Etymology Unit 6 Flashcards
Equable
Adj
Balaced, calm, not extreme mood swings
Mrs Aiken is the opposite of equable.
Equ
Equality
Equal
Equilibrium
Noun
Emotional calmness
Balance
The equilibrium of the class can never be found.
Equinox
The day where day and night are the same length
The equinox went by and made no impact on my life.
Adequacy
Being enough to equal the requirement
Quis, quit, ques
To seek or obtain
Inquisition- noun
A harsh questioning or interrogation
Perquisite- noun
In the past it meant something asked for, now it is something received.
Perks of a job.
Acquisitive- adj
To obtain all the things. Greedy people
Alla was acquisitive obtain gall the time in class to be yelled at.
Requisition- noun
Demand or request, a formal request
My requisition was denied.
Plen-ple
To fill
Plenary-adj
Filling a purpose
The pep rally was the plenary gathering
Complement- noun or verb
An expression of respect or affection
The old mans compliment weirded me out.
Deplete- verb
Reducing amount by using it up
I depleted the fridge which resulted in diabetes.
Replete-adj
Back again replenished
The fridge is replete.
Metr, meter
Measure
Metric-noun or adj
Relating to metric system
I don’t like the metric system. Stupid Brits
Meter- noun
39 inches
The line at kings island was 5000000009 meters long
Odometer- noun
Measures the distance
My odometer reached 100000 miles
Tachometer- noun
Measures the speed of rotation
My tachometer reached 8000 rpm before I flipped it into fourth.
Aud
Hearing
Auditor- noun
One who listens listening to financial account
My auditor yelled at me for my terrible credit score.
Auditory-adj
Perceived or experienced through hearing
Mrs Aiken was auditory and I went deaf.
Audition-noun
Tryout
My audition went great, I got the part.
Inaudible-noun
Incapable of hearing.
Mrs Aiken is Inaudible when Allah is talking.
Son
Sound
Sonic
Having to do with sound
The was a sonic boom that came from mrs aikens class when alla started talking
Dissonant- adj
Clashing or discordant, especially in music.
The music we learned had lots of flats so it was dissonant
Resonance- noun
The continuing of echoing sound
Morgan Freeman’s voice resonated in my head forever an ever.
Ultrasonic-adj
Having a frequency higher than what can be heard by human ears
The dog whistle was ultrasonic.
Err
To wander or to stay
Errant-adj
Wandering or moving about aimlessly or straying outside proper boundaries
The kid was errant and got hit by a car and lived to tell the tell the tale
Aberrant-adj
Staying or differing from the right , normal or natural type
The criminal was aberrant.
Erratic-adj
Having no fixed course or lacking in consistency
The road trip was erratic and we got stuck in a ditch in south Ohio.
Erroneous-adj
Mistaken, incorrect
The kid was erroneous and got an F on his ap world test.
Ced
To proceed or yield
Cede-verb
To give up especially by treaty; yield
Their 90 year old grandpa ceded his financial things to his children.
Concede- verb
To admit grudgingly; yield
The south conceded the civil war
Accede-verb
To give in to a request or demand.
Obama acceded Michelle’s stupid rules.
Precedent- adj
Something done or said that May be an example or rule to guide later acts of a similar kind.
I lied to my friends about the gift not being precedent.
