Vocab Flashcards
Nebulous Definition
Lacking a clear definition or boundary.
Expostulation:
A lengthy protest.
Remonstration:
To exhibit or present strong reasons against.
aden-
gland
adip-
fat
aero-
air
agri-
field, soil
alb-
white
alg-/algia-
pain
alto-
high
ambi-; amphi-; ampho-
both
ameb-
change; alternation
amni-
fetal membrane
amyl-
starch
ana-
up; back; again;
andro-
man; masculine
anemo-
wind
angi-
blood vessel
ante-
before; ahead of time
anter-
front
antho-
flower
anthropo-
man; human
aqu-
water
archaeo-
primitive, ancient
arteri-
artery
arthr-
joint; articulation
aster-; astr-; astro-;
star
ather-
fatty deposit
atmo-
vapour
audi-
hear
aur-
ear
auto-
self
bacter-/bactr-
bacterium; stick; club
baro-
weight
bath-
depth; height
bene-
well; good
bi (Latin)-
two; twice
bi (Greek)- /bio-
life; living
brachi-
arm
brachy-
short
brady-
slow
branchi-
fin
bronch-
windpipe
calor-
heat
capill-
hair
capit-
head
carcin-
cancer
cardi-/cardio-
heart
carn-
meat; flesh
carp-
fruit
carpal-
wrist
cata-
breakdown; downward
caud-
tail
cente-
pierce
centi-
hendredth
centr-
center
cephal-
head
cerat-
horn
cephal-
head
cerebr-
brain
cervic-
neck
chel-
claw
chem-
dealing with chemicals
chir-
hand
chlor-
green
chondr-
cartilage
chrom-/chromo-
color
chron-
time
circa-; circum-
around
cirru-
hairlike curls
co-
together
cocc-
seed; berry
coel-
hollow
coll-
glue
coni-
cone
contra-
against
corp-
body
cort-/cortic-
outer layer
cosmo-
world; order; form
cotyl-
cup
counter-
against
crani-
skull
cresc-/cret-
begin to grow
crypt-
hidden
denigrating
blackening, defamatory
didactic
instructive, authoritarian
ebullient
exuberant, praising
hyperbolic
overstated, exaggerating
ironic
incongruous, contrasting
lampooning
satirical, making fun of
laudatory
praising
mendacious
untruthful, lying
sanguine
confident, hopeful
sardonic
mocking, bitter, cynical
satiric
ridiculing, mocking
cumul-
heaped
cuti-
skin
cyt-
cell; hollow container
dactyl-
finger
deca-
ten
deci-
tenth
deliquesc-
become fluid
demi-
half
dendr-
tree
dent-
tooth
derm-
skin
di-/dipl- (Latin)
two double
di-/dia- (Greek)
through; across; apart
dia- (Latin)
day
digit-
finger; toe
din-
terrible
dis-
apart; out
dorm-
sleep
dors-
black
du-/duo-
two
dynam-
power
dys-
bad; abnormal; difficult
ec-
out of; away from
echin-
spiny; prickly
eco-
house
ecto-
outside of
en-/endo-/ent-
in; into; within
encephal-
brain
enter-
intestine; gut
entom-
insects
epi-
upon; above; over
erythro-
red
eso-
inward; within; inner
ferro-
iron
fibr-
fiber; thread
fiss-
split
flor-
flower
flu-; fluct-;
flux; flow;
foli-
leaf
fract-
break
gastr-
stomach
geo-
land; earth
gloss-
tongue
gluc-/glyc-
sweet; sugar
glut-
buttock
gnath-
jaw
gymno-
naked; bare