vocab 13&14 Flashcards
circumvent
syn: avoid
inert
syn: dormant; passive
ant: dynamic; active
latent
syn: dormant
ant: manifest
acquit
syn: absolve
ant: convict
deprecate
syn: deplore
ant: approve; praise
adulation
syn: flattery; adoration
ant: derision
artful
syn: sharp; shrewd
ant: native; clumsy
chastise
syn: discipline
bawdy
syn: risqué; lewd
ant: innocent; clean
frugal
syn: economical
ant: wasteful; profligate
jocose
syn: witty; funny; playful; jocund
ant: serious
myriad
syn: host; multitude (n)
syn: countless; innumerable
ant: few; limited
pernicious
syn: malignant; harmful
enraptured
syn: ecstatic
charlatan
syn: quack; fraud
ant: professional
hoax
syn: fraud; fake
obstreperous
ant: meek; tractable
marital
syn: wedded
ant: single
novice
syn: apprentice; tyro
ant: master
naïve
syn: unsophisticated; unsuspecting
ant: sophisticated; cunning
genial
syn: cordial
ant: unfriendly
amicable
syn: agreeable; amiable
ant: quarrelsome; warlike
mundane
syn: boring
ant: unique
fickle
syn: vacillating: capricious
ant: steadfast
levity
syn: frivolity
ant: sobriety; somberness
nocturnal
ant: diurnal
roots fac, fact, fect, and fic mean
“make” or “do”
root grat means
“please”
suffix -tude means
“the state of”
roots mot and mov mean
“to move”
prefix con- means
“with”
prefix re- means
“away”
prefix de- mean
“down,” “away from,” “about”
root hydr means
“water”
root junct means
“join”
suffix -phobia means
“fear of”
prefixes dis-, di-, and dif- mean
“apart” or “not”