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MW vocab 21-26
For Dr. Springers class
139
English
10th Grade
12/12/2009

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Term
Emissary
Definition

noun

person who is sent out by the government to be some kind of agent

Term
manumission
Definition

noun

to free a slave by signing a paper 

Term
missive
Definition

noun

message; sent out

Term
remittance
Definition

noun

something sent back

(ex. like a bill)

Term
missile
Definition

noun

something that is shot out

Term
emit
Definition

verb

beam of light or sound particles sent out

Term
compel
Definition

verb

pushed by public oppinion

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expel
Definition

verb 

to push something back

to force out

Term
impel
Definition

verb 

pushed by self

 urge or drive forward or on by or as if by the exertion of strong moral pressure

Term
repulsion
Definition

noun

pushed back or away

Term
repel
Definition

verb

 to drive back : repulse b : to fight against : resist

Term
dispel
Definition

verb

 to drive away by or as if by scattering : dissipate <dispel a rumor>

Term
arachnid
Definition

noun

Spiders and any other type of organism in the class Arachnida

any of a class (Arachnida) of arthropods comprising chiefly terrestrial invertebrates, including the spiders, scorpions, mites, and ticks, and having a segmented body divided into two regions of which the anterior bears four pairs of legs but no antennae

Term
Calliope
Definition

noun

 the Greek Muse of heroic poetry
2 : a keyboard musical instrument resembling an organ and consisting of a series of whistles sounded by steam or compressed air

Term
dryad
Definition

noun

wood nymph

Term
fauna
Definition

noun

animal life

Term
flora
Definition

noun 

plant life

Term
herculean
Definition

adj

very hard task

Term
pandora's box
Definition
source of many troubles
Term
scylla and charybdis
Definition

two equally dangerous alternatives

 

Term
MIT, MIS
Definition
to send
Term
PEL, PULS
Definition
to move or drive
Term
COSM
Definition
ornament and order
Term
cosmetic
Definition

adj

orderly on the outside, (but not usually on the inside)

Term
cosmology
Definition
a theory or doctrine describing the natural order of the universe
Term
cosmopolitan
Definition

adj.

having a worldwide scope on life

Term
cosmos
Definition

noun

1. universe

2. anything untouched/undiscovered in the universe

Term
SCI
Definition
to know, to understand
Term
Conscientious
Definition

adj

 : governed by or conforming to the dictates of conscience

Term
omniscience
Definition

adj

all knowing

Term
prescient
Definition

adj

foreknowledge of something

 

Term
unconscionable
Definition

adj

not guided or controlled by the conscience

Term
conscience
Definition

noun

1 a : the sense or consciousness of the moral goodness or blameworthiness of one's own conduct, intentions, or character together with a feeling of obligation to do right or be good

Term
adjunct
Definition

noun

something added onto something else

(usually smaller than what it is added on to)

Term
disjunction
Definition

noun

a sharp distinction or separation between two or more things

Term
injunction
Definition

noun

 the act or an instance of enjoining : order, admonition

Term
junta
Definition

noun

people who come together to seize power

Term
impart
Definition

verb

giving something of one's self to another 

Term
impartial
Definition

adj

not biased

Term
participle
Definition

noun

taking the side of someone else in an argument

Term
partisan
Definition

noun

1 : a firm adherent to a party, faction, cause, or person; especially : one exhibiting blind, prejudiced, and unreasoning allegiance

Term
JUNCT, JUX
Definition
join
Term
PART
Definition
part
Term
PATH
Definition

feelings

thought

disease

Term
pathos
Definition

noun

deep strong emotional feeling

(unpleasant) 

sadness

Term
apathetic
Definition

adj

arousing a deep sense of sorrow

Term
empathy
Definition

noun

sharing someone else's feelings

Term
pathology
Definition

noun

study of diseases of the mind and body

Term
sociopath
Definition

noun

a person that has diseased relationships with people

Term
PEN, PUN
Definition

penalty

punishment

Term
Penalty
Definition

noun

punishment for doing something wrong

Term
repentance
Definition

noun

when you think again about something and u change your mind about it and your sorry

 

Term
impunity
Definition

noun

exempt from punishment and penatly

Term
penal
Definition

adj

legal punishment for something

has to do with legal system

Term
penance
Definition

noun

an act of showing regret for doing something wrong

Term
punitive
Definition

adj

having to do with punishment or punishing someone

Term
MATR/METR
Definition
motherly
Term
Matron
Definition
mother
Term
matrimony
Definition
marriage
Term
matrix
Definition

noun

1 : something within or from which something else originates, develops, or takes form

Term
maternity
Definition

noun

having to do with having children

Term
matriculate
Definition

verb

entering an institute of education

Term
matrillineal
Definition

adj

having to do with your mothers family

Term
metropolitan
Definition

adj

mother city and its surroundings

Term
MONI
Definition
warning
Term
admonish
Definition

verb

to warn someone in particular

Term
monitory
Definition

adj

having to do with warning

Term
premonition
Definition

noun

a warning ahead of time

Term
cereal
Definition

noun

any grain that grows on a stock and is boiled or grounded and then baked

Term
junoesque 
Definition

adj

tall, beautiful, well developed and curvy woman

(not short and slender)

Term
martial
Definition

adj

having to do with war

Term
Promethean
Definition

adj 

of a very important nature and also containing some difficulties

 

Term
Sisyphean
Definition

adj

endless and impossible

Term
titanic
Definition

adj

huge

Term
Triton
Definition

noun

shell that Posiden blows/conch shells with stuff that comes out and its pretty

Term
vulcanize
Definition

verb

to treat with fire in order to make harder

Term
CANT
Definition

from latin word cantare

to sing

Term
cantata
Definition

noun

a group of songs that act as one long work

(usually had religious stuff )

opera= cantata+drama

 

Term
incantation
Definition

noun

a spell that is sung or spoken to produce a specific affect

Term
cantor
Definition
lead musical singer in a synagogue
Term
descant
Definition

noun

melody above the normal melody to enhance the melody

Term
chantely
Definition

noun

a song to accompany work

Term
chant
Definition
to recite in a singing way
Term
LUD LUS
Definition

from the latin word ludere

meaning to laugh/entertain

Term
interlude 
Definition

noun

time inbetween entertainment

Term
allude
Definition

verb

to refer to another work of art/literature

Term
collusion
Definition

noun

: secret agreement or cooperation especially for an illegal or deceitful purpos

Term
ludicrous
Definition

adj

funny

Term
prelude
Definition

noun 

something that takes place before

Term
delusion
Definition

noun 

mistake in idea or belief

Term
illusion
Definition

noun

deceptive appearence

Term
PHAN PHEN
Definition
to appear briefly or a quick vision of something
Term
Phantasm
Definition

noun

vision of something frightening

Term
Phantasmagoria
Definition

noun

rapidly shifting vision of images

Term
Phantasmagoric
Definition
having the characteristics of a phantasmagoria
Term
phenomenon
Definition

noun

short lived impressive something or person

Term
diaphanous
Definition

adj

translucent fabric (brides viel/curtain)

Term
VER
Definition
truth
Term
aver
Definition

verb

vow the truth

Term
verify
Definition

verb

confirm the truth about the something

Term
verisimilitude
Definition

noun

looking like the truth or looking like something else

Term
verity
Definition

noun

a true fact

Term
veracious
Definition

adj

truthful

Term
vertifiable
Definition

adj

able to br confirmed as true

Term
vertiable
Definition
in truth/ in fact
Term
TURB 
Definition
to mix up or turn over
Term
perturb
Definition

verb 

mix up

Term
turbine
Definition

noun

a machanical device that rotates on an axis

(move air or liquid or make energy) 

(turbines are in ACs and cars and ships) 

(hybrid cars have turbine)

Term
Turbulent
Definition

adj

turning over and over

Term
turbid
Definition

adj

filled with sediment from the bottom that has been stirred up

Term
disturbance
Definition

noun

to be disturbed 

Term

VOLU VOLV

 

Definition
turn around
Term
devolution
Definition

noun

to return power to a lower political group

Term
evoltuion
Definition

noun 

when something turns around from something else

(for the better)

Term
voluble
Definition

adj

talkitive

Term
convoluted
Definition

adj

turned in on itself

ex (lies that back fire on themselves)

Term
revolve
Definition

verb

to turn around in place

Term
Disputatious
Definition
like to agrue
Term
putative
Definition

adj

commonly accepted or supposed

Term
reputed
Definition

adj

 being such according to reputation or general belief 

Term
eulogy
Definition

noun

: a commendatory oration or writing especially in honor of one deceased <she delivered the eulogy at his funeral>

Term
monologue
Definition

noun

: a dramatic sketch performed by one actor 

Term
genealogy
Definition
study of ancestry
Term
anthropology
Definition
1 : the science of human beings; especially : the study of human beings and their ancestors through time and space and in relation to physical character, environmental and social relations, and culture
2 : theology dealing with the origin, nature, and destiny of human beings
Term
dialogue
Definition

noun

2 person skit/speech

Term
epilogue
Definition

noun

MerriamWebster:  : a concluding section that rounds out the design of a literary work

2 a : a speech often in verse addressed to the audience by an actor at the end of a play; also : the actor speaking such an epilogue b : the final scene of a play that comments on or summarizes the main action

Janelli: part at the end of a book that sums up everything and tells what happens after the end of the story

Term
parterre
Definition

noun

Garden

(usually like the ones outside of windows)

Term
Subterranean
Definition

adj

Underground

Term
terrarium
Definition

noun

 a usually transparent enclosure for keeping or raising plants or usually small animals (as turtles) indoors

Term
terrestrial
Definition

adj

 of or relating to the earth or its inhabitants

Term
Terra Firma
Definition

noun

dry land : solid ground

Term
aquamarine
Definition

adj and noun

1 : a transparent blue, blue-green, or green variety of beryl used as a gem
2 : a pale blue to light greenish blue

Term
marina
Definition

noun

place where boats are kept and or fixed

Term
mariner
Definition

noun

sailor

Term
maritime
Definition

adj

of, relating to, or bordering on the sea

(usually used to describe laws.

everything the Coast guard deals with)

Term
marine
Definition

adj

of to or relating to the ocean

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