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Vocab #3 and 4
Latin roots/ "-ate" words
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Combusti (Latin root) | Burn |
| Dispensa (Latin root) | Do without; dispense with |
| Exhausti (Latin root) | use up |
| Intelligi (Latin root) | Understand |
| Percepti (Latin root) | Notice; Perceive |
| Perturba (Latin root) | Disturb; Excite |
| Practica (Latin root) | Put into practice; Accomplish |
| Reprehensi (Latin root) | Blame |
| Satia (Latin root) | Satisfy |
| Tena (Latin root) | Hold; Defend |
| Combustible (Adj) | Able to catch or be set on fire and burn easily; inflammable. ant. incombustible |
| Exhaustible (Adj) | Capable of being exhausted (Used up completely) Ant. Inexhaustible |
| Imperturbable (Adj) | Incapable of being perturbed (agitated or disturbed); calm; cool ant Touchy |
| Impracticable (Adj) | Incapable of being put into practice; unworkable; ant. Feasible; Practicable |
| Indispensable (Adj) | Incapable of being done without; necessary; ant. Dispensable; unessential |
| Insatiable (Adj) | Incapable of being satiated (Satisfied); always wanting more. ant. Satiable |
| Perceptible (Adj) | Able to be perceived (Noticed through one or more of he senses); Detectable ant. imperceptible |
| Reprehensible (Adj) | Deserving to be reprehended (blamed or scolded); blameworthy |
| Tenable (Adj) | Capable of being held, maintained, or defended; Defendable; ant. Untenable |
| Unintelligible (Adj) | Incapable of being understood; difficult to comprehend; incomprehensible ant. Intelligible; understandable |
| Ameliorate (v) | Make better; improve; become more tolerable. ant. worsen; deteriorate |
| Appropriate (v) | Make oneself the owner of something without permission or right; take possession of; annex; steal |
| Facilitate (v) | make easier; make less difficult |
| Frustrate (v) | make ineffectual; cause to have no effect; block; thwart ant. fulfill |
| Humiliate (v) | Make someone feel ashamed; lower someone's pride or dignity; degrade; embarrass |
| Incapacitate (v) | Make unable or unfit; deprive of capacity (ability to do something); disable |
| Invigorate (v) | Make strong give vigor(strength) to; fill with life and energy; enliven; strengthen ant. debilitate |
| Necessitate (v) | Make necessary; require; demand |
| Obliterate (v) | Make nonexistent; erase; efface; blot out; delete; remove all traces of; destroy completely |
| Perpetuate (v) | make perpetual(lasting forever or for a long time); cause, continue or be remembered; immortalize. ant. obliterate |
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