Freshman Vocab Unit 2

IM- / IN- / IL- / IR-

Not

Incompatible (adj)

Unable to exist together peacefully; not easy to combine

harmoniously

Indiscriminate (adj)

Done at random without careful thought; careless

AD-

toward

Advent (n)

A coming in to view, use, or being; an arrival

Advocate (v)

To speak or write in favor of; to support or urge by argument; to recommend publicly

ANTI-

against

Antipathy (n)

Disgust, abhorrence, detestation, hatred

Antithesis (n)

The direct opposite

-IC

Having to do with

Bombastic (adj)

Using impressive-sounding but mostly meaningless words to try to seem important

Apathetic (adj)

Showing or feeling no interest, enthusiasm, or concern

-MENT

condition of

Embodiment (n)

An example, representation, or expression of something

Enhancement (n)

A raising of quality, value or degree

NEO-

New

Neologism (n)

1. A new word, meaning, usage, or phrase 2. The introduction or use of new words, or new senses of existing words

Neophyte (n)

A beginner or novice

POST-

after

Posterity (n)

The people who will exist in the future; all future generations collectively

Posterior (adj)

1. Situated behind or at the rear of 2. Coming in after time; later; subsequent

VER

truth

Aver (v)

To assert or affirm as true

Veracity (n)

Complete honesty, truth