Week 2 Vocabulary and Roots Review

Vocabulary terms, definitions, and notable root words covered across Week 2, Days 1 to 4.

Dilatory

Slow and likely to cause delay.

Unsavory

Unpleasant and morally offensive.

Iniquity

A very wrong and unfair action or situation.

Egotist

A person who considers himself or herself to be better or more important than other people.

Infamous

Well known for something bad; notorious.

Impish

Showing a child's pleasure in enjoying yourself and making trouble.

Root: DIL-

Derived from Latin "diluere," meaning "to wash away" or "to dissolve," associated with something being spread out, thinned, or delay.

Unrepentant

Not feeling sorry for something that you have done.

Arrogant

Unpleasantly proud and behaving as if you are more important than, or know more than, other people.

Folly

The fact of being stupid, or a stupid action, idea, etc., stupidity.

Miscreant

Someone who behaves badly or does not obey rules; immoral person.

Slovenly

Untidy and dirty; sloppy in appearance.

Untoward

Unexpected and not convenient or unpleasant.

Asinine

Extremely stupid, foolish.

Scurrilous

Expressing unfair or false criticism that is likely to damage someone's reputation.

Brigand

A thief with a weapon, especially one of a group living in the countryside and stealing from people travelling through the area; robber.

Root: MIS-

A prefix in English that typically means "bad," "wrong," or "incorrect," derived from Old English "mis-" and related to Old Norse "mis-".

Arcane

Mysterious and known only by a few people.

Callow

Someone, especially a young person, who behaves in a way that shows they have little experience, confidence, or judgment.

Sinister

Making you feel that something bad or evil might happen; threatening.

Pathological

(Of a person) unable to control part of their behaviour; unreasonable.

Megalomania

An unnaturally strong wish for power and control, or the belief that you are very much more important and powerful than you really are.

Dilettante

A person who is or seems to be interested in a subject, but whose understanding of it is not very deep or serious.

Obsequious

Too eager to praise or obey someone.

Root: PATH-

Comes from the Greek word "pathos," meaning "feeling" or "suffering".

Sordid

Dirty, unpleasant, distasteful.

Nefarious

Morally bad, villainous, notorious.

Bias

The action of supporting or opposing a particular person or thing in an unfair way, because of allowing personal opinions to influence your judgment.

Callous

Unkind, cruel, and without sympathy or feeling for other people.

Servile

Too eager to serve and please someone else in a way that shows you do not have much respect for yourself.

Lurid

(Especially of a description) shocking because involving violence, sex, or immoral activity.

Root: NE-

A prefix or part of words derived from Latin or other languages, contributing to their overall meaning without a standalone meaning in English.