WP Quiz Vocab

pugnacious

belligerent, combative

repugnant

inciting distaste or aversion

impugn

attack or oppose as false or lacking integrity

pugilistic

having to do with boxing

paricide

the murder of a close kinsman

concise

marked by brevity of expression or statement

presceint

having or showing knowledge of events before they take place

omniscent

knowing everything

luminous

of or relating to luminous flux

lucid

clear to the understanding, intelligible

pellucid

admitting maximum passage of light without distortion

translucent

permitting the passage of light

accord

agreement, conformity, harmony

concord

a state of agreement, harmony

discord

lack of agreement or harmony

infringe

to encroach upon in a way that violates law or the rights of another

refraction

deflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave

solvent

able to pay all legal debts; something that dissolves or disperses

absolve

set free from an obligation or the consequences of guilt (or sin)

dissolution, dissolute

lacking restraint, especially in morals or lifestyle

resolve

find an answer or solution to, resolution

prehensile

adapted for seizing or grasping

apprehensive

viewing the future with anxiety or alarm

reprehensible

worthy or deserving of censure or blame, moral condemnation

ridicule, ridiculous

to make fun of, to mock

risible

arousing laughter, capable of being laughed at

deride

to laugh at contemptuously

derision

cruel, contemptuous laughter

derisive, derisory

expressing contempt or ridicule

nascent

starting to develop; coming into existence

renascent, Renaissance

rebirth, becoming active or popular again

natal

pertaining to birth

prenatal

before birth

nativity

Birth of Jesus

nation

a group of people with a common culture living in a territory and having a strong sense of unity

national

of or belonging to the people of a single country

nature

the basic or inherent features of something, especially when seen as characteristic of it

innate

existing from birth, inborn

precarious

depending on chance

deprecate

to express mild or regretful disapproval of

imprecate

to invoke evil on, to curse

litera

letter

prec-

pray, beseech, entreat

sect-

to cut

pugn-

fist, fight

-cide/-cis

to kill, to cut

sci-

to know

lu, luc

light

cord

heart

frang, fract, fringe

to break

solv

loosen

prehend, prehens

seize

rid/ris

to laugh

nasc/nat

birth

pati, pass

to suffer, endure

path

feeling, disease