chapter 21 vocab AP English
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 abase | literally lower or depressed. applied to passions, rank, and condition |
| a- | away from |
| bas- | low |
| amplify | to enlarge, augment, exaggerate or strengthen |
| ample | make large |
| fyi | make do |
| au contraire | french expression meaning the opposite or to the contrary |
| contra | against |
| celerity | rapidity of motion, swiftness, speed |
| celer | swift |
| ity | state |
| con | together |
| ject | throw |
| ure | act/ process |
| conjecture | a guess/ inference - prediction of uncertain evidence |
| de | from |
| bon | good |
| air | disposition |
| debonair | charectorized by courtesy and charm |
| dis | apart |
| con | together |
| solari | comfort |
| disconsolate | without comfort, cosign or suggesting discomfort or dejection |
| en | inside |
| amor | love |
| enamor | to fill with love and desire; to inflame with love |
| ex | out |
| purge | clense |
| ate | make |
| expurgate | to remove anything considered obscene or objectionable |
| in | not |
| passer | to pass |
| impasse | a blind alley, a road having no exit, a difficult situation with no solution or escape |
| eff | out |
| able | able |
| ineffable | beyond expression; don't have words to describe feelings |
| in | not |
| tract | pull |
| intractable | difficult to manage, unruly, stubborn |
| mal | bad |
| odor | smell |
| ous | full of |
| malodorous | having a bad smell/ odor |
| nom | name |
| de | from |
| plume | flower |
| nom de plume | french origin meaning pen name or name for writing |
| per | through |
| funct | do |
| ory | related to |
| perfunctory | done merely out of duty; acting routinely with little care or concern |
| prole | offspring |
| fer | carry/ produce |
| ate | make/ cause |
| proliferate | to multiply |
| re | back, again |
| iterate | do a second time |
| ate | make/ cause |
| reiterate | to say something a number of times for emphasis or clarity |
| poten | power |
| ate | that which |
| potentate | one who has the power and position to rule over others |
| satis | enough |
| ate | make, cause |
| satiate | satisfy appetite or desire fully, to gratify to excess |
| supe | above beyond |
| sed | go |
| supersede | take the place of a person or thing previously in use; cause to be set aside or displlaced |
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