semester 2 all vocab terms for final

sapere

sapere

to taste, to perceive, to be sensible or wise

sapient

wise, insightful (often used ironically)

sage

a person, usually elderly, who is honored for wisdom and experience

wise, judicious

nosco, noscere, novi, notum

to get to know, to get acquainted with

cognition

the act of perceiving or knowing

cognizant

aware, having knowledge of something

connoisseur

an expert or very discriminating person, especially in matters of art and taste

notorious

widely and unfavorably known, infamous

puto, putare, putavi, putatum

to settle, to consider, to reckon

compute

to determine by mathematics

impute

to attribute or ascribe a quality, especially a fault, to a person

repute

to assign a reputation to (usually used with to be)

putative

supposed, reputed

sagio, sagire

to perceive acutely or keenly with the senses or mind

presage

a sign of feeling concerning some future event, omen, foreboding

to give a sign or warning about the future

sagacious

shrewd, having good judgement, perceptive

scio, scire, scivi, scitum

to know, to understand

conscientious

guided by one’s sense of right and wrong

thorough, with careful attention

plebiscite

a direct vote of all the people of a country or district on an important matter, a referendum

prescience

knowledge of events before they occur, foresight, foreknowledge

littera

letter

alliteration

the occurrence of the same initial sound in several words in succession

literal

in accordance with the explicit or primary meaning or a word or phrase, not its metaphorical meaning

word for word, verbatim

concerned mainly with facts, unimaginative

literate

able to read and write

knowledgeable, educated

obliterate

to do away with completely, to wipe out, erase

scribo, scribere, scripsi, scriptum

to write

ascribe

to attribute to a particular cause, source, or origin (used with to)

circumscribe

to draw a line around it, to encircle

to confine, to limit

conscription

a military draft

proscribe

to denounce or condemn, to prohibit, to forbid

subscribe

to pledge to pay for something or to contribute to something, to place an order by signing

to express consent or agreement, to assent

to sign one’s name to something

transcribe

to make a copy of, to write out fully

to make a sound recording for later reproduction

to arrange music for an instrument different from the one first composed for

onoma

name

acronym

a word composed of the first letters or parts of a name or series of words

onomatopoeia

a word that sounds like the thing it names

pseudonym

a fictitious names

nomen

name

ignominious

shameful, disgraceful

nomenclature

a system of naming, especially in the arts or sciences

graphein

scratch, to draw, to write

gramma

picture, letter, piece of writing

epigram

a short, witty saying

epigraph

an inscription on a monument or building, on a coin, or at the beginning of a book or chapter

choreography

the art of creating dances

graffiti

words or drawings scratched or scribbled on a wall

graphic

relating to the visual arts like drawing, painting, lettering, or engraving

giving a vivid description

lithograph

a print produced by a printing process in which a smooth surface is treated so that ink will adhere only to the design to be printed

topography

the features of an area, such as its rivers, mountains, and roads

lexis

speech, word, phrase

eclectic

consisting of parts selected from various sources

lexicon

a specialized dictionary

the specialized vocabulary of a particular topic or profession

logos

speech, word, reason

analogy

a comparison between things that are alike in some ways

apologist

a person who makes an argument in support of someone or something

epilogue

short concluding section in literary work

logo

a symbol or design that serves to identify an organization or institution

logistics

the organization of supplies and services

eulogy

a speech or writing in praise of a person or thing, especially honoring the dead