July 25, 2007
compunction
DEFINITION: (noun) A strong uneasiness caused by a sense of guilt.
SYNONYMS: remorse, self-reproach.
USAGE: This child had taken and lost her treasured amethyst brooch and now sat there calmly without the least apparent compunction or repentance.
Pointillism
Pointillism, a postimpressionist school of painting exemplified by Georges Seurat and his followers in late 19th-century France, is characterized by the application of paint in small dots and brush strokes. These distinct points of primary colors create the visual effect of a wide selection of secondary colors, relying heavily on the viewer's perceptive ability to mix the color spots into a full range of tones. The technique is analogous to the color production of what modern devices?






