Set 3-4 Study Words for English Composition - Jude Landry

For Studying the words we have learned.

abstemious

abstemious

marked by temperance in indulgence

churlish

having a bad disposition; surly

evanescent

short-lived; tending to vanish or disappear

feckless

generally incompetent and ineffectual

gauche

lacking social polish, poise, or refinement

kinetic

relating to the motion of material bodies and their forces

equinox

when the sun crosses the equator and day and night are of approx. equal length

laissez faire

a doctrine that government should not interfere in commerce

nomenclature

a system of words used to name things in a discipline

soliloquy

speech you make to yourself

-ish

having the quality/characteristics of; somewhat

-less

without; lacking

sol-

alone; only; one

nom-

name

auspicious

indicating favorable circumstances and good luck

deleterious

harmful to living things

fatuous

devoid of intelligence

pecuniary

relating to or involving money

acumen

shrewdness shown by keen insight

chicanery

the use of tricks to deceive someone

circumlocution

an indirect way of expressing something

nihilism

complete denial of established authority and institutions

oligarchy

a political system governed by a few people

kowtow

bend the knees and bow in a servile manner

-ary

belonging to; connected with (suffix)

-ery

practice of; state of; place of (suffix)

-ism

belief; doctrine; practice of; characteristic (suffix)

circum-

around

loqui- / loc-

talk; speak