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6B English Voc.
6th Grade Classical Roots
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Monologue | A long speech made by one performer or by one person in a group |
| Monarch | 1) A person who rules a kingdom or empire 2) A large black and orange American butterfly |
| Monogram | A design composed of letters, usually the first letter of a name |
| Monopoly | 1) Sole ownership 2) Exclusive control of the trade in some item or service |
| Monolith | A large block of stone |
| Unanimous | Being in complete agreement |
| Unilateral | 1) One-Sided 2) Affecting only one group |
| Duplex | A dwelling with two living units |
| Duplicate | To make an identical copy |
| Bilateral | Having two sides |
| Bipartisan | Involving two political parties |
| Trilogy | A group of three |
| Trisect | to divide into three parts |
| Triumvirate | A group of three, especially in power of something |
| Quadrant | A quarter of a circle |
| Quartet | A musical composition for four voices |
| Quatrain | A stanza or group of four lines of poetry |
| decimate | To destroy a large part of |
| Bicentennial | A 200th anniversary |
| Centenary | Pertaining to a 100 year period |
| Pandemonium | Uproar |
| Panacea | A cure-all for diseases or troubles |
| Omnipotent | Having unlimited power, or all powerful |
| Omnivorous | 1) Feeding on both plants and animals 2) Devouring everything, especially intellectually |
| Catholic | Universal |
| Holocaust | A great destruction, especially by fire |
| Totalitarian | When one person or party holds absolute power or control |
| Cloister | A covered walk along the inside of a building |
| Preclude | To prevent |
| Recluse | A person who avoids mixing with people |
| Inception | The beginning of something |
| Incipient | In its early stages |
| Annihilate | To destroy completely |
| Negate | To disprove |
| Renegade | One who deserts a group, cause, faith, ect. |
| Vacuous | Empty, especially of meaning or purpose |
| Vanity | Conceit |
| Vaunt | To boast or brag |
| Aperture | An opening, especially one that admits light |
| Overt | Done or shown openly |
| Microbe | An organism invisible to the naked eye, especially one that causes disease |
| Microcosm | A miniature world, or something that resembles something else on a very small scale |
| Minuscule | Extremely small |
| Minutia | A small or trivial detail |
| Attenuate | To make slender or small |
| Tenuous | Thin in form |
| Satiate | To satisfy an appetite fully |
| Comply | To do as one is asked or ordered |
| Implement | A tool or utensil |
| Replete | Well stocked or abundantly supplied |
| Expletive | An exclamation or oath |
| Copious | Plentiful |
| Macrocosm | The universe |
| Magnanimous | Big; Large; Universally huge |
| Magnitude | Greatness of importance or size |
| Megalomania | A forn of mental illness in which the person has exaggerated ideas of his or her own importance |
| Polygamy | The system of having many wives for wealth |
| Polygon | An enclosed figure |
| Antebellum | A period before a war |
| Antecedent | A thing or event that precedes |
| Anterior | Coming before in position or time |
| Avante - Garde | Ahead of the times, especially in the arts |
| Vanguard | The foremost position, especially of an army or fleet |
| Precept | A command or rule of conduct |
| Predestination | The belief that what happens in human life has already been determined by some higher power |
| Premonition | A warning in advance |
| Preposterous | Absurd |
| Pretentious | Showy or pompous |
| Premier | First in time or importance |
| Primate | An archbishop or bishop that ranks the highest amongst others |
| Prime | First in rank, excellence, quality, importance, or time |
| Primeval | Belonging to the first ages |
| Primordial | Primeval |
| Posterior | The butt or behind; the bare or naked bottom |
| Posterity | Future generations |
| Posthumous | Occurring or continuing after the death, especially a work published after the authors death |
| Artifact | An object made by humans beings |
| Artifice | Craftiness; Trickery |
| Artless | Without deceit or cunning |
| Artisan | A skilled craftsperson |
| Ode | A poem usually addressed to a particular person, object or event that has stimulated deep and noble thoughts |
| Parody | A humorous imitation of a piece of literature or music |
| Incantation | The chanting or speaking of words that seem to have magical power or used to create a magical spell |
| Recant | To take back a formal statement or belief previously made known |
| Depict | To paint, draw, or express in a picture or sculpture |
| Pictograph | A picture or drawing representing words or ideas |
| accrue | to come as a natural increase or advantage |
| crescendo | a gradual increase in sound, often referring to music |
| excrescence | abnormal growth or outgrowth |
| beneficence | doing good or causing good to be done; kindly action |
| efficacious | effective as a mean or remedy |
| facile | acting or working or proceeding with ease; fluent |
| facsimile | an exact copy of a book, painting, document, etc. |
| faction | a group or clique within a larger group, party, or government |
| mollify | to calm; to make gentler or softer in feeling |
| pretext | a false reason put forward to conceal the true one |
| transgress | to go beyond or over set limits; to break a rule |
| transitive | describing an action carried from the subject to verb to object |
| transitory | lasting only for a short while |
| translucent | permitting light to pass through, but not transparent |
| ambiance | environment; the surrounding atmosphere |
| obituary | notice of death with biographical information |
| transient | passing quickly;transitory |
| aberration | straying from what is normal or accepted |
| erratic | irregular or inconsistent in movement, habit, quality, or ideas |
| episode | an incident in a person;s life or in a story or play |
| exodus | mass departure or emigration |
| itinerant | traveling from place to place, especially to perform some duty |
| itinerary | a route of travel a plan or record of a journey |
| advent | the period beginning four weeks before Christmas |
| circumvent | 1) to avoid;to evade by cleverness 2) to avoid by passing around |
| convene | to assemble, espaccially for a meeting |
| intervene | 1)to occur between events or periods 2) to come between, |
| telepathy | communication between two minds without speech or writing |
| deviate | to turn aside from a course, path, pattern, or subject |
| devious | 1) winding; roundabout 2) underhand, deceptive |
| impervious | 1) not penetrable by light rays, moisture, etc. |
| accelerate | to cause faster movement; to go faster |
| celerity | swiftness; quickness, speed |
| concur | to agree; to cooperate |
| discourse | conversation |
| incur | to meet with; to run into; to bring upon oneself |
| precursor | forerunner |
| succor | help in time of distress; to render help to |
| conglomeration | a collection of unrelated things |
| abject | humiliating and miserable |
| conjecture | an opinion formed from inconclusive evidence; a guess |
| interjection | An exclamation of one or two words in a sentence |
| assail | to attack violently; to assault |
| desultory | jumping from one thing to another |
| resilient | capable of returning to the original shape after being bent |
| salient | 1) projecting up or out 2) conspicuous, striking |
| convalesce | to recover health after illness |
| avial | to use to one's own advantage |
| prevalent | widely occurring or in general use |
| valor | heroic courage; bravery |
| evolve | 1) to develop gradually |
| voluble | speaking in a steady, easy flow of words; talkative; glib |
| apiary | a place where hives or colonies of bees are kept for their honey |
| aviary | a house, enclosure, or large cage for birds |
| bovine | having the quality of a cow or ox: sluggish, slow |
| canine | member of the dog family pertaining to the family of dogs |
| caper | 1) a playful hop, skip, or leap 2) a prank or wild escapade |
| caprice | a sudden impulse, whim, or unmotivated change of mind |
| capricious | subject to whim; impulsive; unpredictable or fickle |
| equine | pertaining to a horse; belonging to the family of horses |
| equitation | the art of riding horses |
| equestrian | pertaining to a rider of horses, or skill in riding |
| feline | 1) a member of the family of cats, lions, tigers, and jaguars |
| leonine | pertaining to a lion; having characteristics of a lion |
| lionize | to regard or treat a person as a celebrity |
| piscine | typical of fish |
| porcine | pertaining to or resembling a pig |
| serpentine | resembling a serpent in form or movement |
| simian | pertaining to or resembling an ape or monkey |
| zoology | the science of dealing with animals |
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