The Interview lesson Word meaning

 Chapter 7 The Interview

Aesthetics: a branch of philosophy that deals with nature and appreciation of beauty

Amusement: the provision or enjoyment of entertainment

Assault: make a physical attack on

Commonplace: not unusual; ordinary

Condemnatory: expressing strong disapproval

Contemporaries: a person or thing living or existing at the same time as another.

Despise: hate, dislike

Dissertation: a long essay on a particular subject, especially one written for a university

 degree or diploma

Elevator: a lift

Eliminate: remove

Ethical: relating to moral principles

Extravagant: excessive or elaborate

Fist: a person's hand when the fingers are bent in towards the palm and held there tightly, typically in order to strike a blow or grasp something.

Formidable: inspiring fear or respect through being impressively large, powerful, intense or capable

Frustration: the feeling of being upset or annoyed as a result of being unable to change or achieve something

H. G. Wells: An English novelist, journalist, sociologist and historian he is known for his works of science fiction. Wells best known books are The Time Machine, The Invisible Man and The War of the Worlds.

Hypotheses: theory

Interstices: space, gap

Intrusion: the action of intruding; intervention

Joseph Stalin: A great Russian revolutionary and an active political organiser.

Lionized: give a lot of public attention and approval

Medieval: relating to the Middle Ages

Narration: the action or process of narrating a story

Ordeal: a very unpleasant and prolonged experience

Perpetrated: commited; performed

Persistent: continuous

Petitioners: a person who asks for something

Philosophical: relating or devoted to the study of the fundamental nature of knowledge, reality, and existence.

Primitive: ancient, olden

Pursue: follow

Repel: drive or force back

Rudyard Kipling: A prolific writer who was known as the poet of the common soldier. Kipling's Jungle Book which is a story of Kimball O' Hara and his adventures in the Himalayas is considered as a children's classic all over the world.

Saul Bellow: A playwright as well as a novelist, Bellow's works were influenced widely by World War II. Among his most famous characters are Augie March and Moses. He published short stories translated from Yiddish. He won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1976.

Seminal: influential

Serviceable: fulfilling its function adequately; usable

Staggeringly: to an astonishing or shocking degree

Unprecedented: never done or known before

Unwarranted: not justified or authorised

V. S. Naipaul: Known as a cosmopolitan writer. In his travel books and in his documentary works he presents his impressions of the country of his ancestors that is India. He received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2001.

Vile: extremely unpleasant

Vivid: producing powerful feelings or strong, clear images in the mind.

Wrecked: destroyed or severely damaged