AP Seminar Unit 13 Vocabulary

Sim (root)

Same

Facsimile (vocabulary)

An exact copy, especially of written or printed material.

Similar (vocabulary)

Resembling without being identical.

Simulate (vocabulary)

Imitate the appearance or character of.

Assimilate (vocabulary)

Take in (information, ideas, or culture) and understand fully.

Dissimilar (vocabulary)

Not alike; different.

Noc (root)

Harm

Innocuous (vocabulary)

Not harmful or offensive.

Inoculation (vocabulary)

The action of inoculating or of being inoculated; vaccination.

Noxious (vocabulary)

Harmful, poisonous, or very unpleasant.

Innocent (vocabulary)

Not guilty of a crime or offense; free from moral wrong; not corrupted.

Obnoxious (vocabulary)

Extremely unpleasant.

Tang (root)

Touch

Tangible (vocabulary)

Perceptible by touch.

Tangent (vocabulary)

A completely different line of thought or action.

Tactile (vocabulary)

Of or connected with the sense of touch.

Intangible (vocabulary)

Unable to be touched or grasped; not having physical presence.

Contingent (vocabulary)

Subject to chance.

Trench (root)

Cut

Trenchant (vocabulary)

Vigorous or incisive in expression or style.

Salient (vocabulary)

Most noticeable or important.

Trench (vocabulary)

A long, narrow ditch.

Entrench (vocabulary)

Establish (an attitude, habit, or belief) so firmly that change is very difficult or unlikely.

Intrench (vocabulary)

To place within or surround with a trench especially for defense.

chronicle

a detailed and factual account of events in the order they occurred. (verb use: To record or document events in a detailed and factual manner, often in chronological order.

Synchronize

to occur at the same time or to cause events to happen at the same time.

Anachronism

something that is out of place in time; a person, object, or event that belongs to a different time period.

Chronic

persisting for a long time or recurring frequently (often used in reference to diseases or conditions)

Chronology

the arrangement of events or dates in the order of their occurrence.

chron (root)

time