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CE Lesson 1-17
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| com | together |
| intra | within |
| cent | one hundred |
| ad | to |
| fer | carry |
| pre | before |
| super | over |
| bi | two |
| sub | under |
| de | down |
| placate | to appease |
| derision | ridicule |
| vivacious | full of life |
| procure | to acquire |
| retort | a quick, clever reply |
| countenance | facial expression |
| profound | deep |
| manifest | obvious |
| prodigious | huge |
| languor | weakness |
| vita | life |
| vid | look |
| pater | father |
| matri | mother |
| pop | people |
| un | not |
| inter | between |
| semi | half |
| dis | away |
| sym | together |
| audible | able to be heard |
| benevolent | charitable |
| somber | gloomy |
| prostrate | lying flat |
| profuse | abundant |
| serene | calm |
| acute | sharp |
| grotesque | distorted |
| condescend | to patronize |
| odious | hateful |
| loco | place |
| sur | over |
| alter | other |
| contra | against |
| stell | star |
| circum | around |
| mal | bad |
| post | after |
| equi | equal |
| ante | before |
| ostentatious | showy |
| inexorable | inevitable |
| indolent | lazy |
| doleful | mournful |
| l:) | l:) |
| :) | :) |
| alacrity | eagerness |
| exquisite | beautifully made |
| clamor | outcry |
| sublime | lofty |
| tremulous | quivering |
| allude | indirectly refer to |
| Amat | love |
| luna | moon |
| greg | group |
| clam | cry out |
| tang | touch |
| aqua | water |
| audi | hear |
| scrib | write |
| cede | go |
| cise | cut |
| oblique | indirect or slanting |
| Pensive | thoughtful |
| magnanimous | generous |
| importune | to pester |
| peremptory | imperious |
| placid | calm |
| Singular | unique |
| amiable | friendly |
| incredulous | skeptical |
| perplex | confuse |
| mar | sea |
| junct | join |
| luc | light |
| medi | middle |
| tempor | time |
| cred | believe |
| miss | send |
| cide | kill |
| dict | say |
| bell | war |
| tacit | unspoken |
| affable | friendly |
| sanguine | cheerfully confident |
| torpid | sluggish |
| mortify | profoundly humiliate |
| melancholy | sadness |
| visage | the face |
| venerate | to respect |
| abate | to lessen |
| repose | resting |
| grat | pleasing |
| curr | run |
| trans | across |
| migr | wander |
| rupt | break |
| spec | look |
| pend | hang |
| omni | all |
| re | again |
| ex | out |
| obsequious | cringing, submissive |
| ignominy | disgrace |
| acquiescence | passive compliance |
| impassive | expressionless, without emotion |
| impending | about to happen |
| vulgar | common |
| traverse | to cross |
| undulate | to wave |
| vivid | bright |
| pallor | paleness |
| clude | close |
| se | apart |
| plu | more |
| germ | vital |
| fus | pour |
| bene | good |
| son | sound |
| nov | new |
| sangui | blood |
| cogn | know |
| per | through |
| anim | mind |
| tort | twist |
| sanct | holy |
| voc | voice |
| archy | government |
| bio | life |
| auto | self |
| chron | time |
| dec | ten |
| epithet | a characterizing term |
| abject | miserable |
| eccentric | unconventional |
| imperious | overbearing |
| solicitude | concern |
| genial | kind |
| stolid | unemotional |
| palpable | touchable |
| austere | bare |
| furtive | stealthy |