Week 17 Vocab

Implacable

Unable to be appeased, calmed, or pacified; relentless and unstoppable.

Apocalyptic

Relating to the end of the world or a great catastrophe; foreboding disaster.

Aristocrat

A member of the noble or upper class; someone belonging to a privileged ruling class.

Askance

With suspicion, distrust, or disapproval; sideways or obliquely.

Assuage

To make an unpleasant feeling less intense; to ease, soothe, or relieve.

Authoritarian

Favoring strict obedience to authority at the expense of personal freedom; dictatorial.

Autocratic

Having absolute power; ruling without input from others; tyrannical.

Autonomous

Having self-government; acting independently or having freedom to do so.

Averse

Having a strong dislike or opposition to something; unwilling.

Akimbo

With hands on hips and elbows turned outward; in a posture suggesting defiance or readiness.

Acer, Acid, Acri

Root words meaning bitter, sour, sharp.

Cise

Root word meaning to cut.

Loc

Root word meaning place.

Pan

Root word meaning all.

Para

Root word meaning beside, alongside.

Punct

Root word meaning point, dot.

Sat, Satis

Root words meaning enough.

Val, Vale

Root words meaning strength, worth.

Vic, Vicis

Root words meaning change, substitute, deputy.