Final vocab HELA 9

Phototropic(adj)

Tending to grow or move towards light

Phosphorescent(adj)

Giving off light without heat

photogenic(adj)

Attractive in pictures and photographs

lucid(adj)

Easy to understand, clear

elucidate(v)

To make clear by explaining

translucent(adj)

Allowing light to pass through

circumspect(adj)

Careful, mindful of rules and consequences

prospect(n)

That which is expected

specter(n)

A ghost or phantom

Invidious(adj)

Hateful or spiteful

Providential(adj)

That which is happening by good fortune

improvise(v)

To create without forethought or preparation

Enunciate(v)

To pronounce or articulate

Renounce(v)

To reject by declaration

Pronouncement(n)

A declaration of opinion or judgement

Invoke(v)

To call on for support

Provocative(adj)

Causing disturbance or excitement

Revoke(v)

To make invalid, deactivate

Ineffable(adj)

Unutterable, indescribable

Infantile(adj)

Childish, immature

Affable(adj)

Easy to converse with, friendly

Edict(n)

An official order

Indict(v)

To charge with crime, accuse

dictum(n)

A formal or authoritative statement

sustain(v)

To support for an extended period of time

abstain(v)

To not do something or refrain

Tenacious(adj)

Stubbornly persistent, determined

Retinue(n)

A group that attends an important person

Replete(adj)

Filled up with

Implement(v)

To put into action, execute

deplete(v)

To use up, waste

prohibit(v)

To stop one from doing something, prevent

Inhibit(v)

To get in the way of, hinder

Suffuse(v)

To fill up from within, to spread without

Confound(v)

To confuse and frustrate

Infuse(v)

To inject, to fill something or someone with

Misinformation(n)

Untrue or wrong information

Reform(V)

To bring back rightness, order, or morality

Formative(adj)

Occurring at the time of most influence

Inept(adj)

Unskilled, clumsy

Adept(adj)

Skilled, expert at

Aptitude(n)

Skill or suitability for

posit(v)

to put forth, assert

Impose(v)

To forcibly place upon

Disposition(n)

Attitude or Mood

Figment(n)

Something invented or imaginary

Effigy(n)

A figure constructed in mockery

Prefigure(v)

To look like or predict a later thing or event

Legacy(n)

body of ideas achievements, and morals

Delegate(v)

To divide up, especially responsibilities

Agenda(n)

Plan of action, purpose

Proactive(adj)

Seeking to solve a problem before it occurs

Exacting(adj)

Demanding perfection, strict

Repulsion(n)

Desire to avoid, disgust

dispel(v)

to scatter about, break up

propel(v)

to cause to move towards, push

relative(adj)

dependent upon

superlative(adj)

excellent, above all others

dilate(v)

to widen

recant(v)

to formally withdraw

incantation(n)

Ritual chant, spell

disenchanted(adj)

losing fondness for, unhappy with

inaudible(adj)

so quiet as to be impossible to hear

auditory(adj)

having to do with the sense of hearing

audit(n)

A thorough review

Antagonist(n)

One who is hostile towards, one who opposes

antagonize(v)

to act hostile towards, provoke

protagonist(n)

The central character in a work of literature

philosophical(n)

Calm and wise, reasonable

philanthropy(n)

charitable donation to public causes

bibliophile(n)

One who loves books

dissonance(n)

unpleasant or unharmonious sound

assonance(n)

similarity of word sounds

resonant(adj)

having an effect, powerful

analogous(adj)

comparable to, like

dialogue(n)

communication between two or more people

prologue(n)

A speech passage or event coming before the main speech or event.

bellicose(adj)

warlike in nature

antebellum(adj)

occurring before a war

belligerence(n)

warlike mood or attitude

enamored(adj)

Fond of, feeling love towards

amiable(adj)

good natured, cheerful

amicable(adj)

Not bitter or hostile, friendly

Phos/Phot(greek)

light

Luc(latin)

light

Spec/Spect(latin)

To look at

Vid/Vis(latin)

to see, to look

Nunc/Nounc(latin)

to announce

Voc/Vok(latin)

to call

Fa(latin)

to speak

Dic/Dict(latin)

to say, to tell

Hib/Hab(latin)

to have, to hold

Fus/Found(latin)

to pour out

Ten/Tain/Tin(latin)

to hold

Ple(latin)

to fill

Form(latin)

to form, to establish

Apt/Ept(latin)

to fit

Pos/Pon(latin)

To put, place

Fig(latin)

to shape

Lega(latin)

to appoint, to send on a mission, to charge with