Lesson 10 Vocabulary Set

Study.

AG-, ACT-

to do; to drive

AM-

to love

ERR-

to wander

FIRM-

firm; strong

FLECT-, FLEX-

to bend

LING-, LINGU-

language; tongue

MIT-, MITT-, MIS-, MISS-

to send

ODOR-

smell

PLAC-

to please; to appease

PRIM-

first

SANGUIN-, SANG-

blood

TANG-, TING-, TACT-, TAG-

to touch

complacence

(n.) self-satisfaction

agenda

(n.) things to be done

primacy

(n.) state of being first

paramour

(n.) illegal lover of a married person

inflexible

(adj.) not changeable

firmament

(plu. n.) heavens

sanguine

(adj.) optimistic

aberrant

(adj.) unusual

emit

(v.) send out

deodorize

(v.) eliminate offensive odors

tactile

(adj.) relating to touch

lingo

(n.) strange or indistinct language

agent

(n.) person who acts on behalf of another person or group

amour

(n.) a secret love affair

error

(n.) mistake

confirm

(v.) establish the truth of something previously believed

flexible

(adj.) capable of bending easily

linguist

(n.) person skilled in foreign languages

mission

(n.) a specific task or assignment

odorous

(adj.) having or giving off a smell

placate

(v.) make someone less angry

primer

(n.) a manual or handbook, usually used for early childhood reading

sanguinary

(adj.) causing much bloodshed

intact

(adj.) not damaged in any way

manumit

(v.) to release from slavery or bondage

ambiguity

(n.) the quality of being open to more than one interpretation

primogenitor

(n.) ancestor, forefather

multilingual

(adj.) using several languages

malodorous

(adj.) smelling very bad

prime

(adj.) pivotal, main

contingent

(adj.) subject to chance, random; dependent

deflect

(v.) cause something to change direction

errant

(adj.) traveling in search of adventure

linguistics

(n.) the scientific study of language

amiable

(adj.) having a friendly manner

placid

(adj.) not easily upset or excited, calm