Semantics
The linguistic discipline that studies the meaning of words
Oxymoron
A phrase composed of two or more words create a contradiction in terms
Epoch
An extended period of time during which particularly notable events take place
Disseminate
To spread information so that becomes more widely known
Ethnography
Anthropological discipline studying cultural groups and societies
Embodiment
Conveying the central defining essence of something
Predilection
Having a very strong tendency toward doing something
Circuitous
A complicated path from one point to another
Heterogeneous
Diverse in construction of arrangement
Dissipated
The condition of having wasted away
Analogue
A previously existing example that is comparable to something which came later
Emend
The practice of revising or correcting
Interpolate
To introduce new information into that which already exists
Displacement
The action of having taken something out of its rightful position
Escheated
Ownership of property which has been returned to the estate as a result of an absence of rightful heirs
Spurious
Illegitimate or inauthentic
Braggadocio
Melodramatic boasting of an empty nature
Canonization
In literature, the process of adding published works to a list considered essential to academic study
Harangue
An especially impassioned public rant directed against a person or idea
Rudimentary
Comprising that which qualifies as the minimum considered necessary
