Units 1-4 Vocabulary for English AAC

48 Vocabulary Words + 16 Roots

Phototropic

(adj.) tending to grow or move toward light

phosphorescent

(adj.) giving off light without heat

photogenic

(adj.) attractive in pictures or photographs

lucid

(adj.) easy to understand; clear

elucidate

(v.) to make clear by explaining

translucent

(adj.) allowing light to pass though

circumspect

(adj.) careful; mindful of rules and consequences

prospect

(n.) that which is expected

the possibility or likelihood of some future event occurring.

specter

(n.) a ghost or phantom

invidious

(adj.) hateful or spiteful

providential

(adj.) happening by good fortune

improvise

to create without any forethought or preparation

PHOT/PHOS

light (Greek)

LUC (Latin)

light

SPEC/SPECT

to look at

VID/VIS

to see, to look

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; deactivate

ineffable

unutterable; indescribable

infantile

childish; immature

affable

easy to converse with; friendly

edict

an official order

indict

to charge with a crime; accuse

dictum

A formal or authoritative statement

NUNC, NOUNC

"To announce"

VOC, VOK

"To call"

FA

"To speak"

DIC, DICT

"To say, to tell"

Prohibit

To stop one from doing something; to prevent

Inhibit

To get in the way of; to hinder

Suffuse

To fill up from within; to spread throughout

Infuse

To inject; to fill something or someone with

Confound

To confuse and frustrate

Sustain

To support for an extended period of time

Abstain

To not do something; to refrain

Tenacious

Stubbornly

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

HIB/HAB

"To have; to hold"

FUS/FOUND

" To pour out"

TEN/TAIN/TIN

"To hold"

PLE

"To fill"

Misinformation

n: untrue or wrong information

Reform

v: to bring back to rightness, order or morality

Formative

adj: occurring at the time of most influence

Inept

adj: unskilled; clumsy

Adept

adj: skilled; expert at

Aptitude

n: skill or suitability for

Posit

v: to put forth; to assert

Impose

v: to forcibly place upon

disposition

n: one's attitude or mood

figment

n: something invented or imaginary

effigy

n: a figure constructed in mockery

Prefigure

v: to look like or predict a later thing or event

FORM

"To form; to establish"

APT/EPT

"To fit"

POS/PON

"To put; to place"

FIG

"To shape"