Poetry — Vocabulary
Marianne Moore
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genuinegenuine → genuinely:sincerely I am genuinely sorry for what I did.more Show sample from book Reading it, however, with a perfect contempt for it, one discovers in it after all, a place for the genuine.†1 more real Show general definition real (as when a person is sincere or an object is not a replica or fake)
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phenomenonsomething that is of special interest It is a growing social phenomenon on high school campuses.more Show sample from book When they become so derivative as to become unintelligible, the same thing may be said for all of us, that we do not admire what we cannot understand: the bat holding on upside down or in quest of something to eat, elephants pushing, a wild horse taking a roll, a tireless wolf under a tree, the immovable critic twitching his skin like a horse that feels a flea, the baseball fan, the statistician— nor is it valid to discriminate against 'business documents and school-books'; all these phenomena are important.† phenomenon → phenomena:things that exists or happened -- often of special interest Show general definition something that exists or happened -- especially something of special interest -- sometimes someone or something that is extraordinary Show editor's word notes "Phenomenons" and "phenomena" are both appropriate plural forms of this noun. "Phenomena" is generally used in scientific or philosophical contexts.
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insolentrudely disrespectful Even though the officer remained calm, the driver continued to be insolent and uncooperative.more Show sample from book One must make a distinction however: when dragged into prominence by half poets, the result is not poetry, nor till the poets among us can be 'literalists of the imagination'—above insolence and triviality and can present for inspection, 'imaginary gardens with real toads in them', shall we have it.† insolent → insolence:rude, disrespectful behavior or action Show general definition rudely disrespectful -- especially toward someone in authority
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on the other handfrom another point of view Change can be hard to deal with. On the other hand, it often brings opportunity.more Show sample from book In the meantime, if you demand on the one hand, the raw material of poetry in all its rawness and that which is on the other hand genuine, you are interested in poetry.† from another point of view; OR in a way that is different Show general definition from another point of view; or in a way that is different (a phrase used to introduce a different perspective or idea)