AP Lit Vocab Ch. 6 (roots and words)

-cubo, cubare, cubui, cubitum
-incumbo, incumbere, incumbui, incumbitum

-to lie down
-to recline

incumbent

-a person who holds and office or position
-required as a duty or obligation (often used with “on”)

recumbent

reclining; lying down

succumb

-to yield; to give in or give up, especially to a powerful force or desire (often used with “to”)
-to die

hupo

under or beneath

hypochondria

a psychological disorder that characterized by the illusory conviction that one is ill or in some pain, or likely to become so

hypothesis

-a theory or explanation that leads to further investigation for proof or disproof
-an assumption on which a conclusion or decision is based

kata

down

cataclysm

a disaster or catastrophe on such a large scale that biological, environmental, or cultural elements are permanently altered or irreparably lost to the earth

catapult

-an ancient mechanical device for hurling missiles
-a modern mechanism for launching aircraft from the deck of a ship

sub

under

subjective

-concentrating on the self in the expression of feelings and perceptions
-relating to personal opinions and thought processes rather than factual information or universal experience

sublimate

to turn an instinctual, or primitive, impulse in favor of a more socially or culturally acceptable activity

suborn

-to induce a person in secret to commit a misdeed or a crime
-to induce someone to give false testimony

subterfuge

an artifice, device, or evasion to hide or avoid something, or to escape an outcome

veritas

truth

verisimilitude

a thing or a quality that appears true or real

verity

-the condition or quality or being true or accurate
-a belief, principle, or statement expressing some basic human truth

aver

to affirm; to declare or attest to positively or dogmatically