lesson 15 Flashcards
(23 cards)
hallow
v. to make holy
aesthetic
adj. pertaining to beauty
empirical
adj. based on practical experience rather than theory
hermetic
adj. tightly sealed
querulous
adj. complaining; grumbling
egregious
adj. remarkably bad; outrageous
foment
v. to stir up; to incite
germane
adj. relevant; fitting
flaccid
adj. flabby
ratiocinate
v. to reason; to think
orifice
n. mouth; opening
chaff
n. worthless matter
meretricious
adj. attractive in a cheap way, flashy way
perdition
n. damnation; ruin; hell
hospice
n. a shelter for travelers, orphans, or ill or destitute
root equ means
equal
roots flect and flex mean
bend
suffix -ity means
quality of
root nox means
night
suffixes -able and -ible mean
able to be
prefix sub- means
secretly
root fug means
flee
root cent means
center