English 10H Semester 1 Finals

acer/acid/acri

bitter, sour

aer

air, atmosphere

agri/agra

field, country

alb

white

ami

friendly, pleasant, loveable

arche/archaeo

primitive, ancient, origin

aud

hear, sound

auto

self

biblio

of books

bio

life

bon

good

ced/cess

go, yield

chron

time

cosm/cosmo

world, universe

dem

people

derma

skin

ethn/ethno

nation, race

flect, flex

bend

foli

leaf

fract

break

gen

family, race

gram

writing

hemo

blood

hiero

sacred, holy

hydr/hydra/hydro

water

hyper

above, over

hyp/hypo

under, below

ideo

idea

lat

side

lingu

language

log/logy

speech, study

magn

great, large

mar

sea

meter, metr

measure

micro

small

mir

amazement, wonder

mit/miss

send, cast

mut

change

naut

sailor, sailing

necro

death, corpse

not

note, paper

pac/paci/pease

peace

ped

relating to feet, children

pel/puls

drive, push

phil/phile

loving

phob

fear

phon

sound

photo/phos

light

pneu

air, breath

polis

city

port

carry, bear

psycho/psych

mind, spirit

pyr

fire, heat

rupt

break

sangui

blood

sed

sit, settle

sol

comfort, soothe

tact

touch

techno/techn

art, skill

theo

god

therm

heat, temperature

tom

cut

tran/trans

across, change

tribu

pay

und

wave

umbr

shade, shadow

urb

city

vac

empty

val

strength, worth

vend

sell

vener

respectful

vid/vis

see

vil

cheap, base

vinc/vict

conquer

vir

poison, venom

viscer

internal organs, guts

viv

life

voc

call, voice

xen

foreign

zel/zelo/zeal

enthusiasm

vaquero

a cowboy; a cattle driver

tenaciously

with a firm hold of something; closely

exuberent

filled with or characterized by a lively energy and excitement

expanse

an area of something, typically land or sea, presenting a wide continuous surface

esteem

respect and admiration, typically for a person

vagabond

a person who wanders from place to place without a home or job

drone

a low continuous humming sound

partition

(especially with reference to a country with separate areas of government) the action or state of dividing or being divided into parts

ceremoniously

in a manner that is formal and serious, and suitable for a ceremony

exorcise

drive out or attempt to drive out (an evil spirit) from a person or place

interminable

endless (often used hyperbolically)

transfix

cause (someone) to become motionless with horror, wonder, or astonishment

purgatory

(in Roman Catholic doctrine) a place or state of suffering inhabited by the souls of sinners who are expiating their sins before going to heaven

inquisitor

a person making an inquiry, especially one seen to be excessively harsh or searching

mote

a tiny piece of a substance

admonish

warn or reprimand someone firmly

cursory

hasty and therefore not thorough or detailed

procession

a number of people or vehicles moving forward in an orderly fashion, especially as part of a ceremony or festival

curtly

in a way that may appear rude because very few words are used, or because something is done very quickly synonym abruptly, brusquely

intone

say or recite with little rise and fall of the pitch of the voice