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semester 2 vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Fallible | capable of error |
| fallow | inactive; unproductive |
| fatalistic | believing that all events in life are inevitable and determined by fate |
| fawn | to act slavishly submissive |
| fealty | obligated loyalty or faithfulness |
| feign | to pretend |
| feisty | aggressive; lively; energetic |
| felicity | happiness |
| farcical | absurd; ludicrous |
| felonious | pertaining to or constituting a major crime |
| fester | to grow embittered over time; to rot |
| fiat | an official order |
| fidelity | faithfulness; loyalty |
| Filch | to steal |
| Filial | of, relating to, or befitting a son or daughter |
| Ped/Pod | foot |
| Phob | fear |
| Scop | to watch, view |
| Port | to carry, to bring |
| flagrant | glaringly bad; outrageous |
| fluent | able to express oneself easily and clearly |
| flux | a state of continual change or movement |
| foible | a minor weakness in character |
| frivolous | trivial; silly |
| futile | useless |
| gaff | A large hook |
| gait | manner of walking |
| gambit | a maneuver or action used to gain an advantage |
| gape | to stare with an open mouth |
| fracas | a loud quarrel or fight |
| stru/struct | to build |
| garble | distort; confuse; muddle |
| genealogy | family history |
| genesis | beginning; origin |
| ghastly | horrible; frightful |
| scib/script | to write |
| tempor | time |
| therm | heat |
| Gird | to encircle as with a belt; to prepare as for action |
| gorge | to eat or swallow greedily |
| granary | a storehouse for grain |
| gratify | to please or satisfy |
| guile | sly or cunning intelligence |
| harp | to persist in talking continuously |
| havoc | great destruction; chaos |
| hilarity | gaiety; joviality |
| tract | to man |
| ven/vent | to come |
| anthro | man |
| gist | the main point |
| glean | to collect or find out slowly |
| glutinous | gluey; sticky |
| Gothic | medieval; type of fiction that uses remote |
| gull | to cheat |
| gyrate | to rotate |
| haughty | arrogant |
| -ology | study of |
| Holocaust | a great or complete destruction of life |
| homily | a sermon |
| hone | to sharpen |
| hovel | a wretched living place; an open shed |
| humane | kind; compassionate |
| imbibe | (v.) to drink; to take in, absorb |
| imbue | To fill completely with a feeling or idea; to inspire |
| immaculate | spotless; perfect |
| impede | hinder; obstruct |
| impel | push into motion |
| impermeable | not permitting passage |
| impertinent | rude and disrespectful |
| imperturbable | (adj.) not easily excited; emotionally steady |
| impervious | incapable of being affected |
| impetuous | acting suddenly with little thought |
| Am | friend, love |
| aqu | water |
| brev | short |
| jaded | (adj.) wearied, worn-out, dulled (in the sense of being satiated by excessive indulgence) |
| jargon | vocabulary distinctive to a particular group of people |
| judicious | sensible; showing good judgement |
| kindred | related by birth; of like nature |
| knead | to work dough or clay into a uniform mixture |
| lacerate | to tear (flesh) jaggedly |
| lackadaisical | uninterested; listless |
| lackey | a slavish follower |
| laggard | someone or something that is slow to progress; one who lags behind |
| lament | to mourn |
| lampoon | a written satire used to ridicule or attack someone |
| languish | to become weak |
| lateral | to the side |
| lax | careless or negligent |
| lethal | deadly; fatal |
| ism | belief, practice |
| cent | one hundred |
| dec | ten |
| duc/duct | Lead |
| anti | against |
| licentious | morally unrestrained |
| macabre | horrible; grim |
| mandarin | an influential person; a member of an elite group |
| martial | warlike; relating to the military |
| melee | a noisy, confused fight |
| mendicant | beggar |
| mesmerize | to hypnotize |
| minion | a fawning, servile follower |
| mitigate | to make less severe |
| modicum | a small amount |
| nadir | lowest point |
| narcissistic | conceited; having excessive self-love or admiration |
| nefarious | extremely wicked |
| nemesis | someone or something a person cannot conquer or achieve; a hated enemy |
| neophyte | beginner |
| fort | strong |
| gen | race, kind, birth |
| graph | to write |
| mono | one |
| nepotism | favoritism to relatives |
| numismatist | a coin collector |
| obeisance | a bow or similar gesture expressing deep respect |
| obsequy | a funeral rite or ceremony |
| obtrude | to force oneself into a situation uninvited |
| ogre | monster; hideous being |
| opiate | a narcotic used to cause sleep or bring relief from pain |
| oscillate | to swing back and forth like a pendulum |
| ostentatious | marked by conspicuous or pretentious display |
| oust | to remove, drive out of a position or place |
| pacify | to calm down |
| paean | a song of praise, joy, or triumph |
| pall | something that covers or conceals |
| pallid | pale; faint in color |
| palpable | obvious; capable of being touched or felt |
| ambi/amphi | both |
| super | above, beyond |
| luc/lum | light |
| magn | great |
| pariah | an outcast |
| Patrici | an aristocrat |
| pedagogue | a schoolteacher |
| penchant | a strong liking |
| pensive | dreamily thoughtful |
| penury | extreme poverty |
| Personification | A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes |
| quaff | to drink in large quantities; to gulp |
| qualm | a feeling of uneasiness |
| query | question |
| queue | a line of people or vehicles |
| rabid | (adj.) furious, violently intense, unreasonably extreme; mad; infected with rabies |
| rambunctious | unruly; uncontrollable |
| rancid | having a bad taste or smell; spoiled |
| matr/mater | mother |
| meter | measure |
| micro | small |
| auto | self |
| bio | life |
| accelerate | to speed up over time |
| anaerobic | existing without air or oxygen |
| buoyant | able to float on water; cheerful |
| calibrate | to check, fix, or adjust, based on a standard |
| commensial | in ecology, related to an animal or plant living with, on, or in another, without any injury to either |
| decompose | to rot or disintegrate; to return to simpler compounds |
| germicidal | having the ability to kill germs or other microorganisms |
| hematology | the study of blood and blood diseases |
| host | a plant or animal from which another obtains food or protection |
| hypodermic | applied under the skin, usually through a needle |
| immunity | the resistance an organism has to infection or disease |
| molecule | the smallest part of a chemical substance or compound made up of at least two atoms |
| mutate | to change or undergo transformation |
| parasite | an organism that lives in or on another life form and benefit while the other is harmed |
| symbiotic | in ecology, related to an animal or plant living with, on, or in another, with benefits of both |
| aer | air |
| para | beside, near, against |
| com | together |
| ic/ics | relating to or characterized by |
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