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Vocab Test 1

2017-18 School Year Mrs. Nawrocki

TermDefinition
Partisan Noun- A fervent and even militant proponent or supporter of something
Rift Noun- A personal or social separation (as between opposing factions)
Indispensable Adj.- Vitally necessary; essential; cannot live without
Atavistic Adj.- related to an ancient way of thinking or behaving; primitive
Nondescript Adj.- Lacking distinct or individual characteristics; dull and uninteresting
Sacrilege Noun- Blasphemous behavior, the act of depriving someone of its sacred character Adj.- Blasphemous, offensive
Proliferate Verb- To grow rapidly
Condone Verb- Accept and allow; to continue, excuse or be lenient
Dystopia An imaginary society characterized by human misery, such as squalor, oppression, disease, and overcrowding
Utopia An imaginary place thought to be perfect or ideal
Doppelganger A ghostly double of a living person that haunts its living counterpart
Remix To reassemble or revive a form of art
Diction The choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing
Neologism A word or phrase which is new to the language; one which is newly coined
Etymology The study of the origin of words and the way in which their meanings have changed throughout history
Prefix Affix placed before a word, base, or another prefix to modify a term's meaning
Root Basic cause, source, or origin
Suffix A morpheme added at the end of a word to form a derivative
Word Family A group of words that share a common root to which prefixed and suffixes are added
Dys/Dis Bad, ill
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Neo New
Log/logo/loq Thought, word, speech
Ology The study of
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