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
PUNCTILIOUS
ADJ. PAYING STRICT ATTENTION TO DETAIL.
ROOT.PUNCT
SYN.METICULOUS
ANT.CARELESS
PUNGENT
ADJ.STINGING OR BITING
ROOT.PUNCT