Vocab Lesson 2

a noisy quarrel

• altruism

• epitaph

• altercation

• paradigm

concern for the welfare of others: unselfishness

• altruism

• ephermeral

• eponymous

• epitaph

lasting for a very short time (literally for one day); transitory;not everlasting

• antithesis

• epitome

• eponymous

• ephemeral

an inscrition on a tombstone in memory of the person buried there; a brief (literary) summary of a dead person's life

• epithet

• epitaph

• antithesis

• paragon

a typical representation of something; a person who embodies a quality

• paragon

• epitome

• anathema

• paradigm

referring to the name of a person, a mythical being, or a literary figure associated with something, or to a word incorporating the name of such a person

• altercation

• eponymous

• peripatetic

• peripheral

an example serving to illustratee a process, pattern, or concept

• paradigm

• paragon

• epithet

• ephemeral

a statement that seems contradictory but contains a truth or valid deduction

• antithesis

• epitaph

• paradigm

• paradox

a model of excellence or perfection

• epithet

• parameter

• paragon

• anathema

1. 1. in mathematics, a constant that has variable values and is used to determine other variables

2. 2. a factor that determines a range of variations; a boundary

• peripheral

• eponymous

• parameter

• altruism