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All the Vocab
For the Exam
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |