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HVocab List 14 Shirk
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| numer | number |
| enumerate | to mention a number of things one by one. |
| fort | strong |
| fortitude | courage in pain or adversity |
| ornith | bird |
| ornithology | the scientific study of birds |
| polis | city |
| metropolis | a very large and densely populated industrial and commercial city |
| fus | pour |
| infusion | the introduction of a new element or quality into something |
| ego | I |
| egotist | a person who thinks & talks about himself excessively due to an undue sense of self-importance |
| spir | breathe |
| aspire | to direct one’s hopes or ambitions toward achieving something |
| dia | across |
| diaphanous | (esp of fabric) light, delicate, and translucent |
| acr | sharp |
| acrimony | bitterness or ill feeling |
| culp | blame |
| culpable | deserving blame |
| per | through |
| perception | the ability to see, hear, or become aware of something through the senses |
| pernicious | causing great injury or ruin |
| augment | increasing; enlarging; to make something greater by adding to it. |