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Alarp 2 vocab
I will add on to this as we get new vocab; quizzes are cumulative
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| assent | to agree or accept |
| ascent | to go up or increase |
| complement | to go together |
| compliment | to praise or admire |
| -ify | to make (justify, qualify) |
| -ion | state of being (education, classification) |
| ante- | before (antechamber, antecedent) |
| a- | not (asymmetrical, atypical) |
| bar/o- | weight/pressure (barometer) |
| allay | diminish, alleviate |
| countenance | face, expression (noun) or support (verb) |
| ensconce | to make comfortable in a place or position |
| nullify | invalidate, cancel (verb) or nullification (noun) |
| harbringer | signals the approach of arrival or something else |
| -is --> -es | pluralization (axis to axes, thesis to theses) |
| -us --> -i | pluralization (fungus to fungi, cactus to cacti) |
| bi- | two (bicycle, bicentennial) |
| circum- | around (circumference) |
| -cide | to kill (homicide, pesticide) |
| proceed | to move forward or continue |
| precede | to come before/go before or in front |
| adverse | difficult, causing harm |
| averse | disliking or opposition |
| enshroud | cover, completely hide from view |
| curtail | restrict, limit on |
| resplendent | lavish/attractive/ornate |
| acuity | sharpness of perception |
| ephemeral | short-lived, fleeting |
| oral | of the mouth |
| aural | of the ears |
| chord | musical term for notes played together |
| cord | rope or cable |
| -cracy | government (democracy, bureaucracy) |
| dec/a- | ten (decade, decathlon) |
| dem/o- | people (democracy, demographics) |
| bene- | good, well (benevolent, beneficial) |
| dissemble | conceal or disguise true motives or feelings |
| emulate | imitate or surpass greatness through imitation |
| cumbersome | large, heavy, difficult or awkward to carry |
| disparage | regard as of little worth; disparaging (adj) |
| analogous (to) | comparable |
| equi- | equal (equilateral, equator) |
| graph/graphy | written, writing (geography, autograph) |
| complacent | happy with oneself; content |
| complaisant | eager to please others; easily convinced to do what others watn |
| duel | a fight between two people |
| dual | more than one use or purpose |
| -e | out (eject, emigrate) |
| intro/intra- | within, inward (introvert, intrapersonal) |
| re- | to do again, back (recand, remark, reimpose) |
| brazen | bold shameless; brazenly (adv) |
| demure | timid, shy, reserved; demurely (adv) |
| acumen | skill, insight into a topic |
| aesthetically | visually, giving pleasure through beauty; aesthetics (noun) |
| dogma | principle(s) held to be unquestionably true; dogmatic (adj) |
| ic/ical | relating to, characterized by (apathetic, symmetric) |
| iate | state (abbreviate, activate) |
| mani | hand (manicure, manual) |
| junct | to join (conjunction, juncture) |
| magn | great, large (magnificent, magnify) |
| envelope | paper that contains a letter |
| envelop | to surround or wrap around |
| forebear | ancestors, forefathers |
| forbear | restrain (due to politeness) |
| encumber | weigh down, impede, block |
| docile | easily handled, tame |
| edifice | large building, imposing in size |
| dubious | questionable, doubtful |
| banal | cliche, trite, lacking originality |
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