VCR D Lesson 5- 1 point

literate

1. able to read and write 2. knowledgable; educated

literal

1. in accordance with the explicit or primary meaning of a word or phrase, not its metaphorical meaning 2. word for word; verbatim 3. concerned mainly with facts; unimaginative

proscribe

1. to denounce or condemn 2. to prohibit; to forbid

circumscribe

1. to draw a line around; to encircle 2. to confine; to limit

transcribe

1. to make a copy of; to write out fully 2. to make a sound recording for later reproduction 3. to arrange music for an instrument different from the one first composed

subscribe

1. to pledge to pay for something or to contribute to something; to place an order by signing 2. to express consent or agreement; to assent 1. to sign one's name to something

pseudonym

a fictitious name

conscription

a military draft

nomenclature

a system of naming, especially in the arts or sciences

acronym

a word composed of the first letters or parts of a name or series of words

onomatopoeia

a word that sounds like the thing it names

ignominious

shameful; disgraceful

alliteration

the occurrence if the same initial sound in several words in succession

ascribe

to attribute to a particular cause, source, or origin (used with "to")

obliterate

to do away with completely; to wipe out; erase