english vocabulary set 14
Terms
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- ROOT: crypt/cryph
- ROOT: Greek for Hidden
- Apocryphal
-
Of doubtful authenticity
or genuineness - Crypt
-
arrom completely or
partly underground;
a room in a large tomb - cryptic
-
mysterious;
puzzlingly short - Encrypt
-
to encode; to hide
the meaning - ROOT: ab/abs
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ROOT: Latin for:
from, away, or off - abscond
-
to depart in secret
and hide - Abstemious
-
restrained,
especially in the
consumption of food
or alcohol - Aberrant
-
turning away from
what is right or
true - Abstruse
-
hard to understand;
deep or complex - ROOT: Ped
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ROOT: Greek for:
child (also foot, but
not in this section) - Pedagogy
-
the study of teaching;
the art or profession
of teaching - Pediatrician
-
a doctor who
specializes in the
care of children - Encyclopedic
-
covering a wide
range of subjects - Pedantic
-
stressing minor or
trivial points of
learning - ROOT: nasc/nat/nai
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ROOT: from Latin:
to be born - Renaissance
- rebirth or revival
- Innate
-
present from birth;
part of the essential
nature of something - Nascient
-
Having just come
into being - Naive
-
unsophisticated;
simple; childlike - ROOT: fer
-
ROOT: Latin for:
to carry - Defrential
-
showing respect or
esteem - Inference
-
a conclusion arrived
at from facts or
statements taken as
true - Proliferate
-
to grow or increase by
rapid production; to
multiply - Fertile
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productive or inventive;
able to support abundant
plant growth - ROOT: trans
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ROOT: Latin for:
through, across, or beyond - Transfiguration
-
a change in form or
appearance; a glorifying
spiritual change - Transfuse
-
to transfer; to
permeate, instill,
infuse, etc... - Transient
-
short-lived; staying
only briefly - Transcendent
-
exceeding usual limits;
surpassing; supreme;
beyond comprehension - ROOT: pon/pos
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ROOT: latin for:
to put or place - Expose
-
to lay open or leave
unprotected; to disclose - Disposition
-
tendency or inclination;
basic outlook or attitude - Repository
-
a place or container
where something is stored - superimpose
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to put or place one
thing over something else - ROOT: ten/tin/tain
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ROOT: from latin:
to hold, or hold on to. - Abstinence
-
refraining voluntarily
from indulging an appetite
or craving - Tenacious
-
stubborn or persistent
in clinging to a thing.
(often a point of view) - Tenable
-
reasonable; capable of
being held or defended - Sustenance
-
something that gives
support or strength