Unit 3 Lesson 2 Flashcards
Root:
Sang
Blood
Root:
Plac
Make calm
Root:
Froid
Cold
Placid
Calm, composed
Sangfroid
Calm
Equanimity
Equanimous
Composure
Sanguine
Cheerful, optimistic
Sanguinary
Blood-thirsty
Propitiate
Appease, concede, concession
Propitious
Favorable
Auspicious
Opportune, favorable
Placate
Pacify
Complacent
To be so calm as to be self satisfied
Peremptory
Imperative
Or
Domineering, high handed
Dogmatic
Opinionated
Smug cluster
Smug Supercilious(contemptuous) Imperious Overbearing Overweening
Implacable
Relentless
Root:
Chron
Time
Chronological
Arranged in order of occurrence
Raconteur
Witty story teller
Synchronize
Occur together, simultaneously
Chronological
(N.) record of event
Or
(V.) record in a chronicle
Chronic
Habit or condition that lasts for a long time
Anachronism
Something that is not happening in ur s people over time
Root:
Spec, spic
See, observe
Root:
Retro
Back
Root:
Intro
Within
Retrospect
Look back
Introspection
Look within
Perspective
A point of view
Perceptive
Very keen, very discerning
Conspicuous
Very easy to see, thus impossible to miss, obvious
Palpable
Conspicuous
Or
Tangible, be able to feel, touch
Root:
Tact
Touch
Tactile
Tangible
Conspicuous cluster
Palpable Manifest Ostensible Blatant Overt Patent Prominent Salient
Ostensible
Apparent, evident, conspicuous
Patent
Obvious
Salient
Protruding, eye catching
Circumspect
Cautious, careful
Circumspect cluster
Gingerly Prudent Chary Wary Discreet, discretion, discretionary
Discrete
Separate, distinct
Chary
Wary
Specious
Pleasing to the eye but deceptive
Ex:
Specious argument
Spurious
Unauthentic
Sophistry
False argument
Sophistry
Subtlety deceptive reasoning
Perspicacity
Perspicacious
Keenness of mental perception and understanding
Root:
Per
Through
Perspicacious
Lucid, clear, easy to understand
Root:
Pug
Fist
Pugilist
Professional boxer
Repugnant
Repulsive
Impugn
Criticizing accuracy of something
Root:
Im
With
Probity
Honesty, uprightness
Pugnacious
Combative
Combative cluster
Contentious Belligerent Bellicose Truculent Truculence Ferocious
Root:
Bel
War
Truculent
Savage, fierce
Ineluctable
Inevitable
Indelible
Unforgettable
Inevitable cluster
Inescapable
Ineluctable
Indelible