Unit 2 Flashcards
Psych
Breath, life, soul.
Mania
Madness
Cept
Take or seize
Fin
End or boundary.
Ject
Throw or hurl.
Tract
Drag or draw.
Duc/Duct
To lead.
Sequ
To follow
Klepto- steal
Mania- madness
Def: Disease in which one has a strong desire to steal.
When the woman was diagnosed with kleptomania, and all charges were dropped, she was told to seek medical attention.
Dipso- thirst
Mania- madness
C- noun
People have called Kline a dipsomaniac in the past.
Megalo- large
Mania- madness
C- noun
After gloating about a leadership position that didn’t exist, John was diagnosed as an megalomaniac.
Ego- self
Mania- madness
C- noun
After complaining about not having a vacation, John called Susie an egomaniac.
Psych- breath, life, soul
e- adjective
The men had reevaluated their psyches and their intentions.
Psych- breath, life, soul
E
Del
Ic- Adjective
The psychedelic effects just weren’t enough for Andrew.
Pysch- breath, life, soul O Soma- relating to body T Ic- adjective
The woman always blamed her sarcastic rebuttals on a psychosomatic disorder, but her coworkers found out she was just a reprobate.
Psych- breath, life, soul O Ther Ap Ist- noun, concerning root.
My psychotherapist prescribed me Depakote to control flashes of anger.
Re- again
Cept- to take/seize
Ion- noun
The reception in the wilderness was horrid.
Inter- between
Cept- take/seize (verb)
The football player can’t intercept to save his life.
Per- Thoroughly
Cept- take/seize
Ible- adjective
Your actions were perceptible from the moment you started speaking.
Sus- up
Cept- take/seize
Ible- adjective
The harsh winter made everybody susceptible to the hostility in the air.
Con- together
Fin- end/boundary
E- verb
How dare you confine me to nothing but this hell?
De- separation
Fin- end/boundary
It
Ive- adjective
The man’s definitive no to selling his house made many realtors scurry in fear.
Fin- end/boundary
Ite- adjective
Google didn’t seem to have any finite limits to what they could do.
In- force Fin- end/boundary It Esim Al- pertaining to
The amoebas were infinitesimal, even to the advance microscopes.
Inter- between or among
Ject- throw/hurl
The students didn’t seem to know why the teacher didn’t like them to interject their lectures.
Con- with/together
Ject- throw/hurl
Ure- noun
Give us a conjecture, which is better than nothing.
Pro- grow
Ject- throw/hurl
Ion- action/noun
The president’s projection of the war was more jovial than the public’s view on the affair.
Tra
Ject- throw/hurl
Ory- adjective
The trajectory of the bullet was slightly off, resulting in the hollow thump into an innocent bystanders head.
Tract- drag/draw
Ion- noun
The back wheels were not getting any traction on the icy roads.
Re- again
Tract- drag/draw
The cat’s claws retracted when she was fed some treats.
Pro- advancing forward
Tract- drag/draw
The tape dispenser protracts too much tape.
In- not able
Tract- drag/draw
Able- capable of being/noun
The whole situation was just intractable to Johnny.
Con- together
Duc- to lead
Ive- function/adjective
Nobody seemed conducive to the new library program.
De- separation
Duct- lead
Ion- noun
Your deduction was not only mistaken but also slightly shrewd.
In- force
Duc- lead
E- verb
Advertisers attempt to induce people to buy their cheap off-label products.
Se- aside
Duct- lead
Ion- noun
The seduction of Adam was not primarily Eve’s fault.
Sequ- to follow
Enti
Al- pertaining to/adjective
The men thought it was easier to make the ranks in sequential order.
Sub- below
Sequ- follow
Ent- adjective
Subsequent schedules are important for organization.
Con- together
Sequ- follow
Enti
Al- adjective
Consequential to the court’s ruling was the arrest of Dr. Winhelm.
Non- not
Sequ- follow
It
Ur- noun
The man’s statement, “Banana”, was non sequitur to the questions asked by reporters.
Apollonian
Adjective
Harmonious, ordered, rational, calm.
Bacchanalian
Adjective
Frenzied, excited.
Delphic
Adjective
Unclear, ambiguous, or confusing.
Dionysian
Adjective
Frenzied or delirious.
Jovial
Adjective
Jolly, good-natured.
Mercurial
Adjective
Having rapid and unpredictable changes of mood.
Olympian
Adjective
Lofty, superior, and detached.
Venereal
Adjective
Having to do with sexual intercourse or disease transmitted by it.
