List 6 Flashcards
complacent: (adj.)
complacent: (adj.) content/self-satisfied
anecdote: (n.)
a short, entertaining, account of some event
defame: (v.)
defame: (v.) to slander or libel/to attack the reputation of
disparity: (n.)
disparity: (n.) the quality of being unequal
embellish: (v.)
embellish: (v.) to decorate/to adorn/to improve
gullible: (adj.)
gullible: (adj.) easily cheated or fooled
innumerable: (adj.)
innumerable: (adj.) too numerous to be counted
pragmatic: (adj.)
pragmatic: (adj.) practical
rudiment: (n.)
rudiment: (n.) a first lesson to be learned/a beginning of something
stoical: (adj.)
stoical: (adj.) showing no emotion to pleasure or pain
unkempt: (adj.)
unkempt: (adj.) not tidy/slovenly
Civi
civi—citizen (civilization/civilian/civil)
Omni
omni—all (omnipotent/omnibus/omnivorous/ omniscient/omnipresent)
quer/quir/ques/quis—
quer/quir/ques/quis—ask/seek (query/inquire/quest/ requisite/inquisition/inquest)
Theo
the/theo—god (theology/theism/atheist/theocratic)
Geo
geo—earth(geocentric/geography/geology/geometry/ geothermic/geosynchronos)
Med
med—middle (medium/mediate/medial/median/ mediocre/intermediary)
Phil
phil—like/love (philanthropy/philosophy/philodendron/ philander/philharmonic/Anglophile)
Ver
ver—true (veritable/verily/verisimilitude/verdict/ verify/veracity/veracious)
