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Raymonds Stack
vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Trans | across through or beyond |
| transplant | transfer from one place to another |
| transcontinential | to move from one continent to another |
| Ambi | both or around |
| ambidextrous | both hands equal |
| ambiance | special mood surround inviornment |
| Poly | Many or more than one |
| poly gamy | More than one spouse at a time |
| polysyllabic | More than one syllable |
| Auto | of oneself by itself, same |
| autograph | own signature |
| autobiography | persons self written life story |
| Super | above, higher than |
| superhuman | above a normal human |
| supernatural | power that goes beyond natural forces |
| Fore | earlier, before in time |
| forecast | estimate or calculate in advance |
| forefather | an ancestor or person from earlier time |
| De | down; away; Reversing the action of |
| defrost | to remove ice or frost from |
| degrade | to reduce in grade; rank or status; demote |
| Re | again; back |
| renew | make new again; restore |
| recur | to happen, come up, or show up again |
| Mis | bad; wrong, incorrect |
| miscalculate | to count or estimate wrong |
| misconception | wrong idea; mistaken thought |
| Un | not |
| unsavory | not tasteful; disagreeable |
| unrestricted | not resticted |
| Ab | away or from |
| abhore | hate, despise |
| abstract | away from reality |
| Bi | two |
| bilateral | two sides |
| bigamy | two spouses |
| Syn | together |
| synchronize | to cause to happen at same time |
| synthesis | combine together to make a single product |
| For | away, opposite |
| forbidden | not aloud |
| forswear | reject |
| Com | with, together |
| comprehensive | covering or involving much |
| compatible | capible of existing or living together |
| Ob | against |
| obnoxious | offensive |
| obliterate | destroy completely |
| Sub | under, beneath, below |
| subordinate | placed in lower rank or order |
| subsidiary | sencondary or supliment |
| En | cover or surround |
| enshrine | surround or enclose sacred figure |
| encircle | form a circle around |
| Per | throughout or completely |
| permeate | pass through every part |
| perseverance | the act of sticking to it |
| dis | apart, away |
| discursive | rambling |
| disperse | scatter or send off |
| Agri, agrari | field |
| agrarian | farmer |
| agricultural | cultivation of fields |
| peregrination | wandering through field |
| Ann | year |
| annuity | paid currnt year |
| biennial | every two years |
| perennial | flowering yearly |
| Cap, cip | head |
| decapitate | remove head |
| captain | cheif |
| capital | major city |
| Cognose cognmit | to learn |
| agnastic | skeptical |
| incognito | without knowlage |
| cognitive | away a person learns |
| Derm | skin |
| epidermis | top layer of skin |
| pachyderm | elephant, thick skin |
| dermatology | study of skin disorders |
| Graph gram | writing |
| epigram | witty |
| telagram | message sent long distance |
| stenography | methode of rapid writing using symbols and abreveation |
| Jac, jact, jec | throw |
| projectile | something thrown forward |
| trajectory | path taken by a thrown oject |
| reject | throw back |
| Mar | sea |
| maritime | connected to the sea, having to do with sailing |
| submarine | under sea craft |
| Mariner | person who makes their living on the sea |
| Sequi, secut | to follow |
| consecutive | follow in order |
| sequence | arrangement, one thing follows another |
| sequel | that which follows |
| Turf | land |
| terrestrial | pertaining to the earth |
| subterraneon | under ground |
| terrian | any track of land in regaurds to it features |
| Ante | before |
| antecedent | aprevious thing |
| antedilurian | before the great war |
| aud , audit | hear |
| audible | able to be heard |
| auditurium | large room for a group of listeners |
| audience | people gathered to hear |
| Belli | war |
| bellicose | inclined to fight |
| belligerent | fond of fighting |
| rebellious | fight back, resist athority |
| Bio | life |
| microbiology | study of small living things |
| biography | account of persons life written by someone else |
| symbiosis | two unlike organisms that live together for the benefit of both |
| Circum | around |
| Circum navigate | sail around |
| circumvent | go around law or rules |
| circumference | distance around |
| Eu | good, well, beautiful |
| eulogize | praise or say good things about |
| euphemism | praise or say good things about |
| eugenics | science dealing with improving genetic qualities of human race |
| Gam | marriage |
| monogamy | married to one at a time |
| bigamy | tow spouses at a time |
| polygamy | married to many spouses at a time |
| Mori, Mort | to die, death |
| mortician | prepare dead bodys |
| mortal | will die sometime |
| morgue | storage for dead bodys |
| Omni | all |
| omniscient | all knowing |
| omnipotent | all powerful |
| omnivorous | eating all kinds of food |
| Spec, spect | to look at |
| spectator | one who watches or sees |
| assect | the way a subject appears |
| spectacles | seeing, glasses |
| Arch | govenment, ruler, first |
| monarch | soul ruler |
| archangel | angel of highest order |
| anarchy | branch of government or rule |
| Phobia | fear |
| hydrophobia | fear of water |
| agoraphobia | fear of open spaces |
| claustrophobia | fear of close spaces |
| vid, vis | to see |
| evidence | things seen |
| visual | able to be seen |
| vista | view |
| Cent | 100 |
| centennial | 100th annaversery |
| century | 100 years |
| centigrade | system of measuring temp. by 100's |
| dic, dict | to speak |
| predict | speak before |
| verdict | statemeant of the jury |
| abdicate | to give up, formally renounce |
| Pac | peace |
| pacifist | opposed to war |
| pacify | make peace |
| pacific | peaceful |
| Urb | city |
| suburbs | outside of city |
| urban | pertaining to city |
| Mal | bad |
| malefactor | evil doer, bad person |
| malediction | say bad things, curse |
| malevolent | evil, to wish bad |
| Labor, laborate | to work |
| laboratory | place where work is done |
| collabotate | work together |
| laborious | difficult, hard work |
| A | not, withou |
| amoral | without morals |
| atheist | believe no god, without god |
| atypical | no typical or normal |