Vocabulary From Latin and Greek Roots — Level IX, Unit 1-5

phototropic

tending to grow or move toward light

phosphorescent

giving off light without heat

photogenic

attractive in pictures or photographs

lucid

easy to understand; clear

elucidate

to make clear by explaining

translucent

allowing light to pass though

circumspect

careful; mindful of rules and consequences

prospect

that which is expected

specter

a ghost or phantom

invidious

hateful or spiteful

providential

happening by good fortune

improvise

to create without any forethought or preparation

enunciate

to pronounce or speak clearly

renounce

to reject by declaration

pronouncement

a declaration of opinion; a judgment

invoke

to call on for support

provocative

causing disturbance or excitement

revoke

to make invalid; to deactivate

ineffable

unutterable; indescribable

infantile

childish; immature

affable

easy to converse with; friendly

edict

an official order

indict

to charge with a crime; to accuse

dictum

a formal or authoritative statement

prohibit

to stop someone from doing something; to prevent

inhibit

to get in the way of; to hinder

suffuse

to fill up from within; to spread throughout

confound

to confuse and frustrate

infuse

to inject; to fill something or someone with

sustain

to support for an extended period of time

abstain

to not do something; to refrain

tenacious

stubbornly persistent; determined

retinue

a group that attends an important person

replete

filled up with

implement

to put into action; to execute

deplete

to use up; to waste

misinformation

untrue or wrong information

reform

to bring back to rightness, order, or morality

formative

occurring at the time of most influence

inept

unskilled; clumsy

adept

skilled; expert at

aptitude

a skill or suitability for

posit

to put forth; to assert

impose

to forcibly place upon

disposition

one's attitude or mood

figment

something invented or imaginary

effigy

a figure constructed in mockery

prefigure

to look like or predict a later thing or event

legacy

a body of ideas, achievements, and morals; an example

delegate

to divide up, especially responsibilities

agenda

a plan of action; a purpose

proactive

seeking to solve a problem before it occurs

exacting

demanding perfection; strict

repulsion

a desire to avoid; disgust

dispel

to scatter about; to break up

propel

to cause to move toward; to push

relative

dependent upon

superlative

excellent; above all others

dilate

to widen