P7
1. aesthetics: the study and science of the philosophy
of beauty; impact
2. impact: effect
3.
the firmness of good prose: the lucid and compact
structure of good prose
4. pet: favorite, choice, favored, preferred, cherished,
dearest
5. nonutilitarian: not concerned with practical use
6. typography: the work of preparing and setting matter
for printing; the arrangement, style and appearance
of printed matter
P8
1. posterity: people who will be born and live after
one’s own time; a person’s descendants
2. genuinely: really, truly, actually, purely
P10
1. fluctuate: rise and fall, change often, vary irregularly;
bob up and down
2.
by nature—taking your ‘nature’ … you are first adult:
According to nature—the nature you are still keeping
(or having), same as the one you once had when you
became an adult first …
3. as it is: in reality
4. outweigh: be heavier than; exceed, surpass, predominate,
override, more important than
5. ornate: elaborate, showy, lavish, fanciful, decorated,
ostentatious, embellished
