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Phoenix List #6
English Vocabulary Phoenix List #6
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Ambivalent (Adj.) | Simultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings toward an object, person, or action. |
| Eccentric (Adj.) | Deviating from an established or usual pattern of style. |
| Disdain (N.) | A feeling of contempt for someone or something regarded as unworthy or interior. |
| Deference (N.) | Respect and esteem due a superior or an elder. |
| Frivolous (Adj.) | Of little weight or importance. |
| Dogmatic (Adj.) | Characterized by or given to the expression of opinions very strongly or positively. |
| Condescend (V.) | To assume an air of superiority. |
| Grave (Adj.) | Meriting serious consideration. |
| Erratic (Adj.) | Having no fixed course. |
| Heresy (N.) | Dissent or deviation from a dominant theory, opinion, or practice. |
| Fallacious (Adj.) | Tending to decieve or mislead. |
| Flagrant (Adj.) | So obviously inconsistent with what is right or proper as to appear to be a clouting of law or morality. |
| Compromise (N.) | A settlement of differences by arbritation or by consent reached by mutual concessions. |
| Retro- | A prefix meaning "backward." |
| Super- | A prefix meaning "abocve, beyond." |
| Sub- | A prefix that is freely attached to elements of any origin. |
| -Ward | A suffix denotating spatial or temporal direction, as specified by the initial element. |
| -Ish | A suffix used to form adjectives from nouns, with the sense of "belonging to." |
| -Some | A suffix formerly used in the formation of adjectives. |