Efface -
Verb.
To rub or wipe out. Erase.
“The vandalizer effaces his crime during his sentence.”
Wells, Paul. The Animated Bestiary. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 2009. Print.
Egalitarianism -
Noun.
A belief in human equality especially with respect to social, political, and economic affairs
"Dictionary." Marriam-Webster. N.p., n.d. Web. 30 May 2012. <http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/egalitarianism>.
Ekphrasis -
Noun.
“Description” in Greek. An ekphrastic poem is a vivid description of a scene or, more commonly, a work of art. Through the imaginative act of narrating and reflecting on the “action” of a painting or sculpture, the poet may amplify and expand its meaning. -Poetry Foundation Glossary
Encountered: Writing Workshop
Embouchure -
Noun.
position of the lips and tongue when playing a wind instrument.
From Child’s "Coyote"
“My embouchure muscles began to ache.” (Coyote, pg 36)
Definition source: Microsoft Word dictionary
Endemic -
Adj.
Of a disease or condition regularly found among particular people or in a certain area. Of a plant or animal native or restricted to a certain place.
"Whereas in animals fear is a response to signal, in men it is endemic."
Definitions from Oxford Dictionaries Online
Oxford Dictionaries. Web. 14 May 2012. <http://oxforddictionaries.com/>.
Berger, John. "Why Look at Animals?" The Animals Reader. eds. Linda Kalof and Amy Fitzgerald. Oxford: Berg, 2007. Print.
Eocene -
Noun
Geological time period between the Paleocene and Oligocene epochs.
Epistemological -
Noun.
A branch of philosophy that investigates the origin, nature, methods, and limits of human knowledge.
“I wasted my time looking at the stereo instructions from a epistemological perspective.”
Wells, Paul. The Animated Bestiary. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 2009. Print.
Extol -
Verb.
Praise enthusiastically.
"The aspirational human use of animal implicitly extols the benefits of democracy, notions of dignity and mutual respect, the value of hard work and intellectual endeavor, and ultimately the sense of an English pastoral idyll, a highly specific and quasi-mythic version of the naturalcultural."
Definitions from Oxford Dictionaries Online
Oxford Dictionaries. Web. 14 May 2012. <http://oxforddictionaries.com/>.
Wells, Paul. The Animated Bestiary: Animals, Cartoons, and Culture. New Brunswick, New Jersey: Rutgers University Press, 2009. Print.