Chapter 5: The Mighty Prefix Words Flashcards
EXPUNGE, EXCISE, EXPURGATE
To take OUT; delete; 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 unreasonably expensive
REDUNDANT
Needlessly repetitive; saying things AGAIN and AGAIN
REPUDIATE, RECANT, RENOUNCE
To take BACK; to reject; DISAVOW
RELINQUISH
To surrender or give back (or return) a possession, right, or privilege
RESILIENT
Bouncing BACK from ADVERSITY or misfortune; recovering quickly
REAFFIRM
To assert AGAIN; to confirm; state positively
RETICENT
To hold BACK one’s thoughts, feelings and personal affairs; restrained or
reserved
REBUFF
To repel or drive BACK; to bluntly reject
RENOVATE
To make new AGAIN; restore by repairing and remodeling
REJUVENATE
To make young AGAIN; to restore youthful vigor and appearance
RESURGENT
Rising AGAIN; sweeping or surging BACK
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
DOWNCAST; very dejected; FORLORN
DENOUNCE
To put DOWN in the sense of a 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
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 or seriousness; disrespectful
CIRCUMSPECT
Looking carefully around—thus cautious and careful; PRUDENT;
discreet
CIRCUITOUS
CIRCULAR and therefore indirect in language, behavior or action,
roundabout; wingding
CIRCUMVENT
To circle AROUND and therefore bypass; to avoid by artful
maneuvering
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
