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Harris vocab
latin prefixes 5.1-5.6
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| amateur | (literslly, "lover") person who folloes a particular pursuit as a pastime,rather than as a profession |
| amiable | likeable; good natured; pleasant and agreeable; obliging |
| amicable | characterised by friendliness rather than antagonism; friendly; neighborly; not quarralsom |
| amity | friendship; goodwill; friendly relations; |
| amorous | strongly moved by love; loving; inclined to love; enamored |
| animosity | ill will (usally leading to active opposition); violent hatred; enity; antagonism |
| animus | ill will (usually controled) |
| equanimity | evenness of mind or temper under stress; emotional balance; composure; calmness; equalibrium |
| magnanimous | showing greatness or nobility of mind; chivalrous; forgiving; generous in overlooking injury or insult. |
| unanimity | oneness of mind; in complete accord |
| affinity | (lierally, condition of being "near the boundary' or "a neighbor) kinship; symbathy; liking; attraction |
| confine | keep within limits; restrict; limit |
| definitive | serving to end an unsettled matter; conclusive; final |
| finale | end or final part of a musical composition; opera, play, etc.; conclusion |
| finis | end; conclusion |
| fluctuate | flow like a wave; move up and down; change often and irregularly; be unsteady |
| fluent | ready with a flow of words; speaking or writing easily; articulate; eloquent |
| fluid (noun) | substance that flows |
| fluid (adj) | not rigid; changeable; unstable |
| flux (noun) | continous flow or changing; unceasing change |
| influx | inflow; impouring; inrush |
| degenerate | sink to a lower class or standard; worsen; deteriorate |
| engender | give birth to; generate; produce; cause |
| genre | ikind; sort; category |
| progenitor | ancestor to whom a group traces its birth; forefather; forebear |
| regenerate | cause to be born again; put new life into; reform completely; revive; reinvigorate |
| aggregate | gathered together in one mass; total; collective |
| aggregation | gathering of individuals into a body or group; assemblage |
| congregation | "flock" or gathering of people for religious worship |
| gregarious | inclinded to associate with the "flock" or group; fond of being with others; sociable |
| segregation | saparation from the "flock" or main body; setting apart; isolation; seperation |