Language Arts
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216 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Equi | equal |
| Hetero | different |
| Jur | law |
| Hyper | above |
| Cred | belief |
| Deca | ten |
| Non | not |
| Clud | shut |
| Omni | all |
| Multi | many |
| Pre | before |
| Spec | watch |
| Biblio | book |
| Di | two |
| Vert | turn |
| Oct | eight |
| Morph | form |
| Phil | love |
| Mono | one |
| Bene | good |
| Graph | write |
| Fid | faith |
| Anti | against |
| Hypo | below |
| Penta | five |
| Apprehensive | adj. afraid, anxious, or worried; uneasy |
| Adherence | noun. the act of following closely or remaining devoted; faithfulness |
| Chastisement | noun. punishment or critisism, beating; scolding |
| Chortled | verb. chuckled loudly or gleefully |
| Distraught | adj. in a state of mental conflict and confusion; bewildered |
| Infraction | noun. violation; the act of breaking a law or obligation |
| Palpable | adj. obvious; readily seen or heard; that can be touched or felt |
| Remorse | noun. a deep, painful regret for having done wrong |
| Ritual | noun. a method or procedure faithfully followed [adj. done as rite] |
| Gravitating | verb. tending to move toward; sinking or settling; being attracted |
| Humiliation | noun. a lowering of pride, dignity, or self respect |
| Infringe | verb. to break; to violate; to trespass; encroach |
| Integrity | noun. 1. strength of character; great sincerety, honesty and virtue 2. Wholeness; completeness; entirety |
| Relinquish | verb. to give up; let go |
| Vigilant | adj. watching carefully; attentive; cautious; observant |
| Admonition | noun. a mild critisism, waring, or reminder; advice concerning the faults of a person has shown or may show; counsel; reccomendation |
| Assimilate | to take in and understand; to make or become part of a culture |
| Assuage | to make less; migrate; calm; to appease, to satisfy, to quench |
| Dismay | noun. a strong feeling of alarm; unieasiness; fear or dissapointment |
| Meticulously | adverb. extremely or excessivley careful about small details |
| Acqusition | noun. something acquired or gained; addition to an existing group |
| Indolence | noun. dislike of work; laziness; idleness |
| Reprieve | noun. temporary releif from any danger or trouble; postponement of an order to excecute a person |
| Excruciating | adj. causing great suffering; very painful; agonizing |
| Languid | adj. weak or slow; unhurried; lazy; relaxed |
| Pervaded | spread through; permeated; infused |
| Supress | hold back; stifle; restrain; conceal; cover up |
| Impede | to hinder or slow down; obstruct; |
| Obsolete | adj. no longer in use; outdated; archaic |
| Implore | beg; beseech; plead |
| Credulous | adj. believing without question; easily decieved |
| Credence | noun. belief in the truth of; trust |
| Credible | adj. believeable; reliable; trustworthy; deserving in belief or confidence |
| Incredulous | feeling, having, or showing doubt or disbelief |
| Fidelity | 1. faithfulness in carrying out one's duties or responsibilities; loyalty 2.accuracy; exactness; correctness |
| Infidelity | noun. an unfaithful or disloyal act |
| Dialouge | a conversation in which two or more speakers take part |
| Monolouge | noun. a long speech by one person; a poem or part of a play, performed by one actor |
| Prolouge | noun 1. an introduction by which one of the actors to the audience before a play begins 2. any introductory act or event 3. an introduction to a book- a preface |
| Epilouge | noun 1. a short selection at the end of a book, poem, or other written piece of information 2. a speech to the audience by an actor at the end of a play |
| Philanthropy | noun. love of human beings, especially as shown in the desire to lessen the misery of others and in the giving of mooney for worthwhile causes; a charitable gift or act |
| Philosophy | noun. the love or pursuit of wisdom; the study of truth or principles underlying all knowledge |
| Introspection | noun. the examination of one's own thoughts and emotions |
| Retrospective | adj. surveying past events or experience; looking backward |
| Heterogeneous | consisting of parts or units that are not alike; varied |
| Heterodoxy | a belief, doctorine, or opinion not in agreement with what is regularly accepted |
| Equilibrium | a state of balance; condition in which opposing forces exactley balance or equal each other |
| Equilateral | having all sides equal or of the same length |
