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Unit 8 Vocab
Latin Roots: Port, Fer, Pher-Phor, Gest
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General Vocab
8th Grade
02/21/2011

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Term

Port

 

Importune

Definition

 

 

v. to urge or beg without end

syn: plead

Term

Port

 

Importunate

Definition

 

 

adj. extremely demanding, insistent

Term

Port

 

Rapport

Definition

 

 

n. a positive relationship

syn: camaraderie, friendship

Term

Fer

 

Insufferable

Definition

 

 

adj. impossible to bear, intolerable

 

Term

Fer

 

Preferential

 

Definition

 

 

adj. giving or showing an advantage to one over another

 

Term

Fer

 

Conferment

Definition

 

 

n. the act of bestowing, a formal offer

Term

Pher, Phor

 

Periphery

Definition

 

 

n. the outermost part or boundary

ant: center

Term

Pher, Phor

 

Euphoria

Definition

 

 

n. a feeling of great happiness or well-being

ant: misery

Term

Gest

 

Congested

Definition

 

 

adj. overcrowded, too tightly packed

ant: clear, empty

Term

Gest

 

Gestate

Definition

 

 

v. to conceive and develop in the mind or body

Term

Gest

 

Gesticulate

Definition

 

 

v. to make gestures for emphasis

Term

Fac (Unit 1)

 

Edification

Definition

 

 

n. improvement or enlightenment

syn: betterment

Term

Fac (Unit 1)

 

Discomfit

Definition

 

 

v. to embarass and confuse

ant: relax

Term

Sta, Sti (Unit 2)

 

Stanch   

Definition

 

 

v. to stop the flow of

syn: cease

Term

Stas, Stat (Unit 2)

 

Stasis

Definition

 

 

n. condition in which there is no change

syn: equilibrium, balance

Term

Verd, Virid (Unit 3)

 

Viridity

Definition

 

 

n. lack of experience, innocence

Term

Cand (Unit 3)

 

Candor

Definition

 

 

n. frankness or sincerity of expression; openness

Term

Pej, Pair (Unit 4)

 

Pejorative

Definition

 

 

adj. negative and critical, insulting

Term

Mal (Unit 4)

 

Malaise

Definition

 

 

n. a sense of unease, depression

Term

Plaint (Unit 5)

 

Plaintive

Definition

 

 

adj. sorrowful, expressing sadness

Term

Fest, Fet (Unit 5)

 

Fete

Definition

 

 

 

v. to honor with a banquet or feast

Term

Quies (Unit 6)

 

Acquiesce

Definition

 

 

v. to give in

Term

Somn (Unit 6)

 

Somnolent

Definition

 

 

adj. sleepy; drowsy

Term

Propit (Unit 7)

 

Propitiate

Definition

 

 

v. to soothe or satisfy, appease

Term

Ausp (Unit 7)

 

Auspices

Definition

 

 

n. patronage, support

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