lit comp vocab

the principle of policy of achieving some goal by gradual steps rather than drastic change.

act of recalling things past, esp. in ones personal experience.

information, ideas, or rumors deliberately spread widely to help or harm a person, group, movement, institution, nation, etc.

a judicial decision that serves as an authority for deciding a later case.

capable of being touched; discernible by the touch; material or substantial.

pleasantly easy to approach and to talk to; friendly; cordial; warmly polite.

causing or being a subject for grief or regret; lamentable

aggressive or vigorous, esp in the support of a cause

extraordinary in size, amount, extent, degree.

the record of points or strokes made by the competitors in a game or match.