English Vocabulary Exam
Terms
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- anima
- mind, breath, soul
- psyche
- soul
- gnos
- know
- cogn
- know
- quer, quest, quis
- ask, seek
- jud
- judge
- cred, creed
- believe
- scrib
- write
- graph
- write
- nomen, nom
- name
- dic
- talk
- mon
- warn
- vid, vis
- see
- phil
- love
- cant
- trite; insincere, hypocritical talk
- logos, logy
- the study of
- animated
- lifelike characteristics, lively; vivacious
- cognizant
- knowing; aware of
- inquest
- official hearing or investigation seeking the cause of death
- credo
- set of beliefs; creed
- prescribe
- to order the use of
- nomenclature
- system or classification of names
- diction
- word; enunciation
- Francophile
- one who loves French languauge, culture, customs, etc.
- agnostic
- one who does not know if there is a god or not
- atheist
- one who does not believe in God
- graphology
- the study of handwriting
- magnanimous
- very generous
- pusillanimous
- weak; cowardly
- equanimity
- calmness; composure
- psychology
- the study of hte mind and esp. human behavior
- psychiatry
- the practice or hte science of treating mental illness
- acquisitive
- greedy; grasping
- inquisitive
- curious
- querulous
- fault-finding; complaining
- perquisite
- income in addition to salary
- judicious
- wise; using sound judgement
- adjudicate
- to pass judgement on
- adjudge
- to decide
- credulity
- readiness to believe; gullibility
- credulous
- gullible; easily deceived
- incredulous
- doubting; skeptical
- credence
- belief
- circumscribe
- to encircle; surround
- ascribe
- to attribute or assign
- proscripted
- forbidden
- lithograph
- a print made from a design on a stone or metal plate
- graphic
- vividly and clearly described
- nominate
- to name for an office
- nominal
- existing in name only
- nom-de-plume
- pen name; pseudonym
- indict
- to charge with a crime
- dictum
- a statement made by an authority
- edict
- a public proclamation
- admonish
- to advise, caution, or warn gently
- premonition
- forewarning, foreboding
- remonstrate
- to protest, object or disapprove of
- visage
- face
- envision
- to imagine something not yet in existence
- improvident
- lacking foresight or thrift; prodigal
- anglophile
- love of the British culture, customs, etc.
- bibliophile
- lover of books
- philanderer
- unfaithful lover
- philologist
- one who studies languages; a linguist
- incredible
- unbelievable
- diagnosis
- result of investigation or examination
- prognosis
- prediction of the probable course or outcome of a disease
- cognition
- thought processes
- philanthropist
- one who loves mankind enough to give gifts to his welfare
- scribe
- one who copies manuscripts, etc.
- quizical
- questioning; puzzled; perplexed
- podiatrist
- foot doctor
- chiropractor
- one who treats illnesses by the manipulation of the joints
- perjurious
- gulity of perjury
- peruse
- to read or study carefully
- cognomen
- surenmae; last nmae
- incantation
- a spell
- recant
- to publicly renounce a belief
- query
- a question; to question
- incognito
- having one's identity concealed; in disguise