Creativity

Rachel K.
Lessons 9 and 10 from Vocabulary from Classical Roots, ARS, ARTIS, AOIDE, CANTO, CANTARE, CANTAVI, CANTATUM, PINGO, PINGERE, PINXI, PICTUM, CRESCO, CRESCERE, CREVI, CRETUM,FACIO, FACERE, FECI, FACTUM, TEXO, TEXERE, TEXUI, TEXTUM
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  1. artifact
    a man-made object
    The exhibition’s final gallery shows how the artifacts are often found — covered in rock and hardened sand.
  2. artifice
    the use of deception or trickery
    In other words, artifice comes naturally to them. New York Times (May 3, 2012)
  3. artless
    simple and natural; without cunning or deceit
    In this way the artless youth prattled on; and Miss Amory listened to him with inexhaustible good humor. Thackeray, William Makepeace
  4. artisan
    a skilled worker who practices some trade or handicraft
    Many new manufacturing jobs require at least a two-year tech degree to complement artisan skills such as welding or milling.
  5. ode
    a lyric poem with complex stanza forms
    Scribes in courts of the Caliphates penned odes to their masters, while local storytellers would recite tales handed down over generations.
  6. parody
    humorous or satirical mimicry
    Of course, some parodies can be more offensive than others. Salon (Jul 16, 2012)
  7. incantation
    a ritual reciting of words believed to have a magical effect
    He might have been repeating incantations, or weaving some mystic charms. Hocking, Joseph
  8. recant
    formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief
    All efforts to make her recant proved fruitless. Pollard, Edward Bagby
  9. depict
    show in, or as in, a picture
    The more traditional Wilson commonly depicted his birds in stiff profile. Scientific American (May 17, 2013)
  10. pictograph
    an image or drawing used to represent a word or phrase
    Hundreds of pictographs painted by American Indians cover a rock outcrop half a mile long. Southern Living (Mar 24, 2010)
  11. accrue
    grow by addition
    Fame would accrue as they played on the professional circuit. New York Times (Jul 29, 2012)
  12. crescendo
    a gradual increase in loudness
    Its complex art-rock songs played out onstage as bristling funk-rock with monumental crescendos. New York Times (Aug 27, 2012)
  13. excrescence
    something that bulges out or projects from its surroundings
    The skin of Frogs is usually smooth and free from warts or horny excrescences. Unknown
  14. beneficence
    doing good
    Why are we not stimulated to more and greater acts of beneficence. Various
  15. efficacious
    producing or capable of producing an intended result
    "There's a plant in this country whose leaves the Indians believe are efficacious in stopping blood," he said. Bindloss, Harold
  16. facile
    performing adroitly and without effort
    His facile talent adapted itself to every style in turn. Gozzi, Carlo
  17. facsimile
    an exact copy or reproduction
    To be sure, the top four men are hardly facsimiles of one another.
  18. faction
    a dissenting clique
    He instead emphasized that no one group or political faction was given special treatment.
  19. mollify
    make softer or less rigid
    Customers that might have been mollified were ignored, infuriated, and resentful.
  20. context
    the set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation
    However, one expert says the news needs to be put in context.
  21. pretext
    a fictitious reason that conceals the real reason
    Another pretext had therefore to be found for wrecking the treaty. Lichnowsky, Karl Max, F?rst von
Created on Mon May 20 13:38:07 EDT 2013 (updated Mon May 20 14:35:08 EDT 2013)

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