Vocabulary Unit 1 & 2
Terms
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- liter
- letter
- literate
- can read and write
- illiterate
- can't read or write
- literacy
- the ability to read and write
- literal
- letter for letter, word for word; real or actual
- literally
- really; actually
- alliteration
- repetition of a consonant sound
- bene
- good, well
- benediction
- a parting blessing or prayer
- beneficiary
- one who gets the money in a will
- benefactor
- a sponsor, one who supports with money
- benign
- harmless; not dangerous
- benevolent
- kind
- benevolence
- kindness
- trans
- across
- transient
- one who stays for only a short time
- transgression
- act of breaking a law or rule
- transcendental
- supernatural; not limited by a boundary
- transcript
- an official written copy
- transsexual
- one who changes sexually
- transvestite
- one who dresses like the opposite sex
- omni
- all (Latin prefix)
- omniscient
- all-knowing
- omnipotent
- all-powerful
- omnipresent
- everywhere
- omnifarious
- made up of all types
- multifarious
- made up of many types
- omnibus
- a vehicle carrying many people
- omnivore
- eats all (plants and animals)
- phil
- love (Greek root >> philos = loving)
- Philadelphia
- city of brotherly love
- philanthropist
- one who loves people and donates money
- philology
- love of languages
- philately
- stamp collecting
- philter
- a love potion
- philander
- to flirt; cheat on spouse
- Anglophile
- one who loves England
- Francophile
- one who loves France
- Sinophile
- one who loves China
- Russophile
- one who loves Russia
- bibliophile
- one who loves books; reading
- hemophilia
- an illness where blood won't clot
- necrophiliac
- one who "loves" or is obsessed with death
- paedophile
- one who "loves" or abuses children
- audiophile
- one who loves listening to music
- videophile
- one who loves watching movies, etc.