midterm 6th grade rakha
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- obsequious
- adjective: excessively willing to yield to others; subservient
- unrecognizable
- not able to be identified
- subterranean
- below the surface of the earth
- ancient
- belonging to times long before present history
- persevere
- verb: to hold fast to a task or purpose despite handicaps or obstacles
- premier
- first in time or importance
- Struct
- Latin: to build
- incognito
- in disguise; secretive
- infrastructure
- The underlying framework of a system or building
- Cum
- Latin: with; together with
- premonition
- an advanced warning; forewarning
- mar
- Latin: the sea
- perennial
- adjective: lasting for an indefinitely long time; continuing regularly; living longer than two years said especially of plants
- extraterrestrail
- adjective: outside or originating outside the limits of the earth's atmosphere
- adversity
- noun: hardship, misfortune
- retort
- verb: to reply quickly and sharply, often as if in reply to an accusation. Noun: a quick, witty, sometimes biting reply
- primordial
- original, fundamental
- cognition
- The process of acquiring knowledge
- magnificent
- great in size; wonderful
- duo, duplex
- Latin: two; two-fold
- mediocrity
- noun: the condition of being commonplace or ordinary; somewhere in the middle between high and low; a very ordinary person
- centigrade
- referring to a thermometer scale of 100 degrees where water freezes at 0 degrees and boils at 100 degrees
- terra incognito
- unknown or unexplored land
- subvert
- verb: to upset; to overthrow; to ruin
- duplicate
- to make an identical copy or double of something; to repeat
- immobile
- motionless or the inability to be moved
- percent
- by the hundred; out of one hundred
- polymorphic
- having many shapes
- submarine
- being, living, or used under the water
- Sequor, sequi, sectum
- Latin: to follow
- construct
- to creating by putting parts together
- determination
- an intent to reach a goal
- mediate
- verb: to act as a negotiator between opposing sides in a dispute or argument
- monologue
- a speech made by one person or performer
- monotheism
- The belief in one god
- percussion
- noun: the sharp striking of one thing against another; instruments that make a sound when struck.
- polygamy
- marriage to more than one spouse at a time
- magnitude
- greatness of importance or size
- elation
- noun: excited feelings of pride, triumph, or happiness
- antebellum
- before the war
- exterminate
- to destroy or get rid of completely
- precaution
- care taken before an event
- subsequent
- adjective: coming after or later
- avert
- verb: to turn away; to prevent
- polygon
- a two dimensional shape with many angles
- maritime
- relating to sea navigation
- subservient
- adjective: excessively willing to yield; submissive; obsequious
- Torqueo, Torquere, Torsi, Tortum
- Latin: to twist, to bend, to turn around
- transgress
- to step across a boundary; to violate a rule
- termin
- Latin: end, limit
- Verso, Versare, Versavi, Versatum
- Latin: to turn; to turn around
- commodious
- Adjective: spacious, roomy, as in a house
- terrain
- land
- non sequitur
- noun: a statement that does not follow logically from evidence
- magnanimous
- noble and generous; forgiving
- obstruct
- an obstacle or something put up against something else
- commiserate
- Verb: to feel or express sorrow or pity
- cogn/cogni
- Latin: to know
- Medius
- Latin: middle
- condone
- Verb: to forgive; to disregard an offense
- progress
- movement forward or onward; improvement
- colloquial
- Adjective: Characteristic of ordinary conversation rather than formal speech or writing
- permeate
- verb: to penetrate through spaces; to spread throughout
- predestination
- the belief that what happens in life has already been determined by some higher power
- terra
- Latin: land
- preamble
- an introduction, especially to a constitution
- mob, mot, mov
- Latin: to move
- commemorate
- related to remembering a person or event
- polyglot
- the ability to speak or write in several languages
- aquamarine
- the color of the sea; a blue-green color
- terminate
- to put an end to
- extravert
- noun: a person chiefly interrested in things outside the self, directing thoughts outward rather than inward; outgoing
- bicentennial
- a two-hundredth anniversary
- commotion
- the scene of noisy confusion or activity
- contrite
- Adjective: thoroughly remorseful and repentant of one's sins or mistakes
- digression
- a departure from the main issue
- recognize
- to identify someone or something seen before
- centimeter
- one-one hundredth of a meter
- memorial
- to honor the memory of as by a ceremony
- defer
- verb: to postpone; to delay
- sequester
- to go into hiding; to seek solitude; to isolate
- reconstruction
- the act of putting back together again
- magnus
- Latin: great
- regression
- a movement backward to an earlier state of being
- monarch
- one person who rules a kingdom or empire
- distort
- verb: to change something to make it false; to twist something out of its natural shape
- tenacity
- Noun: hanging on to something persistently or stubbornly
- impertinent
- Adjective: impudent; rude
- prime
- first in rank, excellence, quality, importance, or time
- duo
- a twosome
- Per
- Latin: through
- ante
- Latin: before
- Gress
- Latin: to step
- monogram
- a design composed of letters, usually the first letter of a name
- aggression
- the act of being forward or argumentative
- marinade
- a salty formula used to soak meat
- poly
- Greek: many
- territory
- one's range of land
- memor
- Latin: to remember
- primus
- Latin: primary or first
- memory
- an ability to retain knowledge; an individual's stock of retained knowledge
- destruct
- the act of destroying or tearing down
- duplex
- a home with two living units
- marine
- relating to the sea
- pertinacious
- Adjective: holding firmly, even stubbornly, to a belief
- perverse
- adjective: stubbornly doing something other than what is reasonable or required
- polytheism
- belief in more than one god
- abstain
- Verb: to refrain from something by one's choice
- promotion
- an advancement in rank or position
- terminal
- an end or limit
- dilatory
- adjective: tending to delay or to postpone
- pre
- Latin: before
- anterior
- coming before in position or time
- magnify
- to make greater in size; to worship
- antecedent
- a thing or event that proceeds another
- removable
- able to be taken or carried away
- Teneo, Tenere, Tenui, Tentum
- Latin: to hold; to keep
- centum
- Latin: one hundred
- introvert
- noun: a person whole thoughts and interests are directed inward; shy
- medium
- noun: a substance or element through which something is transmitted; a person though to have communication with spirits of those who are dead
- infer
- verb: to use available evidence to form conclusions; to guess
- magnate
- a rich or powerful person
- contort
- verb: to twist or bend out of shape
- indeterminate
- without a set limit or end
- double
- two of something
- coherent
- Adjective: Showing an orderly relation of parts; sticking together
- Fero, ferre, tuli latum
- Latin: to bring, to bear, to carry
- prose
- noun: ordinary speech or writing without rhyme or meter
- monos
- Greek: one; single; alone
- centenary
- pertaining to a 100 year period