vocab from classical roots lesson 9

lucent

• shining, luminous

• permitting light to pass through, translucent

lucid

• clearly expressed, easy to understand

• logical, rational, sane

elucidate

to make clear or plain, to clarify

pellucid

• very clear, thus allowing a maximum of light to pass through, transparent, translucent

• very clear in meaning or style

luminary

• an object, such as the sun or moon, that gives light

• a person who is outstanding in a particular field

luminescence

light emitted by means other than burning, such as chemical or biochemical action or radiation

muster

• to assemble people, especially troops, for a specific purpose

• to gather, to summon

remonstrate

to speak in protest or disapproval

umbrage

extreme offense, resentment

adumbrate

• to give a sketchy outline

• to foreshadow indistinctly

denigrate

to speak derogatively of someone’s character or reputation, to defame, to disparage

necromancy

• the art of predicting events by allegedly communicating with the dead

• black magic, witchcraft, sorcery

pall

• a cover for a coffin or tomb

• a coffin, especially one with a body in it

• anything that covers, darkens, obscures, or makes gloomy

palliate

• to make a situation, especially an offense, seem less serious, to make excuses for something or someone

• to make less severe, to alleviate

pallid

• deficient in color, having an abnormally pale complexion

• lacking color, vitality, or interest, dull