Unit 9 Flashcards
Fug
To flee or escape
Her
To stick
Cosm
Order
Sci
To know or to understand
Junct
To join
Part
Part
Mis
All nouns
To send
Pel
To move or drive
Adherent
Ad- toward
Her- to stick
Ent- noun
Meaning: someone who follows a leader, a party, or a profession; one who believes in a particular philosophy or religion
Synonymy:
Cohere
Co- together
Her- to stick
E- verb
Meaning: to hold together firmly as parts of the same mass
Synonymy:
Incoherent
In- toward
Co- together
Her- to stick
Ent- Adjective
Meaning: unclear or difficult to understand; loosely organized or inconsistent
Synonymy: unclear
Inherent
In- toward
Her- to stick
Ent- adjective
Meaning: part of something by nature or habit
Synonymy: nature
Centrifugal
Centr- central
I
Fug- to flee or escape
Al- adjective
Meaning: moving outward from a center or central focus
Synonymy: outward
Refuge
Re- back or backward
Fug- to flee or escape
E- noun
Meaning: shelter or protection from danger or distress
Synonymy: protected
Fugue
Fug- to flee or escape
Ue- noun
Meaning: a musical form in which a theme is echoed
Synonymy: echoed
Subterfuge
Sub- below
Ter
Fug- to flee or escape
E- noun
Meaning: a trick designed to help conceal, escape, or evade; a deceptive trick
Synonymy: trick
Cosmos
Cosm-
Os- noun
Meaning: the universe, especially when it is viewed as orderly and systematic; any orderly system that is complete in itself
Synonym:
Cosmology
Cosm-
O
Logy-
Noun
Meaning: a theory that describes the nature of the universe; a branch of astronomy that deals with the origin and structure of the universe
Synonym:
Microcosm
Micro- small
Cosm- order
Noun
Meaning: something that is seen as a small version of something much larger
Synonym:
Cosmopolitan
Cosm- order O Polit- citizen An Adjective
Meaning: having international sophistication and experience; made up of persons, elements, or influences from many different parts of the world
Synonym:
Conscientious
Con- together Sci- to know Ent Ious Adjective
Meaning: governed by morality; scrupulous; resulting from painstaking or exact attention
Synonym:
Nescience
Ne- new
Sci- to know
Ence
Noun
Meaning : lack of knowledge or awareness; ignorance
Synonym:
Prescient
Pre- before
Sci- to know or to understand
Ent- adjective
Meaning: having or showing advance knowledge of what is going to happen
Synonym:
Unconscionable
Un- not Con- together Sci- to know or to understand On Able- adjective
Meaning: not guided by any moral sense; unscrupulous; shockingly excessive, unreasonable, or unfair
Synonym:
Juncture
Junct- to join
Ure- noun
Meaning: an important point in a process or activity; a place where things join: junction
Synonym:
Adjunct
Ad- toward
Junct- to join
Adjective/ noun
Meaning: something joint for added to another thing of which it is not a part
Synonym:
Disjunction
Dis- apart
Junct- to join
Ion- noun
Meaning: a break, separation, or sharp difference between two things
Synonym:
Conjunct
Con- together
Junct- to join
Adjective
Meaning: bound together; joined, united
Synonym:
Bipartite
Bi- both
Part- part
Ite- adjective
Meaning: being in 2 parts; shared by 2
Synonym:
Impartial
Im- not
Part- part
Ial- adjective
Meaning: fair and not biased; treating or affecting all equally
Synonym:
Participle
Part- part
Ic
Iple- noun
Meaning: a word that is formed from a verb but used like an adjective
Synonym:
Partisan
Part- part
Is
An- noun
Meaning: a person who is strongly devoted to a particular cause or group; a guerrilla fighter
Synonym:
Mission
Mis- to send
Sion- noun
Meaning: a task that someone is given to do, especially a military task; a task that someone considers an important duty
Synonym:
Missionary
Mis- to send
S
Ion
Ary- noun
Meaning: a person undertaking a mission, and especially a religious missionary
Synonym:
Emissary
E- out
Mis- to send
S
Ary- noun
Meaning: someone sent out to represent another; an agent
Synonym:
Transmission
Trans- through
Mis- to send
Sion- noun
Meaning: the act or process of sending something from one point to another, especially sending electrical signals to a radio, television, computer, etc; the gears by which the power is passed from the engine to the axle in a motor vehicle
Synonym:
Compel
Com- together
Pel- to move or drive
Verb
Meaning: to force someone to do something; to make something happen
Synonym:
Expel
Ex- out
Pel- to move or drive
Verb
Meaning: to drive or force out; to force to leave, usually by official action
Synonym:
Impel
Im- toward
Pel- to move or drive
Verb
Meaning: to urge or drive forward by strong moral force
Synonym:
Repel
Re- back
Pel- to move or drive
Verb
Meaning: to keep something out or away; to drive back
Synonym:
Words from mythology
Arachnid
Noun
A member of the class Arachnida, which principally includes animals with 4 pairs of legs and no antennae, such as spiders, scorpions, mites, and ticks
Words from mythology
Calliope
Noun
A musical instrument similar to an organ in which whistles are sounded by steam or compressed air
Words from mythology
Dryad
Noun
A wood nymph
Words from mythology
Fauna
Noun
Animal life, especially the animals that live naturally in a given area or environment
Words from mythology
Flora
Noun
Plant life, especially the flowering plants that live naturally in a specific area or environment
Words from mythology
Herculean
Adjective
Extremely strong; extremely extensive, intense, or difficult
Words from mythology
Pandora’s box
Noun
a source of many troubles
Words from mythology
Scylla and Charybdis
Noun
Meaning: two equally dangerous alternatives
