AP LANG VOCAB 2 AND PARTS OF SPEECH

Heresy

The crime of holding a belief that goes against established doctrine (set of beliefs) specially in a religious context. It often leads to persecution or punishment for the individual.

Docile

Easily to teach, taught or managed; submissive.

Libation

A drink, especially an alcoholic one

Anathema

A hated, repellant person or thing; OR a formal curse or condemnation.

Banter

Friendly and light-hearted conversation or teasing.

Castigate

To criticize or punish/reprimand someone severely.

Gauche

Lacking social grace or sensitivity; awkward; tactless

Igonominy

Public shame or disgrace, or dishonor; humiliation.

Motley

Made up of dissimilar parts; being of many colors; composed of diverse or mixed elements; varied in appearance or character.

Emaciated

Extremely thin; wasted away; Abnormally thin or weak, especially because of illness or lack of food; gaunt.

The root anthro means

“MAN”

"human" or "man," often used in words related to humanity and anthropology.

The suffix ology means

"the study of" or "science of" a particular subject, indicating a field of knowledge or inquiry.

The root theo means

"god" or "religion," often used in words related to theology and divinity.

The suffix oid means

“HAVING THE SAME SHAPE OF”

"resembling" or "like," commonly used to indicate similarity in form or appearance.

The root morph means

“SHAPE”

"form" or "shape," often used in words related to structure or transformation.

The prefix a means

"not" or "without," often used to indicate negation or absence.

The suffix cracy means

“GOVERNMENT BY”

"rule" or "government," often indicating a specific type of governance or authority, such as democracy or autocracy.

Using roots, suffixes, prefixes: Anthropology

The study of human societies and cultures, focusing on their development and customs.

Using roots, suffixes, prefixes: Theology

The study of the nature of the divine, religious beliefs, and the practice of religion.

Using roots, suffixes, prefixes: Anthropoid

Relating to human-like characteristics or primates, such as apes.

Using roots, suffixes, prefixes: Anthropomorphic

Having human-like qualities or characteristics, often used to describe animals or objects that are given human traits.

Using roots, suffixes, prefixes: Atheism

The belief that there is no deity or divine being, rejecting the existence of gods.

Using roots, suffixes, prefixes: Theocracy

A system of government in which priests or religious leaders rule in the name of a god or a religious doctrine.

Noun

A person, place, thing, or idea.

Examples of Nouns

dancer (person), street (place), lamp (thing), freedom (idea).

Proper Noun

A noun that is specific to one person, place, thing, or idea; in short, it is a name. Examples include Mrs. Etter, Winnetka, and Snuggie.

Pronoun

A word that takes the place of a noun in a sentence, such as it, I, you, he, she, them, who, what, or everyone.

Verb

A word that identifies an action, movement, or state of being.

State of Being Verbs

Forms of the verb "to be," including is, was, were, and are.

Modal Verbs (Helping Verbs)

Verbs like "will," "shall," "could," "would," "must," "may," and "might" that are usually seen helping another verb along.

Adjective

A word that modifies or describes a noun, making the noun more specific.

Examples of Adjectives

red, smelly, disturbing, kind, simple, and his.

Adverb

A word used to modify or further describe a verb, adjective, or other adverb.

Examples of Adverbs

really, quickly, very, somewhat, well, and lazily.

Preposition

A word that shows a relationship (often physical, spatial, or concerning time) between two nouns or pronouns in a sentence.

Examples of Prepositions

up, over, under, before, between, above, beyond, to, and for.

Conjunction

A word used to join words, phrases, or clauses, such as and, nor, because, or, and but.

Interjection

A single word used to express emotion, usually separated from the sentence by an exclamation point or a comma (e.g., ah, ouch, eek, whoops).

Article

A word that identifies or specifies a noun and precedes the noun in a sentence.

Three Articles in English

a, an, and the.

Word order in questions

The order of nouns and verbs is usually reversed; to find the subject, think of how you would answer the question.