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Root Quiz
Term | Definition |
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Peccadillo | a small sin or fault |
Impeccable | having no flaws |
Peccant | violating a moral law, sinful |
Pejorative | negative and critical; insulting |
Impair | to cause to diminish in strength, value, or quality |
Jocose | cheerful; merry |
Jocular | characterized by joking |
Festoon | to drape or adorn festively |
Fete | to honor with a banquet or feast |
Bacchic | of or related to a wild celebration |
Bacchanal | a drunken party or celebration |
Plaintive | sorrowful; expressing or evoking mourning or sadness |
Plaint | a lament or complaint |
Elegy | a song or poem memorializing something or someone |
Elegiac | mourning that which is lost or past; sorrowful |
Magnum Opus | the greatest work of an artist, writer, or composer |
Modus Operandi | a specific manner of working |
Opulent | possessing or exhibiting great wealth; affluent |
Synergy | the power that results from the combination of two or more forces |
Liturgy | a pattern of prayer or worship |
Lethargy | a state of sluggishness, inactivity, and apathy |
Laborious | requiring mental or physical effort |
Belabor | to discuss in too much |
Elaborate | to explain in greater detail |
Apropos | with regard to |
Depose | to remove from office or power |
Entity | a being |
Essence | the most important ingredient; the crucial element |
Quintessential | the most typical, ideal, or important |
Verdure | greenery; fresh and ripe vegetation |
Verdant | green; lush with vegetation |
Viridity | a lack of experience; an innocence |
Candid | open and sincere |
Candor | a frankness or sincerity of expression; an openness |
Incandescent | shining brilliantly |
Pallor | an extreme or unnatural paleness |
Pallid | lacking color; dull |