Chapter 5: Mighty Affixes Flashcards
Expunge, Excise, Expurgate
To take OUT; to delete; to remove
Eccentric
Literally OUT of the center; departing from a recognized, conventional, or established norm; an odd, UNCONVENTIONAL person
Extricate
To get OUT of a difficult situation or entanglement
Exemplary
Standing OUT from the norm; outstanding; worthy of imitation
Enumerate
To count OUT; to list; to tick off the reasons for
Elusive
OUT of reach and therefore difficult to catch, define, or describe
Exorbitant
Literally OUT of orbit and therefore unreasonable expensive
Redundant
Needlessly repetitive; saying things AGAIN and AGAIN
Repudiate, Recant, Renounce
To take BACK; to reject; to DISAVOW
Relinquish
To surrender or give BACK a possession, right, or privilege
Resilient
Bouncing BACK from ADVERSITY or misfortune; recovering quickly
Reaffirm
To assert AGAIN; to confirm; to state positively
Reticent
To hold BACK one’s thoughts, feelings, and personal affairs; restrained or reserved
Rebuff
To repel or dive BACK; to bluntly reject
Renovate
To make new AGAIN; restore by repairing and remodeling
Rejuvenate
To make young AGAIN; to restore youthful vigor and appearence
Resurgent
Rising AGAIN; sweeping or surging BACK
Repugnant
ABHORRENT; offensive to the mind or senses; causing distaste or AVERSION
Deleterious
Going DOWN in the sense of having a harmful effect; injurious
Decry
To put DOWN in the sense of openly condemning; to express strong disapproval
Despondent, Morose
DOWNCAST; very dejected; FORLORN
Denouce
To put DOWN in the sense of making a formal accusation; to speak against
Demise
Sent DOWN in the sense of ending in death; the cessation of existence or activity
Debunk
To put DOWN by exposing false and exaggerated claims
Deride, Derisive
To put DOWN with contemptuous jeering; to ridicule or laugh at
Devoid
DOWN in the sense of being empty; completely lacking in substance or quality; BEREFT; vacant
Impeccable
Having NO flaws; perfect
Implacable
NOT capable of being PLACATED or appeased
Inexorable
NOT capable of being stopped; relentless; inevitable
Incoherent
NOT coherent and therefore lacking organization; lacking logical or meaningful connections
Insurmountable
NOT capable of being surmounted or overcome
Irreverent
Lacking proper respect of seriousness; disrespectful
Irresolute
NOT RESOLUTE; uncertain how to act or proceed; INDECISIVE; VACILLATING
Circumspect
Looking carefully AROUND - thus cautious and careful; PRUENT; discreet
Circuitous
CIRCULAR and therefore indirect in language, behavior, or action, roundabout
Circumvent
To circle AROUND and therefore bypass; to avoid by artful manuvering
Circumscribe
To draw a line AROUND and therefore to narrowly limit or restrict actions
Magnanimous
FILLED WITH generosity and forgiveness; forgoing resentment and revenge
Erroneous
FILLED WITH errors; wrong
Momentous
FILLED WITH importance; very significant
Mellifluous
Smooth and sweet; flowing like honey
Ominous
FILLED WITH menace; threatening
Acrimonious
FILLED WITH bitterness; sharpness in words; RANCOROUS
Copious
FILLED WITH abundance; plentiful
Abstemious
FILLED WITH moderation; TEMPERATE in eating and drinking
Malodorous
FILLED WITH an unpleasant odor; foul-smelling
Tedious
FILLED WITH boredom; very tiresome; dull and fatiguing
Heinous, Egregious
Flagrantly, conspicuously bad; abominable; shockingly evil; monstrous; outrageous
Gratuitous
Unwarranted; not called for by the circumstances; unnecessary
Precarious, Perilous
Uncertain; characterized by a lack of security or stability
