Unit 2 Flashcards
FRACT/FRINGE/FRANG
LATIN “TO BREAK”
FRACTIOUS, INFRACTION,INFRINGE
fractious
adj:tending to argue or cause discord
root.fract/fring/frang
syn.cross
ANT. AMIABLE
INFRACTION
ADJ:MILD VIOLATION OF THE RULE OR LAW
ROOT. FRACT
SYN.TRANSGRESSION
INFRINGE
ADJ:TO INTRUDE,TO TRESPASS
ROOT.FRING
CIS
LATIN”TO CUT,KILL”
EXCISE, CONCISE, INCISIVE
EXCISE
ADJ. TO CUT OUT,REMOVE
ROOT. CIS
SYN.EXPUNGE
INCISIVE
ADJ. SHARPLY CUTTING; DIRECT AND POWERFUL
ROOT. CIS
SYN.KEEN
ANT. DULL
CONCISE
ADJ. BRIEF AND STRAIGHT FOWARD
ROOT.CISE
SYN.TERSE
ANT.RAMBLING
TOM
GREEK MEANING TO CUT
TOME,EPITOME,DICHOTOMY, ANATOMY
TOME
ADJ. A LARGE AND SERIOUS BOOK
ROOT.TOM
EPITOME
ADJ. THE BEST OR MOST TYPICAL EXAMPLE
ROOT,TOM
SYN.EMBODIMENT
DICHOTOMY
ADJ. TWO OPPOSITE SIDES OF ONE WHOLE
ROOT.TOM
ANATOMY
ADJ.THE STRUCTURE OR PARTS; TAKEN AS A WHOLE
ROOT.TOM
PUNCT
LATIN “TO STING, PIERCE”
COMPUNCTION,PUNCTILIOUS, PUNGENT
COMPUNCTION
ADJ. FEELING OF REGRET OR REMORSE
ROOT.PUNCT
SYN.PENITENCE