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Week One Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What does inscrutable mean? | mysterious; not comprehendable |
| What does in mean? | not |
| Rules of in, il, im, and ir | im- m and p; il-l; ir-r |
| scrutable? | comprehendable |
| obdurate? | unmoved by persuasion- stubborn |
| ob? | against/ facing/ near or toward |
| durate- durare | to endure or to bare |
| pusillanimous? | cowardly/ faint-hearted |
| pusil? | very little; petite |
| animous? | demeanor/disposition |
| maladroit? | clumsy/ bungling |
| obstreperous? | uncontrolalable; loud; ruly; noisy/boisterous |
| streperous | loud/boisterous |
| virulent? | extremely infectuous/poisonous- bitterly hostile or antagonistic |
| pallative | relieving the symptoms of a disease without curing it |
| diffident | shy timid/ lacking confindence in ability |
| dif | not/ opposing |
| fid | trust/faith |
| antediluvian | very old/ outdated |
| inimical | hostile; unfriendly |