1st Semester Vocab
Terms
undefined, object
copy deck
- congratulate
- to rejoice over success
- gynarchy
- government by a woman or women
- lithography
- art of prinitng with a smooth, flat stone
- accrue
- come about by addition
- commodious
- spacious
- cent
- hundred
- ciliated
- having minute hairs
- cyclo
- wheel
- capitious
- finding fault
- tangible
- that which can be touched
- contrite
- pentinent
- dia
- across, through
- disingenous
- not candid
- delusive
- deceptive
- vit/viv
- life
- elegiacal
- used in, suitable for, or resembling a funeral song or lament
- gyn
- woman
- domin
- master
- plaudits
- rounds of applause
- elucidate
- to make clear; to explain
- acrid
- sharp; bitterly pungent
- carnal
- concerning the body (flesh)
- primeval
- of the first (earliest) age
- cognition
- process of knowing
- litho
- stone
- collation
- a light meal
- stratum
- horizontal layer; section, level
- pon
- place
- circum
- around
- disparate
- basically different, unrelated
- phon
- sound
- bellicose
- warlike
- consanguinity
- kinship
- schem
- shape or form
- jab
- jold
- deride
- to make fun of
- desuetude
- disused condition
- cathartic
- purgative; cleansing
- curr
- run
- agronomy
- science of crop production
- mandate
- an order to command; to order or command
- dissolute
- loose in morals
- nocturnal
- pertaining to the night
- autocrat
- ruler with absolute power
- laud(plaud)
- strike
- doggerel
- poor verse
- optimum
- best; most favorable
- luna
- moon
- astrophysics
- branck of astronomy dealing with physical aspects/compostiion of heavenly bodies
- asperity
- sharpness (of temper)
- reputation
- character in the view of the public
- anthropology
- study of human character/cultures
- integ
- whole
- voc/vox
- voice
- frater
- brother
- hyper
- over, above
- lust
- shine
- libertine
- one who leads an unrestrainted, immoral life
- not
- mark
- jur
- law, swear
- derision
- ridicule
- mur
- wall
- carrion
- rotting flesh of a dead body
- chrom
- color
- done
- give
- aqua(e)
- water
- cognizance
- knowledge
- senile
- showing signs of old age
- claustrophobia
- an abnormal fear of closed spaces
- intramural
- withing the walls of (the same city, school, etc.)
- atypical
- not normal
- judicious
- showing sound judgement
- dastard
- coward
- interjection
- an interruption
- pathology
- the unhealthy conditions caused by a disease
- ecclesiastic
- a member of the clergy or other person in religious orders.
- crucible
- originally a bowl of burning oil placed at the foot of a cross
- defile
- pollute; profane
- canard
- unfounded rumor
- lev
- raise
- mimeograph
- a machine for making copies
- convivial
- sociable; lively in social situations
- cacophony
- discordant sound
- init
- beggining
- castigate
- punish
- innate
- inborn; not acquired
- lim
- boundary
- ocu
- eye
- aerodynamics
- the branch of physics dealing with the motion of air/gasses around objects
- antipathy
- aversion; dislike
- distrait
- absent-minded
- juris
- law
- catechism
- book for religious instruction
- colloquy
- informal discussion
- art deco
- a style of decorative art developed in the 1920's
- carping
- fault-finding
- sentimental
- having, showing tenderness/emotion
- calumniate
- slander
- disconsolate
- sad
- lunatic
- an insane person
- mut
- change, interchange
- affray
- public brawl
- initiate
- to bring into use; to start
- capricious
- fickle
- tractable
- easily worked
- omni
- all
- simultaneous
- together; at the same time
- abrade
- wear wara by friction; erode
- geothermal
- having to do with teh internal heat of the earth
- umbr
- shade
- mega
- great
- effete
- lacking in wholesome vigor; degenerate; decadent
- aborigines
- primitive inhabitants
- phyl
- leaf
- doughty
- courageous
- glacification
- process of covering over with ice or glacier
- pug
- fight
- adduce
- offer as example or reason
- homo
- man
- assiduous
- done with diligence
- cohesive
- force which keeps parts together
- demure
- serious; coy
- dipsomaniac
- one who has a string craving for intoxicating liquors
- bene
- good
- plurality
- condition of being numerous; a great number
- diva
- prima donna
- mand
- to order
- amalgamate
- combine; unite in one body
- carnage
- slaughter (as in war)
- compulsory
- forced; required
- rectangle
- a four-sided chape that has two sides longer than the other two
- ludicrous
- laughable; abusurd; ridiculous
- geriatrics
- branch of medicine dealing with disorders of old age
- manipulate
- to handle or use, especially with skill
- phys
- nature
- pseudo
- false
- lat
- carry
- nav
- ship
- disparity
- the lack of equality
- clandestine
- secret
- lud (lus)
- play
- laps
- slip
- act
- do
- acclivity
- sharp up slope of a hill
- censure
- blame; criticize
- monochrome
- a painting or drawing in one color or different shades of one color
- proponent
- a supporter; one who proposes
- grat
- pleasing, thankful
- fol
- leaf
- maritime
- pertaining to navigation or shipping on the sea
- subliminal
- below the limit or boundary of conciousness
- vagrant
- a person who wanders
- tributary
- one who pays tribute or makes a contribution
- liberation
- acheiveing freedom
- elusory
- hard to express or define
- catholic
- broadly sympathetic; liberal
- audit
- hear
- locus
- a place or point
- mon
- advise; warn
- elicit
- to draw forth or bring out; educe; evoke
- donation
- a gift; contribution
- ann(u)
- year
- diachronic
- happening through time
- psychoanalysis
- analysis of the mind or personality
- duplicate
- a copy; to copy
- fuga/fugi
- flee
- sonorous
- capable of producing impressive sound
- hierarchy
- group of persons/things arranged by rank/importance
- continence
- self-restraint; sexual chastity
- controvert
- oppose with arguments; contradict
- umbrella
- a shade or screen, usually of cloth
- philanthropist
- a person who loves mankind and works for its welfare
- narr
- tell
- ger(i)
- old; aged
- interment
- burial
- schematic
- showing a form or pattern
- compliant
- yielding
- clarion
- shrill; trumpet-like sound
- nox (noct)
- night
- corp
- body
- negation
- denial
- peri
- around
- man
- hand
- cavil
- to make frivolous objection
- pend (pens)
- hang
- maximize
- to raise to the highest possible degree
- min
- small; lessen
- psychosomatic
- physical disorder created in or influenced by the mind
- ang
- bend
- assuage
- ease; lessen
- lapi
- stone
- spirochete
- coil-shaped bacteria
- icthyosaurus
- prehistoric marine animal
- adjudicate
- to act as judge; give/pass judgement
- neg
- no
- coerce
- force
- apposite
- appropriate, fitting
- lapidary
- one who cuts, collects, or deals in stone
- mag
- great
- pryotechnics
- the art of making and using fireworks
- cognomen
- family name
- cap
- head
- cart
- map or chart
- dirge
- musical lament
- dissolution
- a breaking up or into parts
- bucolic
- rustic; pastoral
- chimerical
- fantastic; highly imaginative
- mem
- mindful
- orig
- beginning
- prolapse
- slipping out of place (as in an internal organ)
- proto
- first
- comestible
- something fit to be eaten
- flect
- bend
- vitreous
- of or like glass
- accretion
- growth; increase
- asseverate
- make positive statement or solemn declaration
- demo
- race; nation
- chary
- cautiously watchful
- photo
- light
- equi
- equal
- omniscient
- knowing all things
- neologism
- new word
- phob
- fear
- monastery
- group residence for those retiring from the ordinary world
- peripatetic
- a person who wanders/travels from place to place
- denote
- mark; indicate
- para
- equal
- mar
- sea
- cogent
- convincing
- desiccate
- dry up
- demure
- delay; object
- corpulent
- very fat
- administration
- the management of government or institutional affairs
- chide
- scold
- plic (plex)
- fold
- depravity
- corruption; wickedness
- abortive
- unsucessfull; fruitless
- diurnal
- daily; during the day
- antithesis
- contrast; direct opposite
- greg
- gather
- auditory
- pertaining to hearing or the organs used for hearing
- helix
- a spiral
- metropolitan
- of/pertaining to a main city
- centennial
- marking the completion of a period of 100 years
- visionary
- describing a speculative or impractical idea
- coalesce
- combine; fuse
- leg
- law
- deprecatory
- disapproving
- conjunction
- joining or being joined
- abeyance
- suspended action
- imaginary
- not real
- propel
- push foward
- deleterious
- harmful
- dank
- damp
- cert
- sure
- novitiate
- a state or period of being new at something
- abstruce
- obsure
- fraternity
- state of being a brother(s)
- brontosaurus
- "thunder lizards;" huge dinosaur
- desultory
- aimless
- vivparous
- bearing live young (not eggs)
- cupidity
- greed
- maritime
- on or near the sea
- enamored
- to inspire with love; captivate
- amphi
- both ways
- declivity
- downward slope
- cleft
- split
- aero
- air
- cataclysm
- upheaval
- acidulous
- slightly sour; caustic; sharp
- dilatory
- delaying
- integrity
- honesty; sincereity; moral uprightness
- enunciate
- to pronounce clearly
- commiserate
- feel or express pity or sympathy
- dour
- sullen; stubborn
- hospice
- place of refuge for travelers
- abjure
- renounce upon oath
- dolorous
- sorrowful
- mim
- same
- efflorescent
- blossoming
- heli
- spiral
- abysmal
- bottomless like the sea
- extemptoraneous
- made, done, spoken without preparation
- photophilous
- flourishing in strong light, especially in sunlight
- mortuary
- a place where the dead are prepared for burial
- crux
- crucial point
- accoutre
- equip
- poly
- many
- emaciated
- to make abnormally lean or thin.
- auto
- self
- junct
- join
- chlorophyll
- green chemical found in leaves
- posthumous
- occuring after death
- arch(y)
- chief; principal
- vociferous
- shouting loudly; making a loud outcry
- nat
- born
- descant
- discuss fully
- chasm
- abyss; a deep gorge
- commemorate
- to honor the memory of by a ceremony
- seni
- old
- demean
- degrade
- fugitive
- a person fleeing from something
- tenacious
- holding firmly; refusing to let go
- corporal
- bodily; physical
- cruc
- cross
- ast
- star
- descry
- catch sight of
- edify
- to build, construct; to establish
- terr
- earth
- desecrate
- profane
- agri
- field
- prelate
- a high-ranking churchman such as a bishop
- denizen
- inhabitant
- monocular
- having only one eye
- efficacy
- capacity for producing a desired result or effect; effectiveness
- mech
- machine
- chattel
- personal property
- lib
- free
- beneficiary
- a person or group that receives profits or advantages
- pandemonium
- place/scene of wild disorder
- pyr
- fire
- gregarious
- living in herds/flocks/groups
- caustic
- buring; sarcastically biting
- nov
- new
- hemisect
- to cut into halves
- foliage
- leaves
- ardor
- heat; passion; zeal
- contortion
- distortion, especially of face or body
- noun (nune)
- declare
- nov
- new
- vitr(o)
- glass
- capacious
- spacious
- effulgent
- shining forth brilliantly; radiant
- circumvent
- surround; evade
- diaphanous
- sheer
- educe
- to draw forth or bring out, as something potential or latent; elicit; develop
- gon
- angle
- plur
- more
- loc
- place
- occurence
- event
- cartography
- science of mapmaking
- hydraulic
- operadted by movement or pressure of liquids
- actuarial
- calculating; pertaining to insurance statistics
- illegible
- unable to read
- eval
- age
- mar
- sea
- cryptic
- mysterious, hidden; secret
- mechanical
- having to do with machinery
- innovate
- to make changes
- flu
- flow, river
- anathema
- solemn curse
- minimize
- to lessen, to make less important
- orthodontist
- one who straightens teeth
- pul
- urge
- extra
- outside
- syn
- together
- premonition
- a forewarning; a vision of future events
- lum
- light
- discomfit
- defeat; disconcert
- decapitate
- to behead; to remove the head from the body
- droll
- queer and amusing
- pugilist
- prize fighter
- art
- skill
- pel
- drive
- lab
- work
- rectify
- to put or set right
- transaction
- somethign that is conducted, especially a business agreement
- demeanor
- behavior; bearing
- megalith
- a stone of great size, especially in ancient construction
- efface
- to wipe out; do away with; expunge
- metro
- mother
- extracurricular
- outside of regular curriculum
- adjuration
- solemn urging
- anomaly
- irregularity
- avarice
- greediness for wealth
- hab
- hold
- geo
- earth
- certification
- confirmed; attested
- disport
- amuse
- confluence
- a flowing together, especially of one or more streams or rivers
- dissimulate
- pretend
- protrusion
- that which projects or sticks out
- some
- body
- duress
- compulsion by thread or force; coercion; constraint
- ebullient
- overflowing with fervor, enthusiasm, or excitement; high-spirited
- altruism
- unselfish aid to others; generosity
- hyperbole
- exaggeration; over or beyond what is realistic
- put
- think
- cogn
- know
- egregious
- extraordinary in some bad way; glaring; flagrant
- spir
- coil
- abasement
- humiliation
- emend
- to edit or change a text
- dolt
- stupid person
- post
- after
- orth
- straight
- adventitious
- accidental, causal
- equilibrium
- a state of being equal
- respiration
- act/process of breathing
- astute
- wise; shrewd
- amicable
- friendly
- imag
- likeness
- habitual
- done by habit
- abstinence
- restraint from
- disparage
- belittle
- mon
- alone; one
- hemi
- half
- jurisprudence
- the science or philosophy of law
- incontrovertible
- not disputable/debatable
- abettor
- encourager
- acme
- top; pinnacle
- belli
- war;warlike
- coadjutor
- assistant; colleague
- chicanery
- trickery
- polynomial
- an algebraic expression consisting of two or more rational and integral terms
- deride
- scoff at
- cyclonic
- like a cyclone
- uni
- one
- jud/jus/jur
- law, right
- homo sapiens
- human being
- turbulence
- disorder, commotion
- cogitate
- think over
- phoneme
- the smallest significant unit of speech in a language
- anthrop
- man; human being
- ichthy
- fish
- minist
- servant; officer
- copious
- plentiful
- effigy
- a representation or image, especially sculptured, as on a monument of a hated person.
- dross
- waste matter; refuse
- altimeter
- a radio barometer used to ascertain the altitude of a plane
- descendant
- those corming after a a certain ancestor
- polygon
- a figure with many angles (sides)
- dilettante
- aimless follower of the arts
- ficticious
- imaginary
- gyro
- circle
- neo
- new
- patriarch
- dstudy of the nervous system
- diminution
- lessening
- laborious
- involving much work
- synergism
- where the whole is greater than the parts
- churlish
- boorish; rude
- neur
- nerve
- demographic
- statistical study of population
- hosp
- host
- amorphous
- shapeless
- aqueduct
- an artificial channel for conducting water
- amphitheatre
- a circular building with rows of seats around a central open space
- liber
- free
- enumerate
- to count (one by one)
- encomiastic
- eugloist
- legacy
- money/property less to someone in a will
- anniversary
- yearly reccurence of the date of a past event
- gyroscope
- a wheel mounted in a circle that is free to turn
- emolument
- profit, salary, or feess from office or employment; compensation for services
- saur
- lizards
- phil
- love
- pater
- father
- abys
- depths of the sea
- strat
- covering
- psych
- mind
- unilateral
- one-sided
- predominate
- to have authority over others
- atrocity
- brutal deed
- patho
- suffering
- deign
- condescend
- contentious
- quarrelsome
- alt
- high
- luminescent
- giving off light
- magnanimous
- free from pettiness; generous in forgiving
- narrative
- a story; account; tale
- diadem
- crown
- conciliate
- pacify; win over
- antediluvian
- antiquated; ancient
- illustrious
- shining; bright or famous; celebrated
- avuncular
- like an uncle
- circumnavigate
- to sail around
- hydro
- water
- circuitous
- roundabout
- opt
- best
- patriarch
- father-ruler of a family
- leg
- read
- reflection
- a throwing back by a surface
- discursive
- digressing
- effusion
- act of pouring forth.
- podiatry
- the study/treatment of ailments of the foot
- max
- greatest
- immutable
- unchangeable
- pluri
- several; many
- duplicity
- deceitfulness in speech or conduct; double-dealing
- mort
- death
- protocol
- original draft or record of a document or negotiation
- fict
- pretend
- levity
- rare lightness of weight
- celibate
- unmarried; abstaining from sexual activity
- habitual
- commonly used, followed, or observed
- pseudonym
- a false name
- pendulum
- a body that swings to and fro from a fixed point
- aquiline
- curved; hooked
- numer
- number
- pan
- all
- ject
- throw
- ablution
- washing
- pod
- foot
- luc
- light
- ancillary
- auxilliary; serving as an aid
- baneful
- ruinous; pastoral
- egress
- the act or instance of going, esp. from an enclosed place