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HonSophComp Cum1
Norvell's semester final
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| agri--agronomy | field--science of crop production |
| anthrop--anthropology | man, human being--study of man's culture and characteristics |
| arch--hierarchy | chief, principal--a group of persons or things arranged in order of rank or importance |
| auto--autocrat | self--ruler with absolute power |
| belli--bellicose | war, warlike--warlike; prone to or enjoying argument |
| cart--cartography | map or chart--science of making maps/charts |
| circum--circumvent | around--surround, evade |
| demo--demographic | race, nation--statistical study of population |
| ger--geriatrics | old age--branch of medicine dealing with disorders of old age |
| hydro--hydraulic | water--operated by the movement and pressure of liquid |
| juris, jud--adjudicate | law--to act as judge; to give or pass judgement |
| leg--legacy | law--money or property left to someone in a will |
| mar, mer--maritime | sea--on or near the sea |
| metro--metropolitan | mother--of or pertaining to a main city |
| mon--monastery | alone, one--group residence for those retiring from the world |
| pan--pandemonium | all--place or scene of wild disorder (a place for all demons) |
| pluri--plurality | several, many--condition of being numerous; a great number |
| strat--stratum | covering--horizontal layer; a section or level |
| terr--interment | earth--burial |
| uni--unilateral | one--one-sided |
| orth--orthodontist | straight--one who straightens teeth |
| schem--schematic | shape or form--showing a form or pattern |
| spir--spirochete | coil--coil-shaped bacteria |
| syn--synergism | together--where the whole is greater than the parts |
| eval--primeval | age--of the first (earliest) age |
| nox, noct--nocturnal | night--pertaining to the night |
| dia--diachronic | across, through--happening through time |
| gyro--gyroscope | circle--a wheel mounted in a circle that is free to turn |
| lim-subliminal | boundary--below the limit of boundary of consciousness |
| nov-novitiate | new--a state or period of being new at something |
| hyper--hyperbole | over, above--exaggeration; over or beyond what is realistic |
| newo--neologism | new--new word |
| post--posthumous | after--occurring after death |
| omni--omniscient | all--knowing all things |
| equi--equilibrium | equal--a state of being equal |
| lapi--lapidary | stone--one who cuts, collects, or deals in stone |
| abys--abysmal | depths of the sea--bottomless like the sea |
| fol--foliage | leaf--leaves |
| phyl--chlorophyll | leaf--green chemical foun din leaves |
| cruc--crucible | cross--originally, a bowl of burning oil placed at the foot of a cross |
| cogn--cognition | know--process of knowing |
| curr-occurrence | run--event |
| domin--predominate | master--to have authority over |
| fict--fictitious | pretend--imaginary |
| flect, flex--reflection | bend--a throwing back by a surface |
| frater--fraternity | brother--state of being a brother |
| fuga, fugi--fugitive | flee--one who is fleeing from something |
| grat--congratulate | pleasing, thankful--to rejoice over success |
| greg--gregarious | gather--living in herds or flocks |
| hab--habitual | hold--done by habit |
| homo--homo sapiens | man--human beings |
| hosp--hospice | host--place of refuge for travelers |
| init-initiate | beginning--to bring into use; to begin |
| ject--interjection | throw--an interruption |
| junct--conjunction | join--joining or being joined |
| jus, jud, jur--judicious | law, right--showing sound judgment |
| lab-laborious | work--involving much work |
| laud, plaud, plaus--plaudits | strike--rounds of applause |
| lev--levity | raise--lightness of weight or spirit |
| loc--locus | place--a place or point |
| narr-narrative | tell--a story; account; tale |
| nat--innate | born--inborn; not acquired |
| nav--circumnavigate | ship--to sail around |
| neg--negation | no--denial |
| not--denote | mark--mark; indicate |
| noun, nunc--enunciate | delcare--to pronounce clearly |
| nov--innovate | new--to make changes |
| numer--enumerate | number--to count (one by one) |
| ocu--monocular | eye--having only one eye |
| orig--aboriginr | beginning--from the origin or beginning |
| pater--patriarch | father--father-ruler of a family or trive |
| pel--propel | drive--push forward |
| pend, pens--pendulum | hang--a body that swings to and fro from a fixed point |
| opt--optimum | best--the best; most favorable degree |
| plic, plex--duplicate | fold--a copy; to copy |
| plur--plurality | more--a majority |
| pon--proponent | place--a supporter; one who proposes |
| pug--pugilist | fight--prize fighter |
| pul--compulsory | urge--forced; required |
| put--reputation | think--character in view of the public |
| imag--imaginative | likeness--having or showing creative or productive talent |
| integ--integrity | whole--honesty; sincerity; moral uprightness |
| jur--jurisprudence | law, swear--the science or philosophy of law |
| laps--prolapse | slip--slipping out of place (as in an internal organ) |
| lat--prelate | carry--a high-ranking churchman such as a bishop |
| liber--libertine | free--one who leads an unrestrained, immoral life |
| luc--elucidate | light--to make clear; to explain |
| lud, lus--ludicrous | play--laughable; absurd; ridiculous |
| lum--luminous | light--giving off light |
| luna--lunatic | moon--an insane person |
| lust--illustrious | shine--shining; bright; famous; celebrated |
| mand-mandate | to order--an order or commande, to order or command |
| max--maximize | greatest--to raise to the highest possible degree |
| mem--commemorate | mindful--to honor the memory of by a ceremony |
| mim--mimeograph | same--a machine for making copies |
| min--minimize | small;lessen--to lessen, to make less important |
| minist--administration | servant, officer--the management of government or institutional affairs |
| mon--premonition | advise, warn--a forewarning, a vision of futre events |
| mort--mortuary | death--a place where the dead are prepared for burial |
| mut--immutable | change, interchange--unchangeable |
| rect--rectify | straight--to put or set right |
| rid--deride | laugh--to make fun of |
| scend--descendant | climb--those coming after a certain ancestor |
| sens--sentimental | feelings--hacing, showing tenderness/emotion |
| sim--simultaneous | like--together, at the same time |
| solv, solu--dissolution | loosen--a breaking up into parts |
| sono, sna--sonorous | sound--capable of producing impressive sound |
| spir--respiration | breathe--act/process of breathing |
| tact, tang--tangible | touch--that which can be touched |
| temp--extemporaneous | time--made, done, spoken without preparation |
| ten, tend, tens--tenacious | hold, stretch--holding firmly, refusing to let go |
| tort--contortion | twist--a twisting out of shape, esp. of face or body |
| tract--tractable | pull, drag--easily worked |
| trib--tributary | give--one who pays tribute or makes a contribution |
| trud, trus--protrusion | push--that which projects or sticks out |
| turb--turbulence | confusion--disorder, commotion |
| vag--vagrant | wander--a person who wanders |
| vers, vert--incontrovertible | turn--not disputable/debatable |
| vis, vid--visionary | see--describing a speculative or impractical idea |
| viv, vit--viviparous | live--bearing live young (not eggs) |
| aero--aerodynamics | air--branch of physics dealing with motion of air around objects |
| amphi--amphitheater | both ways--circular building with seats around a central space |
| ast--astrophysics | star--branch of astronomy which studies heavenly bodies (starts) |
| cyclo--cyclonic | wheel; circular--like a windstorm with violent, whirling movement |
| geo--geothermal | earth--pertaining to the internal heat of the earth |
| hemi--hemisect | half--to cut into halves |
| litho--lithography | stone--art/process of printing from a flat, smooth stone |
| mech--mechanical | machine--of/having to do with machinery |
| mega--megalith | great--a stone of great size, especially in ancient construction |
| para--disparity | equal--the lack of equality |
| phil--philantrhopist | love--person who loves mankind and works fro its welfare |
| phob--claustrophobia | fear--abnormal fear of closed spaces |
| phon--phoneme | sound--smallest significant unit of speech in a language |
| phys--physiocratic | nature--having to do with government according to nature |
| poly--polynomial | many--an algebraic expression consisting of two or more rational and inegral terms |
| psych--psychoanalysis | mind--analysis of mind or personality |
| patho--pathology | suffering; feeling--unhealthy conditions caused by a disease |
| pod--podiatry | foot-study/treatment of ailments of the human foot |
| peri--peripathetic | around--a person who wanders or travels from place to place |
| photo--photophilous | light--flourishing in strong light, especially sunlight |
| act--transaction | do--something that is conducted, esp. a business agreement |
| alt--altimeter | high--a radio barometer used to ascertain the altitude of a plane |
| ang--rectangle | bend--a four-sided shape that has two sides longer than the other two |
| ann--anniversary | year--yearly recurrence of the date of a past event |
| aqua, aque--aqueduct | water--an artificial channel for conducting water |
| art--artdeco | skill--a style of decorative art developed in the 1920s |
| audit--auditory | hear--pertaining to hearing or to the organs used for hearing |
| bene--beneficiary | good--a person or group that receives profits or advantages |
| cap--decapitate | head--to behead, to remove the head from the body |
| cent--centennial | hundred--marking the completion of a period of 100 years |
| cert--certification | sure--confirmed, attested |
| corp--corporal | body--bodily, physical |
| don--donation | give--a gift; contribution |
| hab--habitual | hold--commonly used, followed, or observed |
| imag--imaginary | likeness--not real |
| leg--illegible | read--unable to be read |
| lib--liberation | free--achieving freedom |
| mag--magnanimous | great--free from pettiness; generous in forgiving |
| man--manipulate | hand--to handle or use, especially with skill |
| mar--maritime | sea--pertaining to navigation or shipping on the sea |
| gyn--gynarchy | woman--government by a woman or women |
| pseudo--pseudonym | false--false name |
| neur--neurology | nerve--study of the nervous system |
| som--psychosomatic | body--physical disorder created in or influenced by the mind |
| ichthy--ichthyosaurus | fish--prehistoric marine mammal |
| vit, viv--convivial | life--sociable; lively in social situations |
| mur--intramural | wall--within the walls of (the same city, school, etc.) |
| saur--brontosaurus | lizard--literally "thunder lizard;" huge dinosaur |
| glac--glacification | ice--process of covering with ice or glacier |
| flu--confluence | flow, river--a flowing together, especially of one or more streams or rivers |
| pyr--pyrotechnics | fire--the art of making and using fireworks |
| umbr--umbrella | shade--a shade or sceen, usually of cloth on a folding radial fram |
| vitr--vitreous | glass--of or like glass |
| chrom--monochrome | color--a painting or drawing in one colour or different shades of one colour |
| heli--helix | spiral--a spiral |
| proto--protocol | first--original draft or record of a document or negotiation |
| extra--extracurricular | outside--outside teh regular curriculum |
| gon--polygon | angle--a figure with many angles (sides) |
| seni--senile | old--showing signs of old age |
| voc, vox--vociferous | voice--shouting loudly, making a loud outcry |
| abasement | humiliation |
| abettor | encourager |
| abeyance | suspended action |
| abjure | renounce upon oath |
| ablution | washing (ritual) |
| aborigines | primitive inhabitants |
| abortive | unsuccessful; fruitless |
| abrade | wear away by friction; erode |
| abstinence | restraint from |
| abstruse | obscure |
| acclivity | sharp up slope of a hill |
| accoutre | equip |
| accretion | growth; increase |
| accrue | come about by addition |
| acidulous | slightly sour; caustic; sharp |
| acme | top; pinnacle |
| acrid | sharp; bitterly pungent |
| actuarial | calculating; pertaining to insurance statistics |
| adduce | offer as example or reason |
| adjuration | make a positive statement or solemn declaration |
| adventitious | accidental; causal |
| affray | public brawl |
| altruism | unselfish aid to others; generosity |
| amalgamate | combine; unite in one body |
| amicable | friendly |
| amorphous | shapeless |
| anathema | solemn curse |
| ancillary | auxiliary; serving as an aid |
| anomaly | irregularity |
| antediluvian | antiquated; ancient |
| antipathy | aversion; dislike |
| antithesis | contrast; direct opposite |
| apposite | appropriate; fitting |
| aquiline | curved; hooked |
| ardor | heat; passion; zeal |
| asperity | sharpness (of temper) |
| asseverate | solemn urging |
| assiduous | done with diligence |
| assuage | ease; lessen |
| astute | wise; shrewd |
| atrocity | brutal deed |
| atypical | not normal |
| avarice | greediness for wealth |
| avuncular | like an uncle |
| baneful | ruinous; poisonous |
| bellicose | warlike |
| bucolic | rustic; pastoral |
| cacophony | discordant sound |
| calumniate | to slander |
| canard | unfounded rumour |
| capacious | spacious |
| captious | finding fault |
| capricious | fickle |
| carnage | slaughter (as in war) |
| carnal | concerning the body (flesh) |
| carping | fault-finding |
| carrion | rotting flesh of a dead body |
| castigate | punish |
| cataclysm | upheaval |
| catechism | book for religious instruction |
| cathartic | purgative; cleansing |
| catholic | broadly sympathetic; liberal |
| caustic | burning; sartastically biting |
| cavil | to make frivolous objection |
| celibate | unmarried; abstaining from sexual activity |
| censure | blame; criticize |
| chary | cautiously watchful; wary |
| chasm | abyss; a deep gorge |
| chattel | personal property |
| chicanery | trickery |
| chide | scold |
| chimerical | fantastic; highly imaginative |
| churlish | boorish; rude |
| ciliated | having minute hairs |
| circuitous | roundabout |
| clandestine | secret |
| clarion | shrill; trumpet-like sound |
| cleft | split |
| coadjutor | assistant; colleague |
| coalesce | combine; fuse |
| coerce | force |
| cogent | convincing |
| cogitate | think over |
| cognizance | knowledge |
| cognomen | family name |
| cohesive | force which keeps parts together |
| collation | a light meal |
| colloquy | informal discussion |
| comestible | something fit to be eaten |
| commiserate | feel or express pity or sympathy |
| commodious | spacious |
| compliant | yielding |
| conciliate | pacify; win over |
| consanguinity | kinship |
| contentious | quarrelsome |
| continence | self-restraint; sexual chastity |
| contrite | penitent, remorseful |
| controvert | oppose with arguments; contradict |
| copious | plentiful |
| corpulent | very fat |
| crux | crucial point |
| cryptic | mysterious, hidden; secret |
| cupidity | greed |
| dank | damp |
| dastard | coward |
| declivity | downward slope |
| deign | condescend |
| defile | pollute; profane |
| deleterious | harmful |
| delusive | deceptive |
| demean | degrade |
| demeanor | behavior; bearing |
| demur | delay; object |
| demure | serious; coy |
| denizen | inhabitant |
| depravity | corruption; wickedness |
| deprecatory | disapproving |
| deride | scoff at |
| derision | ridicule |
| descant | discuss fully |
| descry | catch sight of |
| desecrate | profane |
| desiccate | dry up |
| desuetude | disused condition |
| desultory | aimless |
| diadem | crown |
| diaphanous | sheer |
| dilatory | delaying |
| dilettante | aimless follower of the arts |
| diminution | lessening |
| dipsomaniac | one who has a strong craving for intoxicating liquors |
| dirge | musical lament |
| discomfit | defeat; disconcert |
| disconsolate | sad |
| discursive | digressing |
| disingenuous | not candid |
| disparage | belittle |
| disparate | basically different, unrelated |
| disport | amuse |
| dissimulate | pretend |
| dissolute | loose in morals |
| distrait | absent-minded |
| diurnal | daily; during the day |
| diva | prima donna |
| doggerel | poor verse |
| dolorous | sorrowful |
| dolt | stupid person |
| doughty | courageous |
| dour | sullen; stubbron |
| droll | queer and amusing |
| dross | waste matter (chemistry) |
| duplicity | double-dealing |
| duress | forcible restraint |
| ebullient | showing excitement |
| ecclesiastic | pertaining to the church |
| edify | instruct; correct morally |
| educe | draw forth; elicit |
| efface | rub out |
| effete | worn out; exhausted |
| efficacy | power to produce desired effect |
| effigy | dummy |
| efflorescent | flowering |
| effulgent | brilliantly radiant |
| effusion | a pouring forth |
| egregious | gross; shocking |
| egress | exit |
| elegiacal | like a lament; mournful |
| elicit | draw out by discussion |
| elucidate | explain; enlighten; make clearer |
| elusory | tending to deceive expectations |
| emaciated | thin and wasted |
| emend | correct (by a critic) |
| emolument | salary; compensation |
| enamored | in love |
| encomiastic | praising; eulogistic |
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