Brissman 1st year Root Vocab Set 3
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Mr. Brissman's 1st Year Vocab Root Sets
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Latin | English |
|---|---|
| transient (TRANS across) |  one who or that which is only of temporary existence; in constant movement |
| resonant (RE again + SON sound) | a rich vibrating sound |
| antipathy (ANTI against + PATH feeling) | a strong dislike |
| contradict (CONTRA opposite or against + DICT word) | to give opposing words; to give an idea only later to give an opposing idea |
| malaria (MAL bad + AERO air) | potentially deadly disease most often transmitted by tropical mosquitoes (originally, people thought it was the tropical air that made people sick) |
| omniscient (OMNI all + SCI know) | all-knowing (like a god) |
| omnipotent (OMNI all + POTENT strong) | all-powerful (like a god) |
| omnibus (OMNI all + bus) | containing or including many different items ("put it all on the bus and let's go!") |
| console (CON together + SOL alone) | to help alleviate the grief, sense or loss, or pain of another |
| segregate (SE apart + GREG group) | to separate groups of people |
| circumspect (CIRCUM around + SPECT look) | cautious, such that one looks around carefully |
| artisan (ART art) | a worker who practices a trade or handicraft |
| artifice (ART art + FIC/FY make) | trickery or deception; an artful strategum; to present a false image |
| abrogate (AB away + ROGAT ask or question) | to ask that something be removed or taken away; to annul |
| disavow (DIS away or apart) | to deny responsibility for |
| retrogress (RETRO back + GRESS step) | stepping backwards (the opposite of progress); growing worse in performance |
| retrograde (RETRO back + GRADE step) | stepping backwards (e.g., retrograde fashion looks to the past for fashion inspiration and styles) |
| dystrophy (DYS bad + TROPH nourishment) | a condition produced by faulty or poor nutrition; a wasting away |
| malice (MAL bad) | the desire to cause pain, injury or harm to another |
| malady (MAL bad) | an illness |
| commiserate (COM together + MIS bad) | at least two people feeling sad together, sharing misery |
| calligraphy (CALLI beautiful + GRAPH write) | beautiful writing |
| predisposition (PRE before) | susceptibility; tendency beforehand |
| incredulous (IN not + CRED believe + OUS full of) | not believing what is seen or heard |
| credulous (CRED believe + OUS full of) | believing what is seen or heard |
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