Unit 19 Flashcards
Inquisitive
Adj: Curious; asking many quesitions
Root: QUIS
Ant: Uninterested
QUIS
L: ask, seek, demand
Acquisitive
Adj: Seeking to get things; greedy
Root: QUIS
Syn: Demanding
Ant: Generous
Requisition
N: Act of ordering or demanding something
V: To make a request or demand
Root: QUIS
SPOND/SPOUSE
L: pledge, show support for
Espouse
V: To support; pledge support to
Root: SPOUSE
Syn: Advocate
Ant: Criticize
Correspond
V: To be similar to; compare to
Root: SPOND
Syn: Match
Ant: Differ
Despondent
Adj: Lacking all hope
Root: SPOND
Syn: Despairing
Ant: Joyful
ROG
L: to ask, demand
Interrogate
V: To formally question
Root: ROG
Syn: Grill
Derogatory
Adj: Insulting; degrading
Root: ROG
Syn: Belittling
Ant: Complimentary
Arrogant
Adj: Exessively proud; haughty
Root: ROG
Syn: Conceited
Ant: Humble
Abrogate
V: To cancel; to repeal
Root: ROG
Syn: Abolish
Ant: Ratify
PREC
L: Prayer
Precarious
Adj: Thretened or unsfe
Root: PREC
Syn: Risky
Ant: Safe