Vocab (Book C): Lessons 15 & 16

PES, PEDIS

foot

expedient

appropriate to a purpose or useful in achieving a goal

a means to an end

expedite

to help or hurry the progress of something

of business, to perform business quickly

impede

to hinder; to block the way of

pedigree

a line or list of ancestors, especially of a distinguished kind

a recorded line of descent showing pure breeding of animals

pedometer

a device that calculates distance traveled by counting the number of steps taken

POUS, PODOS

foot

antipodes

any 2 places on the opposite sides of the Earth

something that is the exact opposite of or contrary to something else

podiatry

the study and treatments of foot ailments

podium

an elevated platform for an orchestra conductor or lecturer; a dais (in biology, any foot-like structure)

GRADIOR, GRADI, GRESSUM

to step, to walk

aggression

the act or habit of launching attacks; invasion

hostile action or behavior

degradation

reduction in rank or status, especially of office or dignity

lowering of moral or intellectual character

disgrace; dishonor

digress

to stray from the main topic in writing or speaking; to turn aside

gradation

a systemic progression through a series of stages

gradient

an incline or slope; the rate of incline

regress

to go back; to return to a former or less developed condition

AMBULO, AMBULARE, AMBULAVI, AMBULATUM

to walk around

ambulatory

able to walk about

pertaining to walking

a place for walking; an arcade; a cloister

preamble

a preliminary statement in speech or writing; an introductory part

CALCITRO, CALCITRARE, CALCITRAVI, CALCITRATUM

to kick

recalcitrant

stubbornly resistant to authority or guidance

hard to manage

STO, STARE, STATI, STATUM

to stand

STATIO, STATIONIS

a standing, a standing position

SISTO, SISTERE, STETI, (also STITI), STATUM

to cause to stand, to put, to place

constituent

serving as a necessary part of a whole

a voter of a district represented by an elected official

desist

to cease doing something; to forbear; to abstain (often used with from)

destitute

altogether lacking

poverty-stricken

interstice

intervening space; a chink; a crevice

obstinate

very stubborn; inflexible

difficult to control or subdue

oust

to force out of a position or place

restitution

restoration of a thing to its proper owner or its original state

repayment or repair for injury or damage

restive

uneasy; restless

unruly

stance

the position of the body and the feet while standing

an emotional or mental attitude

static

at rest; unmoving

pertaining to electric charges

interference in radio and television signals as a result of electrical disturbances

subsist

to exist; to be

to be sustained; to live (used with on or by)