Vocabulary: Week 11

Many antiques are able to go through restoration, also known as reparation. Although this antique car looks beyond repair, I wanted any image of an antique to represent the many things that can become restored.


Nihilism, meaning an act of terrorism, anarchy, or other revolutionary activity, I think this picture depicts nihilism in a way that the hand holding the knife is trying to find a way to break the metal mold which could depict the strong foundation of a nation.



Metamorphosis, from what I've seen and heard of occurs mostly among insects with butterflies being among one of those. As seen in the picture, a caterpillar goes through metamorphosis by wrapping itself into a cocoon and transforms into a butterfly.


loquacious: talkative
obsequious: servile; obedient; dutiful
oligarchy: government by the few
quotidian: usual or customary; everyday
tempestuous: tumultuous; turbulent; stormy
tautology: needless repetition of an idea, words
supercilious: arrogant, scornful
fatuous: unreal; illusory
apathy: lack of interest in or concern for things that others find moving or exciting