Section 2-Alloy-Appropriate Flashcards
Alloy(n)
Metal made by combining two or more metallic elements
Alloy(v)
To commingle, to debase by mixing w/something inferior
Alligare(Latin)
Bind
All-/allo-
Different/changed
Unalloyed
Pure
Amalgamate(v)
To combine several elements into a whole (combine)
Amalgam(n)
A mixture or blend
Ambiguity
Uncertainty in meaning
Ambiguous
Open to more than one interpretation
Amb-/ambi-
Both
Ambivalence(n)
The quality of having opposing ideas or feelings (what course should I follow) (mixed feelings)
Ambivalent(a)
State of opposing ideas
What is the difference between these two commonly confused words: ambiguity and ambivalent?
Even though the prefix “ambi-” means “both,” “ambiguous” has come to mean “unclear,” “undefined,” while “ambivalent” means “torn between two opposing feelings or views.” If your attitude cannot be defined into two polarized alternatives, then you’re ambiguous, not ambivalent.
Ameliorate
To make better or more tolerable (improve or enhance)
Amenable
Agreeable, responsive to suggestion, easily manipulated (cooperative)
Amen-
Expression of agreeance (like in church)
Anachronism
Something or someone out of place in terms of historical or chronological context
Ana-
Backward, up, again
Khronos (Greek)
Time
Anathema
The cursed, something or someone that is extremely disliked, excommunicated person, practice, or thing (Latin)
Anodyne
Soothing, emollient, mollify
An-
Without
Odune (Greek)
Pain
Anomaly
Deviation from the normal order, form, or rule (abnormality, aberrant)
Anomalous
Being different from the norm
Ano-(Latin)
Pertaining to the anus
Antagonize
To irritate or cause hostility
Agon-(Greek)
Contest
Agony
Extreme physical or mental suffering
Antagonist
In a story, the Heros primary rival
Antipathy
Aversion, dislike
Antipathetic
Showing strong aversion
Anti-
Opposed to;against
-pathy
Denoting feelings
Describe Valence as it pertains to the word ambivalence
as used in psychology, especially in discussing emotions, means the intrinsic attractiveness (positive valence) or aversiveness (negative valence) of an event, object, or situation. However, the term is also used to characterize and categorize specific emotions.
Antithetical (a)
Directly opposed or contrasted; mutually incompatible
Thesis
A proposition
Antithesis
The opposite of something
Apathy (n)
Lack of interest, enthusiasm, or concern
Apathetic (a)
Characterized with lack of interest or feeling
A-
Without
Pathos
Feeling
Apocryphal (a)
(Of a story or statement) of doubtful (aka dubious) authenticity, although widely circulated as true
Apo-
Away from, detached, separate
Apocrypha
Books/writings of the Bible that aren’t included due to their lack of credibility and/or origin
Apogee (n)
Farthest or highest; culmination; zenith; climax-(opposite of perigee)
Perigee
Lowest or closest point, or the nadir
Apostate (n)
A person who renounces a religious or political belief or principle
State
A particular condition that someone or something is in at a particular time
Apotheosis (n)
Deification, glorification to godliness, the perfect example
Theos (Latin)
God
Apposite (a)
Appropriate (a), pertinent, relevant, apropos
Apprise (v)
Give notice to, inform
Approbation (n)
An expression of approval or praise
Approbate (v)
To approve something officially
Probate
Establish the validity, to prove
Appropriate (v)
To take for ones own use, confiscate
Propriate (a)
Assigned, appropriated to someone or something, special to
Describe/define the difference between the adjective and verb forms of the word: appropriate
Adj.-suitable
Verb-confiscate
-ic
Showing the quality of the word associated with the suffix. Ex. Prophetic-showing the quality of a prophet
