English Vocabulary

Vocabulary terms, word roots, and definitions generated from the lecture notes.

dissemble

to hide by pretending something different

partisan

unreasonable devotion to a party

calumny

slander

prodigious

immense

tang, tact, tig, tag

touch

contiguous

joining/touching at the edge

inculcation

teaching by repetition

abrogration

to abolish

mal

bad

malevolence

ill will

lascivious

lustful

dis, di, dif

not

discomfits

to put into a state of confusion

ameliorate

to relieve, as from pain or hardship

pious

religious

deposition

testimony legally taken on interrogations and reduced to writing, for use as evidence in court

effrontery

shamelessness

immaculate

without spot or blemish

prob-

truth

probity

integrity

apparitions

ghosts

guile

craft or cunning

conciliatory

tending to reconcile

adamant

unyielding

purist

one who is concerned with maintaining tradition

importune

to harass with persistent demands

complaisant

agreeable

miserly

saving and hoarding of money

asperity

harshness and roughness of temper

expostultation

a discussion

super-

above and beyond

supercilious

exhibiting haughty and careless contempt

impute

to attribute

pan-

all

panegyric

a high praise either written or spoken

pique

arouse the interest in

taciturn

disinclined to conversation

fid-

faith

diffidence

self distrust