Vocabulary from Classical Roots E chapters 9 and 10
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43 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 to shine | luceo |
| light | lux |
| lucent | 1. shining, luminous 2. permitting light to pass through, translucent |
| lucid | 1. clearly expressed, easy to understand 2. logical, rational, sane |
| elucidate | to make clear or plain, to clarify |
| pellucid | 1. very clear, thus allowwing a maximum of light to pass through; transparent; translucent 2. Very clear in meaning or style |
| light | lumens |
| luminary | 1. an object, such as a sun or moon, that gives light 2. a person who is outstanding in a particular field |
| luminescence | light emitted by means other than burning, such as chemical or biochemical action or radiation |
| to point out, to show | monstro |
| muster | 1. to assemble people, especially troops, for a specific reason 2. to gather; to summon |
| remonstrate | to speak in protest of disapproval |
| shade/ shadow | umbra |
| umbrage | extreme offense; resentment |
| adumbrate | 1. to give a sketchy outline 2. to foreshadow indistinctly |
| black/ dark colored | niger |
| denigrate | to speak derogatorily of someone's character or reputation; to deframe; to disparage |
| necromancy | 1. the art of predicting event by allegedly communication with the dead 2. black magic; witchcraft; sorcery |
| to be pale | pallo |
| pall | 1. a cover for a coffin or tomb 2. a coffin, especially one with a body in it 3. anything that covers, darkens. obscures. or makes gloomy |
| palliate | 1. to make a situation, especially an offense, seem less serious, to make excuses for something or someone |
| pallid | 1. deficient in color, having an abnormally plae complexion 2. lacking color, vitality, or interest; dull |
| away from | apo |
| apocalypse | 1. a prophetic disclosure or revelation especially concerning a universal cataclysm 2. any widespread destruction 3. The last book of the bible, also know as Revelation, which contains prophesies about the ultimate destruction of the world |
| apocryphal | false, counterfeit, doubtful, especially in authorship or authenticity |
| apoplexy | a stroke, sudden loss of muscular control, sensation, or consciousness usually resulting from rupture or blockage of a blood vessel (often used hyperbolically to describe a state of extreme rage that produces exaggerated responses) |
| apostate | a person who forsakes his or her own principles, religions, or allegiances |
| pure, spotless | castus |
| castigate | to punish, to critize severly, to chastise |
| chasten | to seek to improve through punishment, to discipline |
| to close | claudo |
| occlusion | something that blocks; an abstruction |
| recluse | someone who lives alone and avoids company; a hermit |
| key | clavis |
| clavier | a keyboard instrument, like a piano or harpsichord, with strings |
| conclave | a private, exclusive, or secret meeting |
| enclave | a country entirely or most enclosed with the territory of another country 2. a district or group isolated or enclosed by a larger one |
| through | dia |
| diadem | a crown or headband worn as a sign of authority |
| diatribe | an abusive criticism or atack |
| diametrical | pertaining to diameter, exactly or completely opposite |
| diaspora | 1. any group migration or flight from a country 2. dispersion of the Jews from their homeland in the Middle East |
| to punish, to correst, to restrain | castigo |
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