Unit 12 Flashcards
Umbr
Shadow
Vest
to cloth or dress
The/Theo
God
Icon
Image
Urb
City
Cult
Care
Dem/Demo
People
Popul
People
Umb- shadow
Er- noun
A darkish brown mineral containing manganese and iron oxides used for coloring paint; a color that is greenish brown to dark reddish brown.
Amber
Ad- toward
Umbr- shadow
Ate- verb
To give a sketchy outline or disclose in part; to hint at or foretell.
Augur
Pen- almost
Umbr- shadow
A- noun
The partial shadow surrounding a complete shadow, as in an eclipse; the fringe or surrounding are where something exists less fully.
Shading
Umbr- shadow
Age- noun
A feeling of resentment at some slight or insult, often one that is imagined rather than real.
Anger
Di- two
Vest- to dress or to clothe (verb)
To get rid of or free oneself of property, authority, or title; to strip of clothing, ornaments, or equipment.
Bankrupt/Deprive
In- literally in
Vest- to dress or to clothe
It
Ure- noun
The formal placing of someone in office.
Inauguration
Trans- across
Vest- to dress or to clothe
Ite- noun
A person, especially a male, who wears the clothing and adopts the mannerisms of the opposite sex.
Closet Queen
Tra- across
Vest- to clothe or to dress
Y- noun
An inferior or distorted imitation; a broadly comic imitation in drama, literature, or art that is usually grotesque and ridiculous.
Counterfeit
Apo- away
Theo- god
Sis- noun
Transformation into a god; the perfect example.
Deification
A- not
The- god
Ist- pertaining to
Ic- adjectve
Denying the existence of God or divine power.
Agnostic
Pan- many
Theo- god
N- noun
A building serving as the burial place of or containing memorials to the famous dead of a nation; a group notable persons or things.
Chapel
Theo- god
Cr
Acy- noun
Government run by officials who are regarded divinely inspired; a state governed by a theocracy.
Hierocracy
Icon- image (noun)
A religious image usually painted on a small wooden panel; emblem, symbol.
Figure
Icon- image
Ic- adjective
Symbolic; relating to a greatly admired and successful person or thing.
Exemplary
Icon- image
Ocl
Ast- noun
A person who destroys religious images or opposes their use; a person who attacks settled beliefs or institutions.
Denouncer
Icon- image
O
Graph- map
Y- noun
The imagery and symbolism of a work of art or an artist; the study of artistic symbolism.
Emblem
Urb- city
Ane- adjective
Sophisticated and with polished manners.
Affable
Ex- not
Urb- city
An- adjective
Relating to a region or settlement that lies outside a city and usually beyond its suburbs and often is inhabited chiefly by well-to-do families.
(Sub) Suburban
Inter- between
Urb- city
An- adjective
Going between or connecting cities or towns.
Burghal
Urb- city
Anizat
Ion- noun
The process by which towns and cities are formed and become larger as more and more people begin living and working in central areas.
Sophistication
Ac- toward
Cult- care
Urat
Ion- noun
Modification of the culture of an individual, group, or people by adapting to or borrowing traits from another culture; the process by which a human being acquires the culture of a particular society from infancy.
Assimilation
Cross- cross
Cult- care
Ur
Al- adjective
Dealing with or offering comparison between two or more different cultures or cultural areas.
Analogy
Sub- under
Cult- care
Ure- noun
A group of people whose beliefs and behaviors are different from the main groups within a culture or society.
Sect
Demo- people
graph- drawn/written
Ic- adjective
Having to do with the study of human populations, especially their size, growth, density, and patterns of living.
Numerical
En- in
Dem- people
Ic- adjective
Found only in a given place or region; often found in a given occupation, area, or environment.
Local
Dem- people
Agog
Ue- noun
A political leader who appeals to the emotions and prejudices of people in order to arouse discontent and to advance his or her own political purposes.
Agitator
Demo- people
T
Ic- adjective
Popular or common.
Conversational
Popul- people
Ist- noun
A believer in the rights, wisdom, or virtues of the common people.
Egalitarian
Popul- people
Ace- noun
The common people or masses; population.
Masses
Popul- people
Ous- adjective
Numerous, densely settled, or having a large population.
Crowded
Vox
Popul- people
I- noun
Popular sentiment or opinion.
General Voice
Aquiline (adjective)
Relating to eagles; curving like an eagle’s beak.
Beaked
Asinine (adjective)
Foolish, brainless.
Absurd
Bovine (adjective)
Relating to cows and oxen; placid, dull, unemotional.
Cow
Canine (adjective)
Relating to dogs or the dog family; doglike.
Mutt
Feline (adjective)
Relating to cats or the cat family; like a cat in being sleek, graceful, sly, treacherous, or stealthy.
Covery
Leonine (adjective)
Relating to lions; lionlike.
Renowned
Porcine (adjective)
Relating to pigs or swine; piglike.
Hoggish
Vulpine (adjective)
Relating to foxes; foxlike: Sneaky, clever, or crafty; foxy.
Ingenious
