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All the Vocab
For the Exam
Question | Answer |
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sav | to taste, to think |
savvy | knowledgeable or clever |
savor | to continue to taste |
cogn | to know |
recognize | to see something that you've seen before |
incognito | in disguise |
cognitive | having to do with thought and thinking |
connoisseur | someone with advanced knowledge in a specific area |
cognizant | being aware |
opt | to choose (root and word) |
option | a choice |
adopt | to choose for oneself |
psych | mind (root) |
mnem | to remember or remembering (root) |
memor | remembering (root) |
psyche | the mind or the soul |
psychic | to be able to read another's mind, predict the future; to have powers beyond the laws of nature |
psychology | the study of the mind |
amnesty | an official pardon for a wrong doing or a kind of official forgetting of a crime |
amnesia | a loss of memory |
commemorate | to celebrate or officially remember something or someone |
memorandum | a written reminder or message |
memorial | something that serves as a reminder or tribute |
consequence | a result of an action |
rationale | a reason for doing something |
sequence | the order of something |
ratio | a comparison in size between one thing and another |
rational | having reason |
sequel | a book that follows another |
subsequent | coming after, following |
ration | a calculated portion |
ver | true (root) |
verify | To check the truth of something |
veracity | truth (word) |
verdict | statement of innocence or guilt |
fidelity | faithfulness |
infidel | non-believer or one who betrays |
confide | to trust someone with information |
confidant | someone to whom you can tell something private without fear that he or she will tell someone else. |
fid | faithful; to trust or to believe (root) |
leg | law (root) |
legislate | to make into a law |
legitimate | valid or lawful |
jus, jur | law (root) |
justice | the fair administration of law |
justify | to prove that something is right |
jurisdiction | an area where a law or power of law is in effect |
perjure | to lie under oath in a court of law |
jurisprudence | The science of the law |
bell | war (root) |
pac | peace (root) |
plac | to make calm (root) |
bellicose | eager to fight |
belligerent | warlike or hostile |
rebel | to rise in opposition |
pacify | to make peace |
pact | an agreement, often one for peace |
placid | calm, smooth, undisturbed |
placebo | no real effect or value, but seems to |
placate | to calm or pacify |
interrogate | to question |
inquisition | a formal hearing |
quest | a journey to find something |
arrogant | proud; asking too much |
acquire | to obtain or get |
prerogative | a right or privilege; a choice |
inquisitive | asking many questions or being curious |
query | quest |
roga | to ask (r) |
quer | to ask (q) |
quisit | to ask (qt) |
rat (root) | order, reason |
sequ | to follow |