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English Vocab Final
vocab final
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| ab | from; away |
| dis | apart; in different directions |
| inter | between; among |
| bacter | bacteria |
| bio | life |
| frater | brother |
| fungi | fungi |
| gen | race; origin; kind |
| rupt | break; burst |
| string | bind; draw tight |
| matr | mother |
| patr | father |
| regi | king; rule |
| soror | sister |
| sui | self |
| con | together; with |
| re | back; again |
| hom | man |
| cide | killing; killer |
| corrupt | changed from good to bad |
| erupt | burst or break out |
| incorreptible | inflexibly honest; incapibe of being corrupt |
| rupture | break/ hostility |
| astringent(n and adj) | adj: drawing tissues tightly together/ stern n: substance that shrinks tissues |
| unrestricted | not confined within bounds; free |
| boa constrictor | snake that constricts its prey |
| carn | flesh |
| insect | insect |
| vor | eat greedily |
| tort | twist |
| herb | herb |
| omni | all |
| viv | live; alive |
| devour | eat greedily/seize upon |
| voracious | greedy in eating/ insatiable |
| revive | bring back to life |
| survive | outlive; remain alive |
| vivacious | livley in temper or conduct |
| vivacity | liveliness |
| vivid | having the vigor and the spirit of life/ sharp and clear |
| vivify | enliven; make vivid |
| contortionist | person who can twist his or her body into odd postures |
| distort | twist out of shape/ out of meaning |
| extort | wrest from a person by force |
| retort(n and v) | retort |
| torture(n and v) | wrentch/ inflict pain |
| vict(vince) | conquer; show conclusivly |
| omni | all; everywhere |
| fract | break |
| in | in; within; into; not; on |
| convict(n and v) | v: prove guilty n; person who serves a prison sentance |
| convivtion | state of being judged guilty of an offense/ strong belief |
| evict | expel by legal process(evict a tennet) |
| invincible | incapable of being conqured |
| victor | winner |
| infraction | act of breaking/ violation of law |
| fracture | break or crack |
| fragment | part broken off |
| omnipotent | unlimited power |
| omnipresent | present everywhere |
| omniciant | all knowing |
| omnific | all creating |
| flect(flex) | bend |
| mon | warn |
| ten | hold;keep up |
| pre | before; very |
| flexible | pliable/ not rigid |
| genuflect | bend to knee as in worship |
| inflection | change in pitch or tone |
| detention | act of keeping back |
| pertinent | having to do with the matter at hand; relivant |
| retentive | tenacios; able to retain or remember |
| tenacity | firmness is holding fast; perservere |
| tenet | principal belief |
| tenure | period of time in office |
| admonish | warn of fault |
| mand | order; command |
| fid | faith; trust |
| bon | good; well |
| cred | belive |
| per | through; badly |
| mandate | authoritative command; territory administered by a trustee |
| mandatory | obilgatory; required by command |
| writ of mandamus | written order or form a court to enforce the performance of some public duty |
| accredited | officially authorized or recognized; credentials |
| credence | belief as to the truth of something |
| credible | belivable |
| credulous | too ready to believe; easy to deceive |
| creed | summary of principals believes or adhered to |
| discredit | loss of belief / cast doubt on |
| incredulity | disbelief |
| affidavit | sworn written statement |
| confidant | one whom secrets are entrusted in |
| diffident | lacking self confidence; timid; shy |
| fidelity | faithfullness to a trust or vow; accuracy |
| perfidy | violation of trust; disloyalty |
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