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Semester 1 Exam Vocab Words
Class - American Classics ____ From Merriam-Webster's Vocabulary Builder
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English
11th Grade
12/15/2007

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Term
Cord (root word)
Definition
heart
Term
accord
Definition
  • to grant
  • to be in harmony, agree
  • to correspond with
Term
cordial
Definition
warm, friendly, gracious
Term
discordant
Definition
being at odds with, conflicting, not in harmony
Term
culp (root word)
Definition
guilt
Term
culpable
Definition
guilty
Term
exculpate
Definition
to clear from accusations of fault or guilt
Term
mea culpa
Definition
an admission of personal fault or error
Term
dic (root word)
Definition
to speak
Term
edict
Definition
  • an official announcement that has the force of a law
  • an order or command
Term
interdiction
Definition
an edict prohibiting something
Term
malediction
Definition

a curse

Term
gni/gno (root words)
Definition
to know
Term
cognitive
Definition
having to do with the process of knowing, including awareness, judgement, and understanding
Term
incognito
Definition
in disguise
Term
prognosis
Definition
forecast or prophecy
Term
apt/ept (root words)
Definition
to fit
Term
aptitude
Definition
  • natural tendency, talent or ability
  • ability to learn
Term
adept
Definition
expert or highly skilled
Term
inept
Definition
foolish, incompetent, bungling
Term
art (root word)
Definition
skill
Term
probivy
Definition
integrity
Term
artful
Definition
  • skillful
  • wily, srafty, sly
Term
artifact
Definition
a usually simple object, such as a tool or ornament, made by human workmanship or modification
Term
artifice
Definition
  • clever skill
  • a clever trick
Term
artisan
Definition
a skilled worker or craftsperson
Term
cad/cid/cas (root words)
Definition
to fall, fall down, drop
Term
cadaver
Definition
  • a dead body
  • a corpse
Term
decadent
Definition
  • self-indulgent
  • decaying or declining
Term
recidivism
Definition
  • a tendancy to fall back into earlier habits
  • relapse
Term
cis (root word)
Definition
to cut, cut down, or slay
Term
concise
Definition
brief and condensed
Term
excise
Definition
to cut out (especailly surgically)
Term
incisive
Definition
impressively direct and decisive
Term
caper
Definition
  • a playful leap
  • a prank or mischevious adventure
Term
lupine
Definition
  • like a wolf
  • wolfish
Term
serpentine
Definition
  • like a snake or serpent in shape or movement
  • winding
Term
simian
Definition
  • having to do with monkeys or apes
  • monkey like
Term
sagacity
Definition
wisdom
Term
crypt/cryph (root words)
Definition
hidden
Term
apocryphal
Definition
a doubtful genuineness or authenticity
Term
cryptic
Definition
  • mysterious
  • puzzelingly short
Term
crypt
Definition
a room completely or partly underground, especially under the main floor of a church
Term
ab/abs (root words)
Definition
  • from
  • away
  • off
Term
abscond
Definition
to depart in secret and hide
Term
abstemious
Definition
restrained, especially in the consumption of food or alcohol
Term
abstraction
Definition
the consideration of a thing or idea without associating it with a particular example
Term
abstruse
Definition
  • hard to understand
  • deep or complex
Term
ped (root word)
Definition
child
Term
pedagogy
Definition
  • the art or profession of teaching
  • the study of teaching
Term
pediatrician
Definition
a doctor who specializes in the diseases, development, and care of children
Term
pedant
Definition
a formal, unimaginative teacher
Term
nasc/nat/nai (root words)
Definition
to be born
Term
cognate
Definition
related or alike by nature
Term
innate
Definition
  • present from birth onward
  • part of the essential nature of something
Term
nascent
Definition
coming or having just come into being
Term
renaissance
Definition
rebirth or revival
Term
fer (root word)
Definition
to carry
Term
deferential
Definition
showing respect or esteem
Term
fertile
Definition
  • bearing great quantities of fruit or imaginative fruit
  • productive or inventive
  • able to support abundant plant growth
Term
trans (root word)
Definition
movement "through, across, or beyond"
Term
transfiguration
Definition
  • a change in form or appearance
  • a glorifying spiritual change
Term
transient
Definition
  • not lasting long, short-lived
  • passing through a place and staying only briefly
Term
transcendent
Definition
  • exceeding or rising above usual limits
  • surpassing
  • supreme
Term
pon/pos (root words)
Definition
  • put
  • place
Term
component
Definition
  • a seperate part of a whole
  • an ingredient or element
Term
disposition
Definition
  • tendency, inclination
  • basic outlook or attitude
Term
repository
Definition
a place or container where something is stored
Term
ten/tin/tain (root words)
Definition
  • hold
  • hold on to
Term
abstinence
Definition
holding oneself back volunatily from indulging an appetite or craving
Term
tenacious
Definition
stubborn or persistent in clinging to a thing
Term
tenable
Definition
capable of being held or defended
Term
sustenance
Definition
  • something that gives support or strength
  • food, nurishment
Term
monolithic
Definition
appearing to be a huge, featureless, often rigid whole
Term
term/termin (root words)
Definition
to limit, bound, or set limits to
Term
indeterminate
Definition
  • not precisely determined
  • vague
Term
interminable
Definition
  • having or seeming to have no end
  • tiresomely drawn out
Term
vinc/vict (root words)
Definition
  • to conquer
  • to overcome
Term
evince
Definition
  • to be outward evidence of
  • show or reveal
Term
invincible
Definition
incapable of being conquered or overcome
Term
provincial
Definition
lacking polish, culture, and broad experience
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