vocab from the roots up Flashcards
persuade
convince
persuasive
describes someone who is good at persuading
persuadable
able to be persuaded
dissuade
convince someone NOT to do something
aggressive
angry, violent
progress
improvement
progressive
liberal, wanting to improve the world around you
progression
a series of steps for learning or achieving something
regress
to go back to an earlier, less advanced stage
egress
place for exiting
ingress
place for entering
congress
legislative part of US government
congressional
related to the Congress of the United States
agression
anger, violence
transgress
to commit a crime or a sin
transgression
a crime or a sin
perspire
to sweat
perspiration
sweat (noun)
expire
to die or go out of date
expiration date
the date when something stops working
conspire
make a plan together
respire
to breathe (used in science)
inspire
to give hope or encouragement
inspirational
describes something that makes you want to be a better person
inject
force something in, like giving a shot or adding fuel
injection
a vaccination or other “shot” (medical)
eject
to throw or push out (like eject a DVD)
objection
a disagreement
reject
to throw something back, like “reject an offer” or “reject help”
dejected
sad (eyes cast down)
emit
send out pollution
emission
pollution released from a car or factory
dismiss
send students away at the end of class
dismissive
describes someone who doesn’t want to talk to you
remit
send money to pay a bill, or send money back to your country
remission
when a disease stops being active,
I.e., the cancer is in remission
transmit
send a signal, like radio waves
submit
hand in an application or a project
submissive
describes someone who is shy and does whatever you tell them to do.
emotion
feeling, such as anger, fear, or happiness
emotional
describes someone who feels a lot of emotions easily
commotion
noise and movement in a crowd of people
remote
very far away
remove
to move something away
demote
to move down (especially in your job)
promote
to move forward, to encourage or support someone
also, to get a better job
promotional
describes advertisements that promote a product
expel
to kick someone out (usually out of school)
propel
to push something forward strongly
propellor
the part of an airplane that spins and moves the airplane forward
dispell
to move apart and fade away (for example, the smell of perfume gets dispelled)
compel
to force someone to do something
compulsion
a feeling that forces you to do something
for example, a compulsion to drink
impel
to push someone into doing something
a little less strong than compel
impulse
a strong desire to do something
impulsive
describes someone who acts on their desires,
without considering the consequences
repel
to push someone/something away
repellent
a substance that repels (example: mosquito repellent)
repulsive
disgusting, so evil or ugly that people can’t tolerate it
position
place where something is located
composed of
put together, made of
compose
to write an essay, or to write music
composition
an essay
component
a small part of a larger system
expose
to reveal, to put something in the open
dispose (of)
to throw away
disposable
can be thrown away
disposable diapers
oppose
to be against, to argue against
opponent
someone who is opposed
repose
to lie back and rest
propose
to put an idea forward in public
also, to ask someone to marry you!
erupt
to break out (example; anger or lava)
rupture
a break or tear
disrupt
to distract attention or break concentration
corrupt
to cause political damage,
especially by taking bribes or putting family members in power
ALSO, computer data can be corrupted
interrupt
to break into the middle of a conversation or other process
assist
to help
Spanish/French speakers: this word does NOT mean “to attend a class” in English
consist (of)
to be made of
consistent
to be the same over time, not changing
desist
to stop doing something
only used in legal documents
persist
to continue, to be strong
“we persist!” means “we keep going, we don’t give up”
resist
to fight back
resistent
describes someone that fights back
also: fire-resistent
irresistible
describes something that cannot be avoided or stopped (cannot be resisted)
contain
to hold smaller parts
contents
what is inside
example: the contents of the box,
or, the contents of a book
container
something that holds other things, like a box or bottle
retain
to keep something, to refuse to give it up
detain
to stop someone or arrest them
obtain
to get or receive something
entertain
to keep someone busy or happy
traction
the ability to pull (like good tires have traction)
tractor
a farm machine that pulls a plow
distract
to pull someone’s attention away
distractable
describe someone who is easy to distract
extract
to pull out (usually, a tooth)
retract
to pull back
contract
an agreement between two people
ALSO, can mean to pull together and get shorter/smaller
contraction
- a shortened word like can’t don’t I’m he’s etc
2. the way a muscle gets shorter, can result in a baby being born :)
attract
to pull something toward you
example: honey attracts insects, magnets attract iron
attractive
describes someone who is good-looking
