Unit 7 Vocab

-ISM

Belief

Altruism

Unselfish concern for others, selfless

Jingoism

Aggressive, warlike patriotism (overboard and negative)

AUD

Sound

Audacious

Extremely daring, boldly in defiance of convention

Auditory

Pertaining to hearing

-NESS

State of being

Boorishness

Crudeness, insensitivity

Furtiveness

Stealthiness, secretivity

-IST

One Who…

Conformist

A person who unquestioningly follows a group

Revisionist

An advocate of revising, especially with religious or political belief

LOG/LOQU

Speak

Eloquent

Having the ability to speak fluently and gracefully

Loquacious

Excessively talkative

INTRA-

Within

Intramural

Involving only students at the same school

Intrinsic

Belonging to a thing by it’s very nature

LEG/LECT

Read, choose

Legislation

1. The act of making laws 2. A law, or a body of laws

Legitimize

To make lawful or standard

MORPH

Form, shape

Metamorphosis

A complete change of form or substance; a transformation

Amorphous

1. Shapeless 2. Having no structure or organization