Unit 4 Flashcards
Carni- meat
Vor- to eat
Ous- adjective
Def: Meat eating or flesh eating.
The men were carnivorous.
Herbi- plant
Vor- to eat
Ous- adjective
Def: Plant-eating.
The giraffes are herbivorous.
In
Secti
Vor- to eat
Ous- adjective
Def: Feeding on insects.
Birds are insectivorous, they heavily rely on insects.
Vor- to eat
Aci
Ous- adjective
Def: Having a huge appetite.
Do you have a voracious appetite?
Carn- flesh or meat
Age- noun
Def: Great destruction of life (battle); slaughter.
The carnage made several Americans sick.
Carn- flesh or meat
Al- adjective
Def: Having to do with bodily pleasures.
Food is my carnal sin.
In- “in”
Carn- flesh or meat
Ate- adjective
Def: Given bodily or actual form; especially, having human body.
Many people reject their incarnate form, and resolve to object their bodies to tattoos and piercing.
Re- again
In- “in”
Carn- meat or flesh
Ation- noun
Def: Rebirth in new bodies or forms of life; someone who has be born again with a new body after death.
I for one, do not believe in reincarnation.
Cred- to believe
Ence- noun
Def: Mental acceptance of something as true or real; belief.
There is no given credence that someone wishes to do harm to me.
Cred- to believe
Ible- adjective
Def: Able to be believed; reasonable to trust or believe; good enough to be effective.
Your story isn’t credible at all.
Cred- to believe
Ul
Ity- noun
Def: Readiness and willingness to believe on the basis of little evidence.
I possess no credulity, I always research things.
Cred- to believe
O- noun
Def: A statement of the basic beliefs of a religious faith; a set of guiding principles or beliefs.
We have a credo, which will not bend.
Af
Fid- faith or trust
Av
It- noun
Def: A sworn statement made in writing.
The affidavit states otherwise Mr. Liar.
Dif- apart
Fid- faith or trust
Ent- adjective
Def: Lacking confidence; timid, cautious.
Do not be diffident, step forward and give your speech.
Fid- faith or trust
Uci
Ary- adjective
Def: Having to do with a confidence or trust; held in trust for another.
You should treat me with fiduciary.
Per- thoroughly
Fid- faith or trust
Y- noun
Def: Faithlessness, disloyalty, or treachery.
How dare you treat me with perfidy.
Con- together
Curr- to run
Ent- adjective
Def: Happening or operating at the same time.
The tropical storms were concurrent to one another.
Cur- to run
S
Ory- adjective
Def: Hastily and often carelessly done.
The cursory party had been one large mistake after another.
Dis- not
Curs- to run
Ive- adjective
Def: Passing from one topic to another.
Stop being discursive, and pay attention.
Pre- before
Curs- to run
Or- noun
Def: One that goes before and indicates the coming of another.
The rolling clouds were a precursor to the thunder storm.
Quad- meaning 4
Dru
Ped- foot (noun)
Def: An animal having four feet.
The quadruped ran across the field while on fire.
Ped- foot
Igree- noun
Def: The line of ancestors of a person or animal.
The pedigree indicated that the dog was in fact a inbreed.
Im- “in”
Ped- foot
I
Ment- noun
Def: Something that interferes with movement or progress.
The rain was impediment to the carnival.
Ped- foot
Estri
An- adjective
Def: Commonplace, ordinary, or unimaginative.
My father’s workplace had a pedestrian atmosphere.
De- seperate
Flect- to bend
Def: To turn aside, especially from a straight/fixed course.
The barracks deflect most of the artillery, but even 6 feet of concrete could not stop the lethal chemicals of agent orange.
Re- again
Flect- to bend
Ive- adjective
Def: Capable of reflecting light, images, or sound waves; thoughtful.
The mirror was reflective, which is good for Morse code.
Genu- “knee”
Flect- to bend (verb)
Def: To kneel on one knee then rise as an act of respect.
Not too many men like to genuflect.
In- “in:
Flect- to bend
Ion- noun
Def: A change in the pitch, tone, or loudness of the voice; the change in the form of a word showing its case, gender, number, person, tense, mood, voice, or comparison.
There was an inflection in the man’s voice.
Post- after or behind
Eri
Or- noun
Def: Situated on or on the back; rear.
Post- after or behind
Hum
Ous- adjective
Def: Published after the death of an author; following or happening after one’s death.
The work “Carnage of the Weak” was posthumous to Carol Killer.
Post- after or behind
Mod
Ern- adjective
Def: Making fun or pointing at modernism by using traditional elements or techniques.
The tower was postmodern, appearing similar to the church from the 1800’s.
Post- after or behind
Mort
Em- adjective
Def: Occurring after death; following the event.
Postmortem to the death of Nebuchadnezzar was the fall of the New Babylonian Empire.
Post
After or behind
Flect
To bend
Ped
Foot
Curr/Curs
To run
Fid
Faith or trust
Cred
To believe or to entrust
Carn
Flesh or meat
Vor
To eat
Calypso
A folk song or style of singing of West Indian origin that has a lively rhythm and words that are often made up by the singer.
Odyssey
A long, wandering journey full of trials and adventures; a spiritual journey or quest.
Palladium
A precious, silver-white metal related to platinum that is used in electrical contacts and as an alloy with gold to form white gold.
Penelope
A modest domestic wife.
Procrustean
Ruthlessly disregarding individual differences or special circumstances.
Protean
Displaying great versatility or variety,; able to take on many different forms or natures.
Sibyl
A female prophet or fortune teller.
Siren
A woman who tempts men with bewitching sweetness.
