Unit 1 Flashcards
A- / AN-
Not
Agnostic
adj. believing that the knowledge of God is unknowable n. an agnostic person
Anomaly
n. Something unusual odd or unexpected; An inconsistency or incongruity
-OR / -ER
One who does
Instigator
n. A person who initiates a course of action
Purveyor
n. 1. A person who supplies food & provisions 2. a person who repeats or spreads information
INTER-
Between
Intermittent
adj. Alternately stopping and starting again
Intervene
v. To come between disputing people to mediate
MAL- / MALE-
Bad or Evil
Maladroit
adj. Unskillful or clumsy
Malnutrition
n. Lack of proper nutrition
-NOV-
New
Novelty
n. 1. Newness
n. 2. A new occurrence
n. 3. Something whose value is decorative and short-lived
Novice
n. A beginner
-LOGY
The Study Of
Ideology
n. The main ideas of a class group or movement
Psychology
n. The study of the mind
RE-
Again
Recrimination
n. The act of accusing your accuser
Rehash
v. To rework or reuse old material
PRE-
Before
Precursor
n. 1. A person or thing that came before, a predecessor
n. 2. Something that foreshadows the approach of something else
Presumption
n. A logical assumption that something is true