vocab test

Fac (root)

to make, to do

Discomfit

to embarrass and confuse

Edification

an improvement or enlightenment

malfeasance

misconduct or wrongdoing, especially by a public official

feasible

Capable of being accomplished

surfeit

condition of being too full; overabundance

Opus (root)

work, wealth, power, resource

magnum opus

the greatest work of an artist, writer, or composer

modus operandi

a specific manner of working

opulent

possessing or exhibiting great wealth; affluent

Erg (root)

work

synergy

the power that results from the combination of two or more forces

liturgy

a pattern of prayer or worship

lethargy

A state of sluggishness, inactivity, and apathy

Labor (root)

work

laborious

requiring mental or physical effort

belabor

to discuss in too much details, to attack

elaborate

To explain in greater detail

sta/sti (root)

to stand, to stay

stanch

to stop the flow of

staunch

Firm and steadfast

extant

still existing, not destroyed

restive

resisting authority; difficult to control; restless; fidgety

pos (root)

to put, to place

apropos

with regard to

depose

To remove from office or power

stas/stat (root)

standing

static

Having no motion or change

ecstasy

intense joy or delight

stasis

Condition in which there is no change

ent / ess (root)

to be

entity

a being

essence

the most important ingredient; the crucial element

quintessential

the most typical, ideal, or important

verd/ virid (root)

green

verdure

greenery; fresh and ripe vegetation

verdant

Green; lush with vegetation

Viridity

Lack of experience; innocence

cand (root)

white, pure; to glow, to burn

candid

open and sincere

candor

Frankness or sincerity of expression; openness

incandescent

shining brightly

Pall (root)

to be pale

pallor

an extreme or unnatural paleness

pallid

Lacking color; dull

appall

To fill with horror or disapproval

livid (root)

bluish-black

livid

Enraged; furious

nigr (root)

black

denigrate

to attack the character of; to mock

pecc

to sin, to be flawed

peccadillo

a small sin or fault

impeccable

having no flaws

peccant

violating a moral law; sinful

pej, pair (root)

worse

pejorative

Negative and critical; insulting

impair

to cause to diminish, as in strength, value, or quality

mal (root)

bad

malinger

To pretend to be sick in order to avoid something

malaise

A sense of unease; depression

neg (root)

to deny, to neglect

negligent

not properly attentive

negligible

unimportant; insignificant

negate

to cancel out; nullify

malign

to speak of maliciously; to insult

joc (root)

joke

jocose

cheerful, merry

jocular

characterized by joking

fest, fet (root)

festive

festoon

to drape or adorn festively

fete

To honor with a banquet or feast

bacch (root)

From the name of the Roman god of wine and celebration

bacchic

Of or related to a wild celebration

bacchanal

a drunken party or celebration

plaint (root)

lament

plaintive

Sorrowful; expressing or evoking mourning or sadness

plaint

A lament or complaint

eleg (root)

song of lament

elegy

A song or poem memorializing something or someone

elegiac

mourning that which is lost or past; sorrowful

somn (root)

sleep

somnolent

sleepy, drowsy

sopor (root)

sleep

soporific

causing sleep or fatigue

sopor

sleep; drowsiness

lang (root)

to be weak, be faint

languid

lacking energy; weak

languish

to waste away

languor

Lack of physical or mental energies

vigil (root)

watchful

vigilant

on the alert; watchful

vigilante

someone who takes law enforcement into his or her own hands

Quies (root)

to rest

acquiesce

to give in

requiem

A song or religious service for the dead or lost

quittance

A repayment; compensation

Fort (root)

happening by chance

fortuitous

happening by accident or chance

Fortuity

Chance or accident

ausp (root)

bird-watcher, fortune-teller