Unit 12 Flashcards
ULTIMA
Latin ULTIMUS “last”
ULTIMATE
“adj. Surpassing all others; definitive”
PENULTIMATE
“adj. Just before the final; next to last”
ULTIMATUM
“A demand or threat that is final”
FIN
“FINIS “end, border, limit”
INFINITE
Without beginning or end
DEFINITIVE
“Defining for all others; standard”
syn: absolute ant: uncertain
INFINITESIMAL
“adj. Extremely small; incalculably or immeasurably small”
syn: microscopic. ant: huge
NOV
NOVUS “new”
NOVEL
“New and different
The company had a novel approach to the problem of engine breakdown.
syn: original ant: stale”
NOVICE
“An inexperienced person; amateur”
“syn: beginner ant: expert”
INNOVATIVE
“Showing creativity and originality”
“syn: inventive ant: conservative”
PRIM
PRIMUS “first
PRIMAL
Original; dating “from the beginning of existence”
“syn: primitive ant: modern”
PRIMEVAL
“Extremely ancient; of earliest time”
syn: primordial
