ap lit vocab 9

apo-/ap-

apo-/ap-

away from, from

eu-

good, well

para-/par-

beside, alongside

retro

backward, behind

CHRON

time

PHOT, PHOS

light

PLAC

please, to appease

PORT

to carry

REG, RECT

to rule, to keep straight

SENS, SENT

to feel, to perceive

TANG, TACT, TING

to touch

US, UT

to use

VOLV, VOLU

to roll, to turn, to wind

-ar/-ary

like, pertaining to; one who

-ive

tending to, having the quality of; one who, that which

s - antics

s - capers, frolics, pranks, tricks

s - baneful

s - detrimental, noxious, pernicious, toxic

s - boon

s - benefit, blessing, bonus, donation, fortune, gain, grant, present

s - bureaucracy

s - non-elective officials

s - dilettante

s - dabbler, nonprofessional, novice, sciolist, tyro

s - flighty

s - capricious, erratic, fickle, impulsive, unreliable, whimsical

s - garish

s - flashy, gaudy, ostentatious, tawdry

s - harangue

s - bombast, declamation, oration, tirade

s - maudlin

s - emotional, mawkish, romantic, slushy, weepy

s - motley

s - checkered, dappled, parti-colored, variegated; disparate, diverse, heterogeneous

s - pedant

s - know-it-all; hairsplitter, pedagogue, pettifogger, quibbler

s - vendetta

s - argument, conflict, fight, grudge, hostility, revenge, rivalry, strife

a - baneful

a - beneficial, healthful, profitable, wholesome

a - boon

a - curse, disadvantage, hindrance, liability, loss, misfortune

a - dilettante

a - connoisseur, expert, master, professional

a - flighty

a - dependable, directed, reliable, stable

a - garish

a - somber, subdued, tasteful

a - maudlin

a - composed, phlegmatic, stoical, unemotional

a - motley

a - colorless, monotone, unvariegated; alike, homogeneous, uniform

a - vendetta

a - agreement, forgiveness, harmony, peace