English 10 Semester 1 Vocab

acer/acid/acri

bitter, sour

aer

air, atmosphere

agri/agra

field, country

ami

friendly, pleasant, lovable

arche, archaeo

primitive, ancient, origin

aud

hear, sound

biblio

of books

bio

life

bon

good

ced/cess

go, yield

cosm/cosmo

world, universe

ethn/ethno

nation, race

flect/flex

bend

alb

white

auto

self

chron

time

dem

people

derma

skin

foli

leaf

fract

break

gen

family, race

gram

writing

hemo

blood

hiero

sacred, holy

hydr/hydra/hydro

water

hyper

above, over

hyp/hypo

under, below

ideo

idea

lat

side

lingu

language

log/logy

speech, study

magn

great, large

mar

sea

meter/metr

measure

micro

small

mir

amazement, wonder

mit/miss

send, cast

mut

change

naut

sailor, sailing

necro

death, corpse

not

note, paper

pac/paci/pease

peace

ped

relating to feet, children

pel/puls

drive, push

phil/phile

loving

phob

fear

phon

sound

photo/phos

light

pneu

air, breath

polis

city

port

carry, bear

psycho/psych

mind, spirit

pyr

fire, heat

rupt

break

sangui

blood

sed

sit, settle

sol

comfort, soothe

tact

touch

techno/techn

art, skill

theo

god

therm

heat, temperature

tom

cut

tran/trans

across, change

tribu

pay

und

wave

umbr

shade, shadow

urb

city

vac

empty

val

strength, worth

vend

sell

vener

respectful

vid/vis

see

vil

cheap, base

vinc/vict

conquer

vir

poison, venom

viscer

internal organs, guts

viv

life

voc

call, voice

xen

foreign

zel/zelo/zeal

enthusiasm

vaquero

cowboy

tenaciously

stubbornly; persistently

exuberant

high-spirited, enthusiastic, unrestrained; excessive, abundant

expanse

A wide, open area or surface; a stretch

esteem

to regard highly; a highly favorable opinion or judgement

vagabonds

a person who wanders from place to place without a home or job

drone

speaking in a monotonous tone; a continuous low humming sound

partition

(n.) something that divides (such as a wall); the act of dividing something into parts or sections; (v.) to divide or subdivide into parts or shares

ceremoniously

grandly; formally; properly

exorcise

to drive out by magic; to dispose of something troublesome, menacing, or oppressive

interminable

endless, so long as to seem endless

transfixed

Rendered motionless with terror, amazement or awe

purgatory

A place of temporary punishment

inquisitor

one who inquires, especially in a hostile manner

motes

Specks of dust or other tiny particles

admonished

warn or reprimand someone firmly

cursory

hasty, not thorough

procession

a number of people or vehicles moving forward in an orderly fashion, especially as part of a ceremony or festival.

curtly

rudely brief in speech or abrupt in manner

intoned

say or recite with little rise and fall of the pitch of the voice