English Vocab 7

Rap(t) / rept -

to seize

sup/sub

under

com -

with

plic / ply -

to fold

ped(e) -

foot

du(o) -

two

ex-

out/from

im -

not

re -

again

ap(d) -

from

prehend(ere) -

to grasp

Rapacious (adj)

Aggressively greedy or grasping

Rapt (adj)

\- Completely fascinated by what one is seeing or hearing

\- Having been carried away bodily or transported to heaven

Surreptitious (adj)

Kept secret, especially because it would not be approved of

Complicity (n)

The state of being involved with others in an illegal activity or wrongdoing

Duplicity (n)

\- Deceitfulness

\- Doubleness

Explicate (v)

\- Analyze and develop in detail

\- Analyze in order to reveal it’s meaning

Imply (v)

\- Strongly suggest the truth or existence of something

\- Suggests something as a logical consequence

Supplicate (v)

Ask or beg for something earnestly or humbly

Apprehend (v)

\- Arrest someone for a crime

\- Understand or perceive

Reprehend (v)

Reprimand

Expedient (adj/n)

\- Convenient and practical although possibly improper or immoral

\- A means of attaining an end, especially one that is convenient but considered improper or immortal

Expedite (v)

Make (an action or process) happen sooner or be accomplished more quickly

Impede (v)

Delay or prevent (someone or something) by obstructing them; hinder

Impediment (n)

\- A hindrance or obstruction in doing something.

\- A defect in a person's speech, such as a lisp or stammer.

Blank Verse

A verse without rhyme

Soliloquy

The act of speaking one’s thoughts aloud when by oneself or regardless of any hearers

Iambic pentameter

A rhythm structure, used most commonly in poetry, that combines unstressed syllables and stressed syllables in groups of five

Prose

A type of written or spoken language that is ordinary

Aside

The act of one speaking directly to the audience without any other characters hearing it