Super ISEE vocaulary
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Terms
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- biblio
- book
- ire
- anger
- Revile
- to criticize with abusive language
- intra
- within
- monotheism
- believing in one God
- Posterity
- all of a person's descendents
- breach
- to break
- Adept
- very skilled
- Placate
- to appease
- Brig
- the prison of a ship
- morph
- form
- Vend
- to sell
- Vigor
- strength, energy
- frat
- brother - EX. Fraternity
- Allege
- to declare that something is true w/o proof
- Obdurate
- stubborn
- autocrat
- ruler with absoute power
- vers/ vert
- turn - reverse or revert
- heinous
- really bad; evil; wicked
- contra
- against
- Robust
- healthy
- Sage
- wise
- Belligerent
- violent or warlike
- Indignant
- feeling angry or insulted from an injustice or wrongdoing
- divulge
- to tell
- Brash
- bold
- valediction
- farewell speech
- Debilitating
- weakening, harmful
- Warlock
- a male witch
- Obstinate
- stubborn
- Flag
- to decrease or diminish
- intrepid
- fearless
- Impediment
- an obstacle, something in the way
- Concede
- to give in or surrender
- courteous
- polite
- sor
- sister - EX. Sorority
- Ambiguous
- unclear
- Jubilant
- overly joyful
- prehend/ prehens
- seize - apprehend meaning take into custody or understanding, comprehensive meaning grasping understanding
- accede
- agree to
- bipartisan
- representing two parties
- lax
- loose; not strict
- Recalcitrant
- disobedient, stubborn
- cantata
- musical work for voices; music that is sung
- nadir
- lowest point
- gen
- birth - EX. Progeny means children or offspring
- Hackneyed
- over used and old-fashioned
- Mason
- one who works with stone
- Profane
- to abuse or put to ill use
- peri
- around, about - ex. peripatetic meaning walking
- se
- apart - Ex. separated
- blatant
- obvious
- eu
- good
- Tenacious
- holding firmly, especially to a belief, stubborn
- affable
- friendly
- somniloquy
- sleep talking
- Debunk
- to prove false
- Temperament
- your usual mood or behavior
- mollify
- to make less severe; appease
- pro
- forward
- abet
- to aid
- exo
- out of, outside
- tele
- distant - ex. to teleport meaning to carry a long distance
- ambiguous
- vague
- ardor
- passion
- Implore
- to beg or ask earnestly
- voracious
- something with a huge appetite
- Absolved
- freed from guilt or blame
- Objective
- not influenced by personal opinion, just the facts
- endo
- within
- Delusion
- a false opinion or idea
- candid
- very honest, frank
- patho/pathy
- feelings, suffering - ex. sympthy, empathy, pathetic meaning something that arouses sorrow or pity
- adamant
- stubborn
- cur/ curr/ curs
- run - current, scurry, excursion meaning a short trip
- ostracize
- to exclude
- opulent
- very wealth , copious
- Hovel
- a shack
- Somber
- serious, dark, or gloomy
- Abominable
- horrible or unpleasant
- Itinerant
- nomadic, constantly moving
- lax
- loose; not strict
- fid
- faith, trust, loyalty - ex. fido the trusting dog, fidelity
- bilthe
- happy
- dys
- bad, ill
- philo
- love
- ire
- anger
- Hoary
- very old, or gray from old age
- gregarious
- to move in herds or groups; sociable
- Procure
- to obtain
- Plight
- a bad situation, a predicament
- tors/tort
- twist - Ex. torso, contortionist
- retro
- backward
- dexterous
- skilled with the hands
- Congenial
- agreeable
- anthropos
- people - Ex. Anthropomorphic - in shape of man
- Amorphous
- without shape
- Indictment
- the situation of having been charged with a crime
- benediction
- blessing
- morose
- sad, gloomy
- Sustain
- to keep alive or going
- Decree
- an order or a command
- ignoble
- shameful; ig = not - noble
- agile
- nimble, quick
- Dubious
- doubtful
- ambivalent
- indecisive
- panegyric
- formal speech or writing of high praise
- obstreperous
- noisy, unruly
- Kinetic
- moving
- Contrition
- deep regret for doing something wrong
- benighted
- surrounded by darkness
- corporeal
- physical actions involving the body
- diminutive
- small or tiny
- fallacy
- something false or mistake idea
- pace
- peace
- avarice
- greed
- lucid
- easy to understand; articulate
- centenarian
- one hundred old person or thing
- indolent
- lazy
- intrepid
- fearless
- capitulate
- surrender
- colloquial
- conversational; local talk; informal talk; slang relating to that area
- expediate
- to speed things up; "expedia"
- shroud
- a covering laid on a corpse,
- Akin
- related to or alike
- credulous
- gullible
- Animosity
- hostility
- copious
- a lot
- Jest
- to joke
- Benign
- harmless
- heinous
- really bad; evil; wicked
- aloof
- to be cool and reserved, distant
- obdurate
- hard-hearted, stubborn, obstinate
- morph
- form - ex. metamorphosis
- Writhe
- to twist
- Pedestrian
- ordinary, dull
- Analytical
- intending to understand the nature of something
- indolent
- lazy
- sophos
- wisdom
- Laden
- weighed down with a heavy load, burdened
- Lament
- to express grief for, mourn
- alleviate
- relieve; to make easier
- evoke
- to elicit; to call for
- Extol
- to praise
- fallacy
- something false or mistaken idea
- Penitent
- adj. feeling or expressing remorse for a wrongdoing; noun. one who repents for their sins
- fawn
- a baby deer
- Barrage
- a flood
- Exasperate
- to make very angry or impatient
- Eradicate
- to erase or get rid of
- inter
- between
- ignoble
- shameful; ig = not - noble
- loquacious
- talkative; someone who talks a lot
- astue
- clever
- anthropos
- people
- Premise
- an essential fact that others are based on
- equivocate
- to lie by using ambigous (vague) language; circumlocution; to tell part of the truth
- Counsel
- to advise
- lucid
- easy to understand; articulate
- abjure
- retract; renounce, to give something up
- Abdicate
- to give up power
- Gaunt
- very thin and bony
- paramount
- ranking higher than others
- belli
- war
- meander
- to wander
- grad
- step - graduate, graduation
- impede
- to interfere or abstruct
- acrid
- sharp, bitter taste or smell
- gregarious
- to move in herds or groups; sociable
- Revere
- to deeply respect or admire
- circumlocution
- talking around, not being direct in what you say
- a/an
- not or without
- impede
- to interfere or abstruct