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11th Grade
02/12/2013

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Term
Grad,Gress
Definition

go,step

 

Illustration:

digress- to go astray (from the main point)

regress- go backwards

gradual- step by step, by degrees

 

 

Term

Graph, Gram 

Definition

Writing

 

Illustration:

epigram- pithy statement

telegram- instantaneous message over great distance

stenography- shorthand(writing narrowly)

Term
Greg
Definition

flock,herd

 

illustrations:

gregarious- tending to group together in a herd

aggregate- group, total

egregious- conspicuously

Term

 

Helio

Definition

Sun

 

Illustration:

heliotrope- flower that faces the sun

heliograph- instrument that  uses the sun's rays to send signals.

Term
it, ither
Definition

journey,road

 

illustration:

exit- way out 

itinerary- plan of journey

Term
jac, jact, jec
Definition

to throw

 

Illustration:

projectile- missile; something thrown foward

trajectory- path taken by thrown object

 

Term
jur, jurat
Definition

to swear

 

Illustration:

prejure- testify falsely 

jury- group of men and women sworn to seek truth

 

Term
labor, laborat
Definition

to work

 

Illustration:

laboratory- place where work is done.

laborious-difficult

Term
leg, lect, lig
Definition

to choose, to read

 

illustration:

election- choice

legible- able to read

eligible- able to be selected

Term
leg
Definition

law

 

illustration:

legislature- lawmaking body

legitimate- lawful

legal- lawful

Term
liber,libr
Definition

book

 

illustration:

library- collection of books

libretto- the "book" of a musical play

Term
liber
Definition

free

 

illustration:

liberation- the fact of setting free

liberal- generous

Term
log
Definition

word,study

 

illustration:

entomology: study of insects

etymology: study of word parts and derivations

Term
loqu, locut
Definition

to talk

 

illustration:

loquacious- talkative

soliloquy- speech by one individual

Term
luc
Definition

light

 

example:

elucidate- enlighten

lucid- clear

Term
magn
Definition

great

 

example:

magnify- enlarge

magnitude- greatness, extent

Term
mal
Definition

bad

 

example:

malevolent- wishing evil

malediction- curse

malefactor- evil doer

Term
man
Definition

hand

 

example:

manufacture- create (by hand)

manuscript- written by hand

Term
mar
Definition

sea

 

example:

maritime- connected with seafaring

submarine- undersea craft 

Term
mater, matr
Definition

mother

 

example:

maternal- pertaining to motherhood

matriarch- female ruler of the family or group

Term
mit, miss
Definition

to send

 

example:

missile- projective

dismiss- send away

Term
mob, mot, mov
Definition

move

 

example:

mobilize- cause to move

motility- ability to move

immovable- not able to be moved

Term
mon, monit
Definition

to warn

 

example:

admonish- warn

premonition- foreshadowing

Term
mori,mort
Definition

to die

 

example:

mortuary- funeral parlor

moribund- dying

immortal- not dying

Term
morph
Definition

shape, form

 

example:

amorphous- formless, lacking shape

metamorphosis- change of shape

Term
mut
Definition

change

 

example:

immutable- not able to be changed

mutate- undergo a great change

mutability- changeablness, inconstancy

Term
nat
Definition

born

 

example:

innate- birth

prenatal- before birth

nativity- birth

 

Term
nav
Definition

ship

 

example:

navigate- saila  ship

circumnavigate- sail around the world

naval- pertaining to ships

Term
breadth (n.)
Definition

width, extent

 

example:

we were impressed by the breadth of her knowledge.

Term
brevity (n.)
Definition

conciseness

 

example:

Brevity is essential when you send a telegram or cablegram; you are charged for every word.

Term
bristling (adj.)
Definition

shwoing irritation

 

example:

the dog stood there, bristling with anger.

Term
brittle (adj.)
Definition

easily broken

 

example:

My employer's selfcontrol was a as brittle as an egg shell.

Term
broach (v)
Definition

introduce

 

example: 

jack did not even try ot broach the subject of religion with his in-laws.

Term
browbeat (v)
Definition

bully

 

example:

Billy resisted Teds attempts browbeat him into handing over his lunch money.

Term
brunt (n)
Definition

main impact or shock

 

example:

Tom Sawyer claimed credit for painting the fence, but the brunt of the owkr fell on others.

Term
brusque (adj)
Definition

blunt, abrupt

 

example:

was bruce too brusque when he brushed off bob's request with a curt "Not Now !" ?

Term
buccaneer (n)
Definition

pirate

 

example:

At disneyland the pirates of the carribean sing a song about their lives as bloody buccaneers.

Term
bucolic ( adj)
Definition

rustic, rural, farmlike

 

example:

filled wiht browsing cows and bleating sheep, the meadow was a charmingly bucolic sight.

Term
buffet ( v)
Definition

slap, knock out

 

example:

to buffet something is to rough it up.

Term
buffoonery (n)
Definition

clowning

 

example:

baffon, in the ave ventura movies, jim carrey's buffoonery was hilarious

Term
bulwark (n)
Definition

strong defense, perosn who defends

 

example:

the navy si our principal bulwark against invasion.

Term
bumptious (adj)
Definition

self-assertive

 

exxample:

his classmates called him a show off because of his bumptious airs.

Term
bungle (v)
Definition

mismanage, blunder

 

example:

don't botch this assignment, bumstead; if you bungle the job, you're fired!

Term
bureaucracy (n)
Definition

over-regulated administrative system marked by red tape.

 

example:

the internal revenue is the ultimate bureaucracy.

Term
burgeon (v)
Definition

grow forth

 

example:

in the spring plantsthat burgeon are a promise of the beauty that come.

Term
burlesque (v)
Definition

give an imitation that ridicules

 

example:

in spaceboat, rick moranis burlesques darth vader of star wars walk.

Term
burly(adj)
Definition

husky

 

example:

the burly mover lifted the packing crate with ease.

Term
burnish(v)
Definition

to amke shiny by rubbing, polishing

 

example:

the maid burnished the brass fixtures until they reflected the lampling.

Term
bustle(v)
Definition

move with more energy

 

example:

david and the children bustled about the house getting in each others way as they tried tried to camp for the camping trip.

Term
buttress (v)
Definition

support, prop up

 

example: 

the attorney came up with several far-fetched arguements in a vain attempt to buttress his weak case.

Term
buxom (adj)
Definition

plump,full bossomed

 

example:

fashion  models usually slima nd willow rather than buxom

Term
cabal (n)
Definition

small group of persons secretly united to promote their own interests

 

example: 

the cabal was defeated when their scheme was discovered.

Term
cache (n)
Definition

hiding place

 

example:

the detectives followed the suspect until he led them to the cache where he had stored his loot.

Term
cacophonous (adj)
Definition

discordant

 

example:

do the students in the orchestra enjoy the cacophonous sounds they make when they're tuning up?

Term
cadence (v)
Definition

coax, wheedle

 

example: 

diane tried to cajole her father into letting her drive the family car.

Term
calamity (n)
Definition

disaster

 

example:

as news of the calamity spread, offers of relief poured in  to the sstricken community.

Term
caliber (n)
Definition

ability

 

example:

the scholarhsip committee searched for students of higher caliber.

Term
callous (adj)
Definition

hardened

 

example:

he had worked in the hospital for so many years that he was callous to the suffering in the wards.

Term
callow(adj)
Definition

youthful, immature

 

example:

as a freshman, jack was sure he was a man of the world, as a sophmore he made fun of freshman as callow youths. In both cases it showed how his judgement smade him seem callow himself.

 

Term
calorific (adj)
Definition

heat producing

 

example: 

coal is much more calorific than green wood.

Term
calumny ( n)
Definition

malicious, misrepresentation

 

example:

he could endure his financial failure, but he could not bear the calunny that his does heaped upon him

Term
Cameo (n)
Definition

shellor jewel carved in relief

 

example:

dont buy cameos form the street peddlers in rome

Term
candor ( n)
Definition

frankness, open honesty

 

example:

jakc can carry candor too far

Term
canny (adj)
Definition

shrewd , thrifty

 

example:

the canny scotsman was more than a match for the swindlers

Term
cant (n)
Definition

insincere expressions of piety

 

example:

shocked by the news of the ministers extramarital love affairs, the worshippers dissmissed his talk about the sacredness of marriage as mere cant.

Term
cantankerous (adj)
Definition

ill humoured, irritable 

 

example:

constantly complaining about his treatment and reffusing to cooperate with the hoispital stafff, he was a cantankerous patient.

Term
canter (n)
Definition

slow gallop

 

example:

because the racehorse had outdistanced its ccompetition so easily the reporter wrote that the race was won ina  canter

 

Term
canto( n)
Definition

division of a long poem

 

example:

dante's poetic masterpiece the divine comedy is divided into cantos

Term
canvass (v)
Definition

determine votes 

 

example:

after canvassing the sentiments of his constituents, the congressman was confident that he represented the majority of his district.

Term
capacious (adj)
Definition

spacious

 

example:

the the capacious rotunda of the railroad terminal, thousands of travelers lingered while waiting for the train.

Term
capitulate (v)
Definition

surrender

 

exxample:

the enemy was warned to capitulate or face annihilation

Term
capricious (adj)
Definition

unpredictible

 

example:

the storm was capricious.

Term
cardinal (adj)
Definition

cheif

 

example:

if you want to increase your word power, the cardinal rule of vocabulary building is to read.

Term
careen (v)
Definition

lurch, sway sidde to side

 

example:

the taxicab careened wildly as it rounded the corner

Term
caricature (n)
Definition

exxageratted picture or description

 

example:

the cartoonists caricature of president bush grossly exaggerated the size of the presidents ears.

Term
carnage(n)
Definition

destruction of life

 

example:

the film the killing fields vividly depicts the carnage wreaked by pol pots followers in cambodia.

 

Term
carnal(adj)
Definition

fleshly

 

example:

is the public more interested in carnal  pleassures than in spiritual matters?

Term
carping (adj)
Definition

finding fault

 

example:

a carping critic is a nit picker.

Term
castigate (v)
Definition

criticize severely

 

example:

when the teacher threatend to castigate the mischevious boys if they didn't behave, they shaped up in a hurry.

Term
casualty(n)
Definition

fatal accident

 

example:

the number of automobile casualies on this holiday weekend was high

Term
cataclysm (n)
Definition

violent upheavel

 

example:

the russian revolution was a political and social cataclysim that overturned czarsit rule.

Term
catalyst (n)
Definition

agent which brings about a chemical change while it remians unaffected and unchanged.

 

example:

many chemical reactions cannot take place without the prescence of a catalyst.

Term
cataract(n)
Definition

great waterfall, eye abnormality

 

example:

she gazed with awe at the mighty cataract known as niagra falls

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