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Unit 8 Vocabulary
all words
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| INSUL | island (Latin) |
| insular | limited in knowledge or perspective (adj) |
| insulate | to protect from outside influence (v) |
| IDIO | single, peculiar, personal (Greek) |
| idiosyncrasy | a peculiar quality, a quirk (n) |
| idiom | speech or phrase specific to a particular language or group of people (n) |
| NUM | to count (Latin) |
| enumerate | to list separately, to count off (v) |
| innumerable | so plentiful as to be uncountable (adj) |
| PLUS, PLUR | many (Latin) |
| nonplussed | baffled, confused (adj) |
| surplus | amount beyond what is necessary (n) |
| plurality | greater part, majority (n) |
| SING | single (Latin) |
| single | to isolate, to choose (v) |
| singular | separated from others, unique (adj) |