| Benevolent | adj. desiring or showing the desire to do good |
| Beneficence | noun. the doing of good; kindness; a charitable act; gift |
| Beneficial | adj. favorable; useful; tending to help |
| Benefactor | a person who has given help or money; patron |
| Beneficiary | a person who recieves benefits or advantages; a person entitled to recieve an inheritance by a will or money from the insurance company |
| Bengin | 1. pleasant and kind 2.not seriously harmful 3. favorable to health; mild |
| Abs | away from |
| Aster | star |
| Auto | self |
| Cid | kill |
| Cogn | know |
| Dict | say, speak |
| Dox | belief |
| Eu | good |
| Geo | earth |
| Graph | write |
| Hom | same |
| Hydr | water |
| Log | speech |
| Manu | hand |
| Micro | small |
| Ortho | straight |
| Prob | prove |
| Re | back again |
| Sed | seat |
| Sub | under, below |
| Sym | together |
| Ten | hold |
| Tract | draw |
| Tri | three |
| Euphenism | the substitution of a good expression for an unpleasant one |
| Euphonious | pleasing to the ear; harmonious |
| Eulogize | to write or speak in praise of someone; extol; commend |
| Eulogy | a speech or writing in praise of someone , especially a deceased person |
| Euphoria | a strong feeling of happiness and well- being; elation |
| Tenacious | 1. holding firmly 2. not forgetting; retentive 3. stubborn; persistent 4. not easily pulled apart |
| Tenacity | stubbornness; obstinacy; persistence; determination; steadfastness |
| Cognition | the mental act or process by which knowledge is acquired |
| Incognito | disguised so no one knows you |
| Circumspect | careful to consider all circumstances and possible consequences |
| Amorphous | without distinct form or a gas |
| Documentary | a work, such as a film or television program, presenting political, social, or historical subject matter in a factual and informative manner and often consisting of actual films or interviews accompanied by narration |
| Controversy | a dispute, especially a public one, between sides holding opposing views |
| Contemporary | current; modern |
| Electorate | the whole body of persons in a nation or state who are entitled to vote in an election |
| Facilitate | to make easy or less difficult |
| Insolence | rudeness; disrespectful behavior; impudence |
| Provocative | tending to call forth action; tending to stir up anger or resentment |
| Compel | to make someone do something whether by force , necessity or influence |
| Arbitrary | based on a whim, impulse, or chance, not based on reason or law |
| Disruptive | causing confusion or disorder |
| Incident | a particular occurrence; an event |
| Misconstrue | to mistake the meaning of; misinterpret |
| Conformity | action or behavior that is in agreement with generally accepted standards of business, law, or conduct |
| Conformist | person who acts in agreement |
| Diverse | different; unlike; varied |
| Diversity | the quality of being different; variety |
| Diversify | to give variety to; to vary |
| Pathetic | adj. arousing or deserving pitty or sympathy |
| Pathology | noun. the branch of medical science concerned with the origin, nature, causes, and development of disease 2. the symtoms or or the effects caused by a disease |
| Pathogen | noun. anything, especially a microorganism, that causes disease |
| Pathos | noun. the quality in a speech, writing, music, events, or a scene that arouses a feeling of pity or sadness |
| Apathetic | adj. lacking feeling, interest, or concern; indifferent |
| Apathy | noun. lack of interest or concern; indifference |
| Empathy | noun. the capacity to share another person's feelings or thoughts |
| Sympathy | noun. a sharing of another's sorrow condition of having the same feeling; agreement in feeling |
| Antipathy | noun. a feeling of great dislike Synonyms. antagonism, aversion |
| Mal | bad, badly |
| Malady | noun. a disease, sickness, or illness |
| Malfeasance | a wrong or dishonest act, especially by a public official; violation of a public trust or duty |
| Malevolent | adj. showing ill will; spiteful; wishing evil to others; malicious |
| Maleficence | noun. harm; evil |
| Mortal | adj 1. of having to do with man; human 2. certain to die eventually 3. causing physical or spiritual death 4. lasting or remaining until death; relentless |
| Mortality | noun. frequency of death; loss of life on a large scale; death rate; the number of deaths per thousand cases of disease or per thousand persons in a population |
| Phobia | noun. an unreasonable and persistent fear of a particular thing |
| Claustrophobia | noun. an abnormal fear of being in a small or enclosed space |
| Acrophobia | noun. fear of heights |
| Agoraphobia | noun. fear of being in open places |
| Genocide | noun. the extermination of a national, political, cultural, religious, or racial group |
| Omnivorous | adj. 1. eating every kind of food; eating both animals and vegetables 2. taking in everything; fond of all kinds of books |
| Herbivorous | adj. feeding on grass or other plants |
| Nomen/nomin | name |
| Ignominy | n. the loss of one's good name; public shame and disgrace; shameful action or conduct |
| Ignominious | adj. disgraceful; dishonorable; infamous |
| Nomenclature | n. a set or system of names or terms used to describe the various elements in a particular science or art |
| Nominal | adj. existing in name only; not actual or real |
| Tempo | time |
| Temporal | lasting for a time only; of this life only;worldly; not sacred |
| Extemporaneous | adj. done,made, or given with little or no advanced preparation |
| Extemporize | v. to make up as one goes along; improvise |
| Vor | eat greedily |
| Voracious | adj. 1. eating with great appetite; ravenous 2. very eager; unable to be satisfied |
| Carnivorous | adj. eating or living on meat |
| Ideological | adj. having to do with ideas or beliefs held by a group; the combined doctrines of a social or political movement |
| Ante | before |
| Antebellum | of the period of time before the Civil war |
| Antediluvian | adj. before the flood; very old or old fashioned |
| Antecedent | adj. coming earlier; happening before; previous |
| Mem | recall, remember |
| Memoir | n. a written account of what one has experienced, observed, or learned |
| Memorable | adj. hard to forget |
| Commemorate | v. to honor or serve as a reminder of |
| Memento | n. anything kept or given as a reminder of the past; souvenir |
| Altruistic | adj. thoughtful of the welfare of others |
| Analogous | adj. alike in some way; comparable |
| Acumen | n. keenness of judgement or insight |
| Brusque | adj. shot, abrupt, dismissive; discourteously blunt |
| Capricious | adj. given to sudden and unaccountable; changes of mood or behavior; subject to whim, fickle |
| Demure | adj. quiet, modest, reserved |
| Egregious | extremely bad; conspicuously offensive |
| Fastidious | adj. meticulous, demanding, high and often unattainable standards |
| Contrite | adj. easily forgiven; feeling or expressing remorse |
| Pugnacious | adj. quarrelsome, combative; inclined to fight |
| Truculent | adj. ready to fight; expressing bitter opposition |
| Ambivalent | adj. having conflicting or opposite feelings, such as love and hate, toward something or someone |
| Anachronism | n. an error that places , shows, or mentions something in a time when it was it was not known or did not exist |
| Ancillary | adj. secondary in importance; subordinate; assisting; helping |
| Assiduos | adj. showing constant, steady attention and effort |
| Collusion | n. a secret agreement for a wrongful propose, as to cheat or deceive |
| Exonerate | v. to free from blame; find innocent |
| Docile | adj. easy to teach, manage, or handle: obedient |
| absurd | ridiculously unreasonable |
| hypothesis | a theory used as a basis for research |
| impair | to weaken; damage |
| naïveté | lack of sophistication; simplicity |
| opportunist | a person who takes advantage of any opportunity to achieve a goal, with little regard for moral principles |
| shrew | a mean, nagging woman |
| proportional | having a constant relationship in degree or number |
| regression | a return to a less developed condition |
| sensation | a state of great interest and excitement |
| syndrome | a group of symptoms that characterizes a disease or psychological disorder |
| specialization | a focus on a particular activity or area of study |
| statistically | in terms of the principles used to analyze numerical data |
| tangible | able to be seen or touched; material |
| collaborate | to work together on a project |
| commend | to speak highly of; praise |
| comply | to act according to a command, request, or order |
| diatribe | condemnation; bitter; abusive criticism |
| impudent | offensively bold and disrespectful |
| palatable | acceptable to the taste; able to be eaten |
| proposition | a suggested plan |
| ransom | a price or payment demanded in return for the release of property or person |
| surreptitiously | in a sneaky way; secretly |
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