Etymology Unit 2

acrimony

great bitterness

clandestine

covert

belie

give false impression

decry

show strong disapproval

inexorable

unstoppable

anachronism

in wrong time period

charlatan

a fraud; a cheat

draconian

very strict laws

antithesis

antipodal

extol

tout; acclaim

covet

desire strongly

mitigate

assuage; relieve

futile

doomed to failure

diatribe

tirade (sharp criticism)

enigmatic

inscrutable; baffling

mellifluous

pleasant sound; musical

ostracize

deliberately exclude from

maudlin

excessively sentimental

prevaricator

dissembler; liar

dirge

funeral hymn

stewardship

management

swelter

oppressively hot

enmeshed

entangled

sanction

approval

citation

commendation

rectitude

moral uprightness

probity

integrity

stalwart

uncompromising

facilitate

make easier

jejune

immature

louche

suspicious

maladroit

awkward

malfeasance

wrongdoing in office

adept

skilled

stigma

mark of disgrace

adroit

deft; skilled

bane

source of harm

bowdlerize

delete book text

mercurial

capricious (unpredictable)

chimerical

fantastically improbable

ambivalence

indecisiveness

prescience

foreknowledge

appellation

name

emblazon

richly adorn

dismay

dishearten

abash

shame

demagogue

emotional leader

myriad

numerous

adjudicate

judge

seminal

original

burnish

to polish

decrepitude

weakness

intractable

stubborn

denigrate

belittle

encomium

praise

stoic

impassive; emotionless

obsequious

sycophant (suck up)

thwart

stymie; frustrate

reticent

hold back feelings

reproach

censure; scold

Origin of Gerrymander

A blend of the name Elbridge Gerry (a Massachusetts governor) and salamander

Origin of Filibuster (attempts by legislators to delay or prevent action on a measure to which they are opposed)

From the Dutch word vribuiter (pirate)

Origin of Lame-Duck

From 18th-century England, when lame duck described a businessman who could not pay his debts

genial

kind

innocuous

harmless

glib

oversimplified

demeanor

bearing; manner

resonance

reverberation

nadir

lowest point

panache

dash; swagger

intermittent

stopping and starting

regimen

systemic procedure

tenuous

flimsy

inordinate

immoderate

malaise

feeling ill or depressed

volatile

explosive

impetus

force; stimulus

invective

vituperation (bitter scolding)

trite

commonplace

feasible

possible

banal

commonplace

viable

possible

hackneyed

commonplace

MONY

condition, state, quality, result of

ESO

inward, within, inner

APO

away from (apart/off/remove from)

PHYTE

plant

TERIKOS

earth

PARSI

sparing, saving

METRO

mother

PARA

beside, near, along the side of

KARKINOS, CARCINO

crab, cancer

ENDO

within, inside of

CIRCUM

around

STYLOS

pillar, column

ALLO

other, different

TONOS

strain, stretch, tension

META

change

PHRASIS

speech, style, diction

OSTEO

bone