Foucault, "What is an author?"

Foucault, "What is an author?"

Some advanced vobaulary from the 1969 lecture-turned-essay on authorship.

Find the best synonym/definition of the following words:

1. Scansion

A mountaineer
An art-work of exquisite beauty
A bar-room brawl
A metrical pattern of a poem
An outlier on a boat


2. Exegesis

An exposition of a particular topic
An explanation or critical interpretation
A detailed explication of a meaning
An expression of earnest opposition or protest
A cathartic experience


3. Antecede

To come before
To come after
To come in between
To point back
To bring forth


4. Immanence

The state of being outside a domain
The result of transcending a domain
The state of being aligned with a spiritual plane
The state of being within a domain
The state of being without a domain


5. Effacement

A withdrawal, an obliteration
A courageous feat
A proving of strenght
An embarrassing defeat
A belittlement, a malicious charge


6. Concomitant

Deliberate, purposeful
Disconnected, detached
Integral, pertinent
Extraneous, inappropriate
Simultaneous, concurrent


7. Expound

To grieve
To protest
To declare
To affirm
To console


8. Scission

The act of sifting
The act of dividing
The act of listing
The act of siphoning
The act of conjoining


9. Licit

Illegal
Immoral
unethical
Lawful
Moral


10. Expiate

To cast out an evil spirit
To invoke evil, to incantate
To hold a religious ceremony
To avert evil by religious ceremony
To perform magic

From Song of Myself, Walt Whitman I

Song of myself, Walt Whitman I

Challenging vocabulary, from the 1881 (I assume) and final edition of the poem (plus one from The Slave's Dream, by Longfellow).

What is the best definition of/synonym to the word ...

1. Abeyance

A state of misfortune or affliction
An assertion, a strong declaration
Temporary cessation or suspension
A state or condition markedly different from the norm
The state of being vexed or irritated


2. Loafe

To skulk
To move in a slouching manner
To be dormant or inactive
To spend time idly
To keep quiet


3. Eddy

Gliding or dropping of water
Circular motion in water; whirlpool
Small brook or stream
Inflowing; the place of inflowing
Slow and gradual overflow


4. Fetter

A chain or manacle used to restrain a prisoner
A cousin once removed
A newborn baby's bed
A swift, witty retort
An illicit lover, either male or female


5. Entretied

Circumlocuted
Periphrased
Paraphrased
Cross-braced
Called-upon


6. Kelson

A clique that shares common interests or activities
Skin redness from sunburn or chemical irritation
An act of sailing; a voyage or excursion in a sailing vessel
A newborn baby's bed
A basic structural unit; a reinforcing timber bolted to the keel of a ship


7. Gauze

A band-aid
A very thin, transparent fabric of silk, linen, or cotton
An intent or persevering stare
A superficial wound or abrasion
A lowering in rank, character, condition


8. Blab

Something that seems to have no definite shape
A drop of liquid, especially ink, on the surface of something
Loose talk or chatter; babbling; divulging of secrets
A long pointed nose
A pustule, blister, lesion that contains pus


9. Voluptuous

Sexually exploitative; using sex to indulge, secure favors
Moderate and self-controlled as regards the indulgence of appetites or desires
Indifferent to intellectual and moral interests
Seduced or corrupted from duty or virtue
Furnishing gratification of the senses


10. Souse

To drench with water
To walk leisurely
To idle away the day
To wash one self
To make broth