecting it
- paraphrase
- to restate a text or passage in another form or other words
- peritonitis
- inflammation of the lining of the abdomen
- plagiarize
- to steal and pass off another person’s ideas or words as one’s own
- saccharine
- excessively sentimental
- sanctity
- the quality or state of being holy or sacred
- savvy
- well informed and perceptive; shrewd
- sonata
- a musical composition for one or more solo instruments usually consisting of three or four independent movements varying in key, mood, and tempo
- taper
- a small or very slender candle
- tatters
- torn into shreds; ragged
- verbatim
- using exactly the same words
- vigilant
- alertly watchful, especially to avoid danger