ela vocab

Phot/Phos

Light

Luc

light

Spec/Spect

to look at

Vid/Vis

to see, look

Nunc/Nounc

to announce

Voc/Vok

to call

Fa

to speak

Dic/Dict

to say, to tell

Hib/Hab

to have, hold

Fus/Found

to pour out

Ten/Tain/Tin

to hold

Ple

to fill

Phototropic

tending to grow towards light

Elucidate

To be clear by explaining

Lucid

easy to understand, