Chapter 14 Flashcards
having to do with marriage
Syn: nuptial, matrimonial, conjugal
marital
a dictionary; a special vocabulary
lexicon
noble; generous in forgiving; free from petty feeling or acts
Syn: generous
magnanimous
one who works only for money, especially a hired soldier
mercenary
extremely careful about small details
Syn: fastidious, fussy
meticulous
gloomy, dark, cloudy
Syn: somber, dismal, dingy
murky
of this world and not of heaven; common, worldly; not spiritual
Syn: earthly, ordinary, secular
mundane
dis, di, dif
prefix
apart, not
disarray, discordant, dismantle
made up of different, dissimilar parts; being of many colors
Syn: disparate, various
motley
de
prefix
down, away from, about
decay, decode, depress
lightness or gaiety of disposition; lack of seriousness
Syn: frivolity
levity
a very large number; of a highly varied nature
Syn: countless, innumerable
myriad
a lord, master, or sovereign
liege
an alcoholic drink
libation
hydr
root
water
hydrogen, dehydrate, hydrothermal
simple in nature; not affected; innocent simplicity; childlike
Syn: unsophisticated, unaffected, unsuspecting
naive
having to do with the night; occurring at night
Syn: nightly
nocturnal
junct
root
join
junction, junctive, adjunct
a beginner; one who is new or inexperienced
Syn: pupil, disciple, apprentice
novice
