VSP Section 7 Flashcards
Harsh or bitter in disposition, speech or manner
Acrimonious
Different from the usual or standard; hard to identify or classify because of abnormality
Anomalous
Involving hard labor; to test one’s endurance
Arduous
Irrelevant to the present topic; a nonessential part
Extraneous
Unauthentic or fabricated
Factitious
Involving untrue information that harms someone’s reputation
libelous
Physically or morally harmful
Noxious
Occurring or appearing after one’s death
Posthumous
Lacking in courage; characterized by weakness of spirit
Pusillanimous
Given to complaining; full of complaints
Querulous
Harsh-surrounding or loud; rambunctious and rowdy
Raucous
Taken or done stealthily or secretly; unauthorized
Surreptitious
a- (an-)
Not ,without
en- (em-)
In, into, causative
post-
After
sub-
under
ART
art, skill, craft
CERN CRET
To separate, to distinguish
CORD
Heart
FORT
Strong
MIT(T), MIS(S)
To send, to let go
PHON
Sound, voice
RAP RAPT
To snatch, to seize
SEQU, SECUT
To follow