Sophomore year Fall Roots

ten/tain

have /hold/grasp

ultra

beyond

uni

one

vag

wander, roam, go out of bounds

velo

speed

ver

truth

ver/vor/verg/volv

bend, turn, twist

via, vi

by way of

vid/vis

to see

vir

Power, goodness, strength

vita, viv

life

voc

speak/say

vol, volen

free will, choice

spec/spic

to look or see

spir

breath/life

stat/stit

to stay, firm, fixed

stell

star (similar to astro)

scrib/scrip

to write

struc

build, place, arrange

temp

time or occasion

sed

apart or separate

sens

feel

sol

sun

sol

only/alone

solv, sol

untie/set free, solve

son

sound

retain (v)

to hold back (a thing)

abstain (v)

not to participate in or to use (i.e. drugs, alcohol, sex, etc.)

ascertain (v)

to find or gather information

tenuous (adj)

the quality of being weak or slight, not to have

tentative (adj)

not certain

ultrasound (n)

use of sound waves to create medical imaging

ultramarathon (n)

to run 100 miles

ultraviolet (adj)

having a wavelength shorter than that of the violet end of the visible spectrum

unification (state of bringing together)

universe, unicycle, unicorn

unilateral (adj)

one-sided, performed by or affecting only one person, group, or country, unique

vagabond (n)

name for a person who wanders

vagrant (n)

word for a person who is homeless,

vague (adj)

not clearly understood or defined, unclear,

vagary (n)

unpredictable or unexpected change in behavior

velocity (n)

speed

velocimeter (n)

an object that measures the speed of fluid or sounds

verity (n)

a universal truth

verdict (n)

a decision reached in court, it literally means to say the truth

verisimilitude (n)

to appear to be the truth or contain the truth or be close to reality (example: a fiction novel, even though it's not true, is intended to mirror reality)

inadvertent (adj)

unintentional

vertiginous (adj)

whirling or spinning, to make dizzy or unsteady

diverge (v)

to go two different ways

converge (v)

to come together

introvert (n)

a person who turns inward and prefers to be alone

extrovert (n) to turn outward

a person who enjoys the company of others

avert (v)

to turn away or aside, usually refers to a catastrophe or negative action

convert (v)

to adopt to or change

advertise (v)

to turn toward a product

revert (v)

(to turn back)

impervious (adj)

not permitting passage or transmission

viable (adj)

possible

obviate (v)

remove, avoid, prevent

deviate (v)

turn aside from a route or way

devious (adj)

departing from the direct way, or to be dishonest

advisement

(to advise) (n) (to take under...)

supervisory (adj)

quality of being a supervisor

virile (adj)

powerful

virtue (n)

showing goodness or high moral character

virtuous (adj)

quality of having virtue or goodness

quadrumvirate (n)

(a council of four men)

virtuoso (adj)

someone highly skilled in a craft (such as a musician)

vital (adj)

of critical necessity for life, revitalize

vivacious (adj)

full of life, vitamin

advocate (adj)/(n)

to speak on behalf of

evocative (adj)

the quality of calling attention to)

convocation (n)

a large assembly of people

equivocate (v)

to lie

invoke (v)

to call or appeal for in earnest

vocation (n)

a calling such as a job or profession

benevolent (adj)

desire to do good

malevolent (adj)

desire to do harm

volition (n)

free will

Introspective (adj)

to look inwards (not literally, but to reflect on your behavior or decisions)

retrospective

looking back on or dealing with past events or situations

prospective (adj)

likely to happen at a future date

aspiration (n)

hope or dream

conspire (v)

to make secret plans to do harm

perspire (v)

to sweat

expiration (n)

when something passes its date of best use

statute (n)

a written law passed by a law-deciding group

status quo (n)

a Latin term, which means to stay the same

interstellar (adj)

occurring between stars

constellation (n)

a group of stars that forms a recognizable pattern

indescribable (adj)

unable to describe

prescriptive (adj)

the quality of following directions exactly, often suggests work is unoriginal

constructive (adj)

(intended to help, shape, or develop)

instructive (adj)

(to give instruction)

infrastructure (n)

a basic physical or organizational structure (of a building or organization)

tempo (n)

a beat, rate, or pace, usually in music

temporal (adj)

for a brief period of time

contemporary (n or adj)

of or relating to the time in which something happened or was created

extemporaneous (adj)

the quality of being done at the moment or spontaneously

sedentary (adj)

seated, inactive

sedition (n)

words or violence intended to incite a rebellion against a ruler