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6B English Voc.
6th Grade Classical Roots
Question | Answer |
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Monologue | A long speech made by one performer or by one person in a group |
Monarch | 1) A person who rules a kingdom or empire 2) A large black and orange American butterfly |
Monogram | A design composed of letters, usually the first letter of a name |
Monopoly | 1) Sole ownership 2) Exclusive control of the trade in some item or service |
Monolith | A large block of stone |
Unanimous | Being in complete agreement |
Unilateral | 1) One-Sided 2) Affecting only one group |
Duplex | A dwelling with two living units |
Duplicate | To make an identical copy |
Bilateral | Having two sides |
Bipartisan | Involving two political parties |
Trilogy | A group of three |
Trisect | to divide into three parts |
Triumvirate | A group of three, especially in power of something |
Quadrant | A quarter of a circle |
Quartet | A musical composition for four voices |
Quatrain | A stanza or group of four lines of poetry |
decimate | To destroy a large part of |
Bicentennial | A 200th anniversary |
Centenary | Pertaining to a 100 year period |
Pandemonium | Uproar |
Panacea | A cure-all for diseases or troubles |
Omnipotent | Having unlimited power, or all powerful |
Omnivorous | 1) Feeding on both plants and animals 2) Devouring everything, especially intellectually |
Catholic | Universal |
Holocaust | A great destruction, especially by fire |
Totalitarian | When one person or party holds absolute power or control |
Cloister | A covered walk along the inside of a building |
Preclude | To prevent |
Recluse | A person who avoids mixing with people |
Inception | The beginning of something |
Incipient | In its early stages |
Annihilate | To destroy completely |
Negate | To disprove |
Renegade | One who deserts a group, cause, faith, ect. |
Vacuous | Empty, especially of meaning or purpose |
Vanity | Conceit |
Vaunt | To boast or brag |
Aperture | An opening, especially one that admits light |
Overt | Done or shown openly |
Microbe | An organism invisible to the naked eye, especially one that causes disease |
Microcosm | A miniature world, or something that resembles something else on a very small scale |
Minuscule | Extremely small |
Minutia | A small or trivial detail |
Attenuate | To make slender or small |
Tenuous | Thin in form |
Satiate | To satisfy an appetite fully |
Comply | To do as one is asked or ordered |
Implement | A tool or utensil |
Replete | Well stocked or abundantly supplied |
Expletive | An exclamation or oath |
Copious | Plentiful |
Macrocosm | The universe |
Magnanimous | Big; Large; Universally huge |
Magnitude | Greatness of importance or size |
Megalomania | A forn of mental illness in which the person has exaggerated ideas of his or her own importance |
Polygamy | The system of having many wives for wealth |
Polygon | An enclosed figure |
Antebellum | A period before a war |
Antecedent | A thing or event that precedes |
Anterior | Coming before in position or time |
Avante - Garde | Ahead of the times, especially in the arts |
Vanguard | The foremost position, especially of an army or fleet |
Precept | A command or rule of conduct |
Predestination | The belief that what happens in human life has already been determined by some higher power |
Premonition | A warning in advance |
Preposterous | Absurd |
Pretentious | Showy or pompous |
Premier | First in time or importance |
Primate | An archbishop or bishop that ranks the highest amongst others |
Prime | First in rank, excellence, quality, importance, or time |
Primeval | Belonging to the first ages |
Primordial | Primeval |
Posterior | The butt or behind; the bare or naked bottom |
Posterity | Future generations |
Posthumous | Occurring or continuing after the death, especially a work published after the authors death |
Artifact | An object made by humans beings |
Artifice | Craftiness; Trickery |
Artless | Without deceit or cunning |
Artisan | A skilled craftsperson |
Ode | A poem usually addressed to a particular person, object or event that has stimulated deep and noble thoughts |
Parody | A humorous imitation of a piece of literature or music |
Incantation | The chanting or speaking of words that seem to have magical power or used to create a magical spell |
Recant | To take back a formal statement or belief previously made known |
Depict | To paint, draw, or express in a picture or sculpture |
Pictograph | A picture or drawing representing words or ideas |
accrue | to come as a natural increase or advantage |
crescendo | a gradual increase in sound, often referring to music |
excrescence | abnormal growth or outgrowth |
beneficence | doing good or causing good to be done; kindly action |
efficacious | effective as a mean or remedy |
facile | acting or working or proceeding with ease; fluent |
facsimile | an exact copy of a book, painting, document, etc. |
faction | a group or clique within a larger group, party, or government |
mollify | to calm; to make gentler or softer in feeling |
pretext | a false reason put forward to conceal the true one |
transgress | to go beyond or over set limits; to break a rule |
transitive | describing an action carried from the subject to verb to object |
transitory | lasting only for a short while |
translucent | permitting light to pass through, but not transparent |
ambiance | environment; the surrounding atmosphere |
obituary | notice of death with biographical information |
transient | passing quickly;transitory |
aberration | straying from what is normal or accepted |
erratic | irregular or inconsistent in movement, habit, quality, or ideas |
episode | an incident in a person;s life or in a story or play |
exodus | mass departure or emigration |
itinerant | traveling from place to place, especially to perform some duty |
itinerary | a route of travel a plan or record of a journey |
advent | the period beginning four weeks before Christmas |
circumvent | 1) to avoid;to evade by cleverness 2) to avoid by passing around |
convene | to assemble, espaccially for a meeting |
intervene | 1)to occur between events or periods 2) to come between, |
telepathy | communication between two minds without speech or writing |
deviate | to turn aside from a course, path, pattern, or subject |
devious | 1) winding; roundabout 2) underhand, deceptive |
impervious | 1) not penetrable by light rays, moisture, etc. |
accelerate | to cause faster movement; to go faster |
celerity | swiftness; quickness, speed |
concur | to agree; to cooperate |
discourse | conversation |
incur | to meet with; to run into; to bring upon oneself |
precursor | forerunner |
succor | help in time of distress; to render help to |
conglomeration | a collection of unrelated things |
abject | humiliating and miserable |
conjecture | an opinion formed from inconclusive evidence; a guess |
interjection | An exclamation of one or two words in a sentence |
assail | to attack violently; to assault |
desultory | jumping from one thing to another |
resilient | capable of returning to the original shape after being bent |
salient | 1) projecting up or out 2) conspicuous, striking |
convalesce | to recover health after illness |
avial | to use to one's own advantage |
prevalent | widely occurring or in general use |
valor | heroic courage; bravery |
evolve | 1) to develop gradually |
voluble | speaking in a steady, easy flow of words; talkative; glib |
apiary | a place where hives or colonies of bees are kept for their honey |
aviary | a house, enclosure, or large cage for birds |
bovine | having the quality of a cow or ox: sluggish, slow |
canine | member of the dog family pertaining to the family of dogs |
caper | 1) a playful hop, skip, or leap 2) a prank or wild escapade |
caprice | a sudden impulse, whim, or unmotivated change of mind |
capricious | subject to whim; impulsive; unpredictable or fickle |
equine | pertaining to a horse; belonging to the family of horses |
equitation | the art of riding horses |
equestrian | pertaining to a rider of horses, or skill in riding |
feline | 1) a member of the family of cats, lions, tigers, and jaguars |
leonine | pertaining to a lion; having characteristics of a lion |
lionize | to regard or treat a person as a celebrity |
piscine | typical of fish |
porcine | pertaining to or resembling a pig |
serpentine | resembling a serpent in form or movement |
simian | pertaining to or resembling an ape or monkey |
zoology | the science of dealing with animals |