Unit 2 Vocab

Question 1

FRACT/FRING/FRANG

Answer 1

• Latin
• “to break”
• Fractious, Infraction, Infringe

Question 2

FRACTIOUS

Answer 2

• adj. Tending to argue or use discord.

- syn. cross, peevish/ant. amiable

Question 3

INFRACTION

Answer 3

• n. Minor violation of a rule or law.
• L. “to break”
• syn. transgression

Question 4

INFRINGE

Answer 4

• v. To intrude on an area belonging to another, to trespass.
• L. “to break”

Question 5

CIS

Answer 5

• Latin
• “cut,kill”
• Excise,Incisive, Concise

Question 6

EXCISE

Answer 6

• v. To cut out from; remove
• L. “out of”
• syn.expunge

Question 7

INCISIVE

Answer 7

• adj. Sharply cutting; direct and powerfu
• L. “into”
• syn. Keen/ant. Dull

Question 8

CONCISE

Answer 8

• Adj. Brief and straight-forward
• L. “with”
• syn. Terse /ant. Rambling

Question 9

TOM

Answer 9

• Greek
• “to cut”
• Tome, Epitome, Dichotomy, Anatomy

Question 10

TOME

Answer 10

• N. a large and serious book

- G. “to cut”

Question 11

EPITOME

Answer 11

• n. the best or most typically example
• G. “upon”
• syn. Embodiment

Question 12

DICHOTOMY

Answer 12

• n. two opposite parts of one whole

- G. “two”

Question 13

ANATOMY

Answer 13

• N. the structure or parts,taken as a whole

- G. “up”

Question 14

PUNCT

Answer 14

• Latin
• “to sting, pierce”
• Compunction, Punctilious, Pungent

Question 15

COMPUNCTION

Answer 15

• N. feeling of regret or remorse.
• L. Stinging
• syn.penitence

Question 16

PUNCTILIOUS

Answer 16

• adj. paying strict attention to detail; extremely careful

- syn. Meticulous/ant. Careless

Question 17

PUNGENT

Answer 17

-adj. stinging or biting, especially in taste of smell.