Vocabulary Book B All Definitions Including Roots
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VII Jones Vocabulary From Classical Roots Book B
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Specto | To look at |
| Auspicious | showing signs that promise success |
| Introspection | examination of one's own thoughts and feelings |
| Retrospect | a survey of past times or events |
| Specimen | a single thing that is taken as an example of a whole category |
| Specter | a ghost |
| Spectrum | 1. The distribution of characteristics of a physical system, especially bands of colors seen as a rainbow or bands of differing sound waves 2. A wide range of related qualities or ideas |
| Speculate | 1. To form opinions without definite knowledge or evidence 2. To buy or sell something to make a profit but with risk of loss |
| Vigilo | to watch |
| Surveillance | Supervision or close observation, especially of a suspected person |
| Vigil | a period of staying awake to keep watch or to pray |
| Vigilant | watchful; on the lookout for danger |
| Re | back, again |
| Refute | to prove a statement or person to be incorrect; to disprove |
| Reiterate | to say over again |
| Repartee | 1. A quick, witty reply 2. Conversation characterized by such remarks |
| Repertoire | The stock of plays, stories, songs, or other pieces that a player or company is prepared to perform |
| Repose | To rest |
| reticent | Of silent nature; reserved in manner |
| Ostendo | To exhibit |
| Ostentatious | showy; intended to impress people |
| Vidi | to see |
| Improvise | 1. To make up something without preparation 2. To make or provide from materials on hand |
| Visionary | 1. Existing only in imagination; fanciful; not practical 2. Characterized by vision or forethought |
| Ostensible | pretended; given as an excuse, to conceal the real reason |
| Super | Above |
| Superlative | the highest; above the rest |
| Superfluous | beyond what is required; extra |
| Caedo | to cut |
| Concise | saying or writing much in few words |
| Herbicide | a substance for killing plants, especially weeds |
| Precise | clearly expressed; exact; accurate in every detail |
| Luein | to loosen, to untie |
| Lutos | "capable of being untied" |
| Analyze | to look at something carefully by attention to its parts |
| Catalyst | A force or person causing action, especially without being involved or changed by the consequences |
| Solvo | to loosen, to untie |
| Absolve | to relieve of blame or obligation; to pardon a sin |
| Resolute | determined; unshakable |
| Resolve | 1. To make a firm decision about 2. To find a solution |
| Ab | away from |
| Abrasive | harsh; rough |
| Abound | 1. To exist in great quantities or numbers 2. To be fully supplied or filled |
| Abscond | to leave quickly and secretly and hide oneself |
| Abhor | to detest thoroughly |
| Abstemious | sparing or moderate, especially in eating and drinking |
| Cerno | to separate, to sift, to decide |
| Discreet | showing tact, respect, and restraint in speech or behavior |
| Ascertain | to find out something for certain |
| Discern | to perceive; to detect differences |
| Frango | to break |
| Infraction | a violation, especially of a law |
| Infringe | to go beyond set limits |
| Suffrage | the right to vote, or a vote itself |
| Apo | to fasten, to attach |
| Aptitude | a natural talent or ability; quickness in learning |
| Inept | 1. Without skill 2. Inappropriate or out of place; foolish or absurd |
| Jungo | to join |
| Conjugate | to give forms of verbs in a fixed order |
| Injunction | an authoritative command or order |
| Juncture | 1. A serious state of affairs 2. The condition or point of being joined |
| Subjugate | to conquer; to dominate completely |
| Astringent | Harsh; severe |
| Strait | 1. A narrow passage of water connecting two large bodies of water 2. (Usually plural) A difficulty or bad position |
| Adjunct | an added part not essential to the whole |
| Stringo | to draw together tightly, to tie |
| Stringent | 1. Severe; constricted; tight 2. Pertaining to scarcity of money |
| Coherent | Showing an orderly relation of parts |
| Colloquial | characteristic of ordinary conversation rather than formal speech or writing |
| Commiserate | to feel or express sorrow or pity |
| Condone | to forgive; to disregard an offense |
| Commodious | spacious, roomy, as in a house |
| Contrite | thoroughly remorseful and repentant of one's sins |
| Abstain | to refrain from something by one's choice |
| Impertinent | 1. Impudent; rude 2. Irrelevant |
| Pertinacious | holding firmly, even stubbornly, to a belief |
| tenacity | hanging on to something persistently or stubbornly |
| Teneo | to hold, to keep |
| Cum | with, together with |
| Fingo | to shape |
| Feign | to pretend |
| Feint | to make a misleading movement or pretended attack |
| effigy | A sculpture or model of a person |
| Eidos | shape, form |
| Ideology | the main ideas of a class, group, or movement |
| Idyll | 1. A short description of a peaceful or romantic scene, usually of country life 2. A peaceful or romantic scene or incident |
| Rote | 1. By memory without thought of the meaning 2. Mechanical routine |
| Rotunda | a circular domed building or hall |
| Rota | wheel |
| Rotundus | round |
| Rotund | plump; rounded |
| Cavea | a hollow |
| Cavernous | 1. Like a large cave in size or darkness 2. Filled with caves or cavities |
| Concave | curved like the inner surface of a ball |
| Excavate | to dig out; to make a hole by digging |
| Circuitous | roundabout, indirect |
| Circumspect | cautious and watchful; prudent |
| Circumference | the outer boundary of a circle; the perimeter |
| Orbit | 1. Path of one body as it revolves around another body 2. A sphere of influence; a range of action or experience |
| Orb | 1. A sphere; anything spherical in shape 2. A globe carried by a monarch as a symbol of office |
| Configuration | a shape or outline; a method of arrangement |
| Figurative | using figures of speech; symbolic, not literal |
| Cyclic | occurring or moving in cycles |
| Encyclopedic | possessing information about many subjects or intensively about one subject |
| Circum | around |
| Orbis | circle, anything round |
| Orbita | wheel |
| Figura | form, shape |
| Kuklos | wheel, circle |
| Condole | to express sympathy |
| Doleful | mournful; sad |
| Irascible | irritable; hot tempered |
| Irate | angry; enraged |
| Ire | anger; rage |
| Malevolent | wishing harm to others; malicious |
| Volition | a conscious choice; use of one's will to make a decision |
| Zeal | passionate devotion to a cause; ardor |
| Zealot | a zealous person; a fanatic |
| Doleo | to grieve |
| Volo | to wish |
| Zelos | zeal |
| Extraneous | 1. coming from the outside, foreign; p 2. Not essential or vital |
| extraterrestrial | outside or originating outside the limits of the earth's atmosphere |
| extrovert | A person chiefly interested in things outside the self, directing thoughts outward rather than inward |
| mediate | to act as negotiator between opposing sides in a dispute |
| mediocrity | The condition of being commonplace or ordinary, somewhere in the middle between high and low; a very ordinary person |
| medium | 1. a substance or element through which something is transmitted 2. A person thought to have communication with spirits of the dead |
| non sequitur | a statement that does not follow logically from evidence |
| obsequious | excessively willing to yield to others |
| subsequent | coming after or later |
| sequester | 1. to go into hiding; to seek solitude 2. to isolate |
| Extra | on the outside |
| Medius | middle |
| Sequor | to follow |
| Excerpt | A passage selected from a book, play, piece of music, etc. |
| exhilarate | to cheer; to stimulate; to enliven |
| exonerate | 1. to free from blame 2. To relieve from a task |
| exorbitant | excessive |
| Compound | A combination of elements, parts, or substances |
| exposition | 1. a precise statement or explanation 2. A public exhibit or show |
| expound | to set forth an explanation or view of something in detail |
| impose | to set up, or to force something (or oneself) on others |
| impostor | one who deceives by using a false identity |
| proponent | one who argues in support of something |
| ex | from, Out of |
| pono | to place, to put |
| subvert | to upset; to overthrow; to ruin |
| subservient | excessively willing to yield; submissive |
| contort | To twist or bend out of shape. |
| distort | 1. to change something to make it false 2. to twist (something) out of its natural shape |
| retort | a quick, witty,sometimes bitting reply |
| tortuous | 1. having many twists and turns 2. deceitfully roundabout; tricky |
| adversity | hardship; misfortune |
| avert | 1. to turn away 2. to prevent |
| introvert | a person whose thoughts and interests are directed inward |
| perverse | stubbornly doing something other than what is reasonable or required |
| prose | ordinary speech or writing without rhyme or meter |
| sub | under |
| torqueo | to twist; to bend; to turn around |
| verso | to turn, to turn around |
| percussion | 1. the sharp striking of one thing against another 2. instruments that make a sound when struck |
| perennial | 1. Lasting for an indefinitely long time 2. continuing regularly 3. living longer than two years, said especially of plants. |
| permeate | to penetrate through spaces; to spread throughout |
| persevere | to hold fast to a task or purpose despite handicaps or obstacles |
| defer | to delay or postpone |
| dilatory | tending to delay or procrastinate |
| elation | excited feelings of pride, triumph, or happiness |
| infer | 1. to use available evidence to form a conclusion 2. To guess |
| contend | 1. to engage in a quarrel, a struggle, or rivalry 2. to assert; to put forward in argument |
| intent | purpose |
| per | through |
| fero | to bring, to bear, to carry |
| tendo | to stretch |
| procrastinate | to put off doing something; to delay needlessly |
| prodigal | a spendthrift |
| prodigy | a person with exceptional talent or powers |
| profane | to treat with irreverence |
| profuse | plentiful, prodigal, overflowing; giving abundantly |
| jeopardy | danger; peril |
| jocular | joking; avoiding seriousness |
| assuage | To soothe; to make less severe; to satisfy |
| suave | smooth in social manner |
| festoon | a decorative chain of flowers, leaves, or ribbons hung in a curve |
| fete | a party or festival, especially one held out of doors |
| pro | before, for |
| Jocus | joke |
| Suavis | delightful |
| Festus | festive |
| assent | to consent; to express agreement (used with to) |
| dissent | to have or express a different opinion |
| presentiment | a sense of something about to happen |
| sensuous | appealing to the senses, especially aesthetically |
| sentinel | A sentry; one who keeps watch |
| contiguous | adjoining; sharing a boundary |
| tangible | 1. perceptible by sense of touch 2. clear and define; real; concrete |
| tactile | pertaining to or using the sense of touch; tangible |
| tangent | 1. touching 2. irrelevant; off the subject |
| Tango | to touch |
| Sentio | to feel with the senses |
| ad hoc | For a specific purpose or situation |
| admonish | 1. To scold gently but firmly 2. To caution; to warn |
| assimilate | 1. To take in and make a part of the body; to digest 2. To cause to become similar or part of a whole |
| olfactory | pertaining to the sense of smell |
| redolent | 1. Smelling strongly 2. Full of memories |
| resonate | to produce or show sound vibrations; to echo or resound |
| sonic | pertaining to sound waves or audible sounds |
| advocate | speak in favor of; to recommend |
| evoke | 1. To summon or call forth; to inspire 2. To produce a reaction or response |
| provocative | exciting; stimulating |
| vociferous | making an outcry; characterized by loudness, especially in protest |
| Ad | to, toward |
| Oleo | to smell |
| Sono | to sound |
| Voco | to call |
| OMG | Oh my god |
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