Unit 1
Terms
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- Erg, urg
- work
- adj. Very precise; clear and accurate
- Surgical
- adj. Active and Lively
- Energetic
- adj. Intended to decrease discomfort and maximize work
- Ergonomic
- Vig
- be lively, be energetic
- adj. Done with power, force or energy
- vigorous
- v. To fill with strength and energy
- Invigorate
- IG, AG, ACT, EG
- do, drive, act
- adj. Wasting money or resources
- Prodigal
- v. 1. To publicly demand; petition for 2. To move vigorously or violently; to upset
- Agitate
- v. To make legal or official
- Enact
- adj. Strongly opposed to change; conservative
- Reactionary
- adj. Able to move quickly and lightly
- Agile
- v. To put forth as true, claim
- Allege
- POS, PON
- to place, to put
- n. Control over expression and action
- Composure
- adj. Steadily increasing
- Exponential
- n. An unwelcome demand; a burden
- Imposition
- n. A place designated for storage
- Repository
- Stan, Stat
- to stand, stand something up
- adj. Happening immediately
- Instantaneous
- v. To bring back into existence or authority
- Reinstate
- adj. Not lasting; not steady
- Inconstant
- THES, THET
- placing having been placed
- v. T combine, to blend
- Synthesize
- adj. Explaining the main idea or topic
- Parenthetical
- n. Idea proposed as true; theory
- Hypothesis
- CEPT, CIV, CIEVE
- to take, seize
- v. To catch or block
- Intercept
- n. one who takes part in
- Participant
- v. To come up with, imagine
- Conceive
- adj. Intending to mislead or trick
- Deceptive
- adj. Standing out from others
- Exceptional
- v. To expect beforehand
- Anticipate
- HAB, HIB
- to have, hold to have a home, to dwell
- n. Living together; coexistence
- Cohabitation
- v. To show; to display
- Exhibit
- DIT
- to give
- adj. Expressing opinions or bias
- Editorial
- adj. Going against the accepted pattern or style
- Nontraditional
- DON
- to give gift
- n. One who gives something
- Donor
- v. To support; to give approval to
- Condone
- SANCT
- holy
- n. A private place; a retreat
- Sanctum
- v. To make holy
- Sanctify
- n. Something that forces obedience with a law or rule
- Sanctions
- n. A place of protection
- Sanctuary
- DEI
- god
- n. A god; a divine being
- Deity
- v. To make into a god; to treat like a god
- Deify
- THEO
- god
- n. A group of gods; a group of people so accomplished in a skill or field that they seem like gods
- Pantheon
- adj. Having several gods or deities
- Polytheistic
- n. Worship or belief in only one god
- Monotheism
- CAST, CHAST
- pure
- v. To criticize, to condemn- harsher
- Castigate
- adj. Made less proud; humbled
- Chastened
- v. To punish verbally, to scold - almost always verbal
- Chastise
- HUM
- ground, earth
- n. Lack of pride; modesty
- HUMILITY
- v. To remove from the ground; dig up
- Exhume
- STELL
- star
- adj. Excellent, outstanding
- Stellar
- ASTR
- star
- adj. Enormous, immense
- Astronomical
- NEB, NIMB
- cloud
- adj. Not definite, vague
- Nebulous
- n. A cloud
- Nimbus
- CELES
- sky
- adj. Having to do with the sky or heavens
- Celestrial
- TERR
- Earth, ground
- adj. Earthly; of or from land
- Terrestrial
- v. To put into the ground; to bury
- Inter
- adj. Beneath the ground
- Subterranean
- CURS, COURSE
- to run
- n. A brief pleasure outing
- Excursion
- n. Exchange of words; conversation
- Discourse
- CELER
- fast, swift, quick
- VOLA
- to fly
- adj. Changing often; unpredictable
- Volatile
- MOV
- To move
- adj. Impossible to move or change
- Immovable
- adj. Moving; able to move
- Mobile
- v. To lower in rank or authority
- Demote
- FUG
- to flee
- n. Someone who is running away or escaping
- Fugitive
- n. Protection or safety
- Refuge
- n. Trick; act of deception
- Subterfuge
- VAL, VAIL
- to be strong
- adj. Brave; courageous
- Valiant
- n. Noble courage
- Valor
- v. to help; to be of use
- Avail
- FORT
- strong
- n. Strength of mind; bravery
- Fortitude
- n. Strong point; skill
- Forte
- DUR
- tough, hard to last
- adj. Not diminishing; lasting
- Enduring
- adj. Able to last; strong
- Durable
- n. The period of time taken by something
- Duration
- ROB
- oak, strength
- v. To back up; support
- Corroborate
- adj. Strong and hearty
- Robust
- SOLID
- to make solid
- v. To gather and combine
- Consolidate
- n. Support or sympathy; unity
- Solidarity
- INSUL
- Island
- adj. Limited in knowledge or perspective
- Insular
- v. To protect from outside influence
- Insulate
- IDIO
- single, peculiar personal
- n. A peculiar quality; a quirk
- Idiosyncrasy
- n. Speech or phrase specific to a particular language or group of people
- Idiom
- NUM
- to count
- v. To list separately; to count off
- Enumerate
- adj. So plentiful as to be uncountable
- Innumerable
- PLUS, PLUR
- many
- adj. Baffled, confused, dumbfounded
- Nonplussed
- n. Amount beyond what is necessary
- Surplus
- n. Greater part
- Plurality
- SING
- single
- v. To isolate; to choose
- Single
- adj. Separated from others, unique
- Singular
- ANTE
- before
- ANTI, ANT
- Against, opposite
- CON, COM, CO
- with, together, intensified
- DE
- away, from, removal, separation
- DEMOS
- people
- AUTOS
- by oneself
- CRACY
- to rule
- ARCHY
- power
- MONO
- one
- PLUT
- wealth
- Gynaikos
- woman
- MATRI
- mother
- PATRI
- father
- ARISTO
- Best
- OLIGOU
- few
- DIS
- Apart
- EC, EX, E
- out of
- HYPER
- above, on top of, more than
- HYPO
- below, beneath, less than
- IN
- Against, not Into, Within
- PRO
- Before
- SUB
- Below, beneath, less than
- SUPER
- Above, on top of, more than
- SYN, SYM
- with together
- TRANS
- Across
- INTER
- Among, between
- PAN
- all, every
- POLY
- Many
- IOUS, OUS
- Verb. Ate
- ISM
- Idea, condition, belief