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LATIN & GREEK WORDS
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| impervious | not able to be harmed |
| impecunious | poor |
| implacable | not able to be soothed |
| implicit | implied but not stated |
| imprecation | curse |
| incessant | endless |
| incorrigible | very difficult to control |
| incognito | with a hidden identity |
| indolent | lazy |
| ineffable | indescribable |
| super | above, beyond |
| superfluous | excessive |
| supercilious | arrogant |
| supernal | heavenly |
| sub | under |
| subliminal | below conscious perception |
| sublime | nobel. majestic, outstanding, intellectual |
| subservient | behaving like a slave, submissive |
| sublimate | refine, purify |
| subjugate | conquer |
| subterfuge | deception by means of escape |
| subversive | rebellious |
| subterranean | underground |
| saturnalia | wild, disorderly party |
| jovial | jolly |
| joviality | joyfulness |
| cereal | food from grain |
| martial | related to war |
| vulcanology | science of volcanoes |
| vulcanization | process of making rubber |
| venerate | to look upon with great love and respect |
| cupidity | strong desire |
| hermetic | airtight |
| bacchanalia | wild, drunken party |
| dionysiac | one prone to drunken party |
| tantalize | to tease or torment |
| sisyphean | seemingly impossibly |
| inexorable | relentless, inflexible |
| incite | to provoke |
| iniquity | wickedness, sin |
| innocuous | not harmful |
| insidious | dangerous |
| intrinsic | part of the essential nature |
| insipid | dull |
| impetus | driving force |
| infidel | non-believer (in any particular religion) |
| inundate | overwhelm |
| prodigal | extravagant |
| profane | obscene |
| propagate | to cause |
| progenitor | ancestor |
| prognosticate | to predict |
| prosaic | dull |
| prostrate | stretch out on the ground |
| provincial | unsophisticated |
| propensity | preference, tendency, natural inclination |
| proclivity | natural tendency, inclination |
| posthumous | after burial, takes place after death |
| postprandial | following a mean, especially dinner |
| prerogative | right/privilege |
| pretentious | showy |
| subaltern | subordinate, person under you |
| transcend | to go beyond, exceed expectations |
| debilitate | to weaken |
| declivity | downward slope |
| decrepit | worn out |
| degenerate | to sink lower/ a morally degraded person |
| decry | to speak badly of |
| defunct | dead |
| delineate | outline, portray |
| depravity - depraved | corruption, evil, moral badness |
| deride | insult, make fun of, ridicule |
| desiccate | to dry out |
| pejorative | negative connotation |
| enfranchise | to set free |
| ameliorate | to make better/ improve |
| catatonic | dazed |
| cataclysm | disaster |
| catacombs | underground cemetery |
| peripatetic | moving from place to place |
| itinerant | traveling from place to place |
| peripheral | outer |
| periphery | edge |
| periphrases | wordiness |
| paradox | contradiction |
| paradigm | an outstanding example |
| paragon | model of excellence/perfection |
| parasite | one which lives off another without contributing anything |
| dyspepsia | indigestion |
| dyslexia | reading impairment |
| dysphoria | anxiety |
| dysphoric | anxious |
| exonerate | to free from blame |
| extol | to praise |
| exude | to ooze |
| expiate | to atone |
| expunge | to erase |
| exacerbate | to worsen |
| exculpatory | clearing from blame |
| culpable | guilty |
| execration | curse |
| extirpate | to eliminate |
| diarrhea | pass through quickly |
| diaphanous | transparent |
| dialect | local language |
| diatribe | critical speech |
| diameter | cross section of a circle |
| benefactor | one who gives money/time/other aid |
| benevolent | generous |
| benign | harmless |
| benediction | blessing |
| euphoria | happiness |
| euthanasia | painless killing |
| euphony | pleasant sound |
| cacophony | unpleasant sound |
| euphemism | milder words used in place of m ore direct language |
| eulogy | speech that gives praise |
| eulogize | to offer words of praise |
| atypical | unusual |
| amorphous | without shape |
| anarchy | chaos |
| antediluvian | before flood, very old |
| anachronism | out of time |
| anagram | word/phrase formed by another word/phrase |
| anathema | anything greatly detested |
| abdicate | to step down from |
| abstemious | moderate in food/drink |
| abstruse | confusing |
| abscond | to depart secretly and hide |
| absquatulate | to move off hastily and secretly |
| aberration | error ; deviation from he norm |
| archetype | first of it's kind |
| prototype | first of it's kind |
| amphitheater | circular theater |
| antipathy | hatred |
| antithetical | opposite |
| antidisestablishmentationism | belief against those who are against the way it is |
| ambiguous | vague |
| ambidextrous | write with both hands |
| ambivalent | two conflicting feelings |
| circumspect | cautious |
| circumscribe | to limit |
| circumlocution | use an unnecessary large number of words to express and idea, talk around the point |
| apogee | climax |
| apocalypse | forecast |
| ob | against |
| obloquy | strong verbal abuse |
| obtrude | push foward; thrust oneself foward to call attention to oneself |
| obdurate | stubborn |
| obfuscate | darken; make obscure; confuse |
| obliterate | destroy, erase, make undecipherable |
| obsequious | slavishly attentive, excessively nice |
| sycphant | someone who is obsequious/excessively nice |
| obstinate | stubborn |
| obviate | to prevent; make unncecessary |
| obtuse | stupid, blunt, lacking mental quickness |
| oblivion | forgetfulness; state of being forgotton |
| oblvious | unaware |
| transcend | go beyond, exceed expectations |
| transient | short-lived,temporary |
| emphermal | shot-lived, not permanent |
| evanescent | short-lived |
| transpose | to reverse, to change position of |
| transgression | sin, violation of law |
| transmute | to change into |
| transmutation | a qualitative change |
| transpire | to come about, to happen, to occur |
| transmigration | act of passing into another body after death, reincarnation |
| translucent | partially transparent |
| transparent | clear, see-through |
| transmigrate | to pass into another body, to reincarnate |
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