Vocabulary from Classical Roots: D - Lessons 13 & 14

Question 1

Insubordinate

Answer 1

adj. Not submissive to authority. When the desperately hungry Oliver Twist says, “Please, sir, more” he is punished by the schoolmaster for what is considered insubordinate behavior.

Question 2

Inordinate

Answer 2

adj. Excessive; immoderate; not controlled.

Question 3

Ordain

Answer 3

tr. v. 1. To confirm priestly authority upon.

2. To order by superior authority.

Question 4

Ordinance

Answer 4

n. 1. A command or order; a law or regulation, especially by a city government.
2. A custom or practice established by tradition, especially a religious rite.

Question 5

Apostle

Answer 5

n. A leader or teacher of a (new) faith or movement.

Question 6

Stolid

Answer 6

adj. Showing or appearing to feel no emotion; apathetic.

Question 7

Epistolary

Answer 7

adj. Pertaining to letter-writing or contained in letters.

Question 8

Rectify

Answer 8

tr. v. To set right; to correct.

Question 9

Rectitude

Answer 9

n. Moral uprightness; correctness of behavior.

Question 10

Constellation

Answer 10

n. 1. A group of fixed stars
2. A brilliant gathering
3. A set of related objects or individuals.

Question 11

Stellar

Answer 11

adj. 1. Pertaining to stars.

2. Outstanding; referring to a star performer.

Question 12

Asterisk

Answer 12

n. A star-shaped figure used to indicate an omission or a footnote.

Question 13

Astral

Answer 13

adj. Of or from the stars.

Question 14

Cosomology

Answer 14

n. The study of the whole universe: origin, evolution, and relationship of its parts.

Question 15

Cosmopolite

Answer 15

n. A person at ease in any part of the world and/or knowledgeable in many subjects.

Question 16

Immutable

Answer 16

adj. Never changing or varying; unchangeable.

Question 17

Permutation

Answer 17

n, An alteration; a rearrangement of elements, especially in mathematics.

Question 18

transmute

Answer 18

tr. v. To transform; to change from one form of nature into another.

Question 19

Temerity

Answer 19

n. Foolish boldness; recklessness; rashness.

Question 20

Temerarious

Answer 20

adj. Daring; rash; reckless.

Question 21

Imperturbable

Answer 21

adj. Unexcitable, unflustered; calm.

Question 22

Turbid

Answer 22

adj. 1 Muddy; not clear; opaque.

2. Confused; disordered.

Question 23

Perturb

Answer 23

tr. v. To agitate; to upset.

Question 24

Aspersion

Answer 24

n. A remark that disparages. maligns, or slanders another.

Question 25

Disperse

Answer 25

tr. v. To spread widely; to disseminate.

tr. and intr. v. To scatter; to dispel; to drive away.

Question 26

Temper

Answer 26

tr. v. 1. To moderate.
2. To bring to a particular texture or consistency, often hardness.
Temper can also be a neutral word meaning “mood” or “temperament” (Poodles are known for their even temper).

Question 27

Temperance

Answer 27

n. 1. Moderation in expressing feelings, in appetite, and in consumption of alcoholic drink; self-restraint.
2. Total abstinence from alcoholic beverages; teetotalism.

Question 28

Outre

Answer 28

adj. Deviating from the usual or proper; eccentric; outlandish.

Question 29

Penultimate

Answer 29

adj. Next to last.

Question 30

Ultimatum

Answer 30

n. A final, uncompromising condition or demand, especially one whose rejection will close negotiations.