vocab 3 Flashcards
adventitious
(adj.) accidental; nonessential
fecund
(adj.) fertile; productive
pedestrian
(adj.) ordinary or dull
edify
(v.) to improve someone morally
importune
(v.) to ask persistently; to beg
deviate
(v) to turn aside from a course; to stray
bona fide
(adj.) in good faith
glower
(v.) to stare angrily
cataclysm
(n.) a violent change
obfuscate
(v.) to confuse; to bewilder
antithesis
(n.) an exact opposite; an opposite extreme
chagrin
(n.) embarrassment; a complete loss of courage
parochial
(adj.) local; narrow; limited
ambiguous
(adj.) open to more than one interpretation
optimum
(adj.) best; most favorable; ideal
root merge means
“to plunge” or “immerse”
root integr means
“whole,” “intact,” or “perfect”
root lat means
“to carry” or “to bear”
suffixes -ence and -ance mean
“the quality of [baseword] -ing”
prefix e- means
“out” or “from”
prefix co- means
“together” or “with”
prefix trans- means
“across” or “through”
