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BL 1-6
GT ILA 8th grade
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| gregarious | sociable |
| mollify | make soft |
| soliloquy | speech to oneself |
| circumlocution | talking in circles |
| confluence | a flowing together |
| contravene | go against |
| altercation | heated dispute |
| alter ego | second self |
| sangfroid | cold-blooded composure |
| megaton | force of a million tons of dynamite |
| aver | affirm or declare |
| putative | thought-to-be |
| paterfamilias | male head of family |
| heterodox | unorthodox |
| hypothecate | pledge as security |
| unilateral | one-sided |
| neophyte | beginner |
| omniscient | all-knowing |
| incredulous | not believing |
| benediction | blessing |
| imponderable | difficult to ponder |
| monolithic | massive and uniform |
| omnibus | covering many things |
| vide | see |
| interdiction | prohibition |
| portly | stout |
| hierarchy | ranking |
| postlude | concluding section |
| perplexed | nonplussed |
| malapropism | ludicrous misuse of a word |
| greg | group |
| inter | between |
| lith | rock |
| neo | new |
| phyte | plant |
| archy | government |
| sci | know |
| bene | good |
| incredulous | not believing |
| pond | weight |
| lat | side |
| omnibus | covering many things |
| mono | one |
| benediction | blessing |
| in | not |
| vid | look |
| omni | all |
| ify | make |
| mal | bad |
| tion | act or state |
| sol | alone |
| circum | around |
| moll | soft |
| cred | believe |
| post | after |
| ous | full of |
| neophyte | beginner |
| port | carry |
| mega | large |
| pater | father |
| uni | one |
| contra | against |
| hetero | different |
| con | together |
| ego | I |
| dox | opinion |
| ven | come |
| put | think |
| dict | say |
| flu | flow |
| non | not |
| loqu | talk |
| hypo | under |
| sequ | follow |
| sanct | holy |
| egocentric | self-centered |
| cacophony | bad noise |
| fortissimo | very loudly |
| declaim | speak rhetorically |
| clam | cry out |
| acr | sharp |
| non sequitur | an idea which does not follow |
| trans | across |
| loquacious | talkative |
| phon | sound |
| per | through |
| de | down |
| perambulate | wander through |
| tangible | touchable |
| luc | light |
| caco | bad |
| perfidy | breach of faith |
| sacrosanct | sacred |
| sotto voce | in a low voice |
| forte | strong point |
| centri | center |
| pugn | fight |
| voc | voice |
| fid | faith |
| ambul | walk |
| sacro | holy |
| fort | strong |
| impugn | attack as false |
| tang | touch |
| acerbity | sharpness of temper |
| translucent | semitransparent |
| witty comment | epigram |
| lower oneself | condescend |
| lifeless | inanimate |
| replace | supersede |
| belief in nothing | nihilism |
| swift reply | retort |
| calm | sedate |
| unknown land | terra incognita |
| small space | interstice |
| with necessary changes | mutatis mutandis |
| methodical thinking | ratiocination |
| ascribing feelings to things | pathetic fallacy |
| to lower | abase |
| servilely following | obsequious |
| passing remark | obiter dictum |
| nihil | nothing |
| terr | land |
| cogn | know |
| super | over |
| gram | writing |
| obit | death |
| epi | on |
| ob | against |
| sed | sit |
| anim | mind |
| calm | sedate |
| anthropo | man |
| gastro | stomach |
| auto | self |
| contra | against |
| viv | life |
| helio | sun |
| culp | blame |
| spec | look |
| mono | one |
| centri | center |
| medi | middle |
| ambi | both |
| ism | doctrine |
| trans | across |
| ex | out |
| intro | into |
| trop | turn |
| lykos | wolf |
| anthropocentric | man-centered |
| gastronome | a gourmet or epicure |
| autodidact | self-taught person |
| monism | doctrine that reality is one |
| in medias res | in the middle of things |
| lycanthrope | werewolf |
| circumambient | surrounding |
| transmogrify | change form |
| reify | treat as real |
| au contraire | to the contrary |
| vivacious | lively |
| circumvent | get around |
| heliotropic | sun-following |
| exculpate | free from blame |
| introspective | inward looking |
| pre | before |
| gen | origin |
| jur | swear |
| sopor | sleep |
| ped | foot |
| lin | line |
| tomy | cut |
| tort | twist |
| son | sound |
| demo | people |
| inter | between |
| cracy | government |
| phan | appearance |
| dicho | in two parts |
| sui | self |
| partheno | virgin |
| pluto | wealth |
| sesqui | one and a half |
| nec | kill |
| a priori | from theory |
| a posteriori | from observation |
| parthenogenesis | unfertilized birth |
| assonance | vowel repetition |
| objurgation | rebuke |
| demotic | of the common people |
| soporific | sleep‐inducing |
| internecine | mutually destructive |
| sesquipedalian | very long words |
| sui generis | unique |
| plutocracy | government of wealthy |
| delineate | to outline |
| dichotomy | two‐part division |
| epiphany | revelation |
| tortuous | twisting |
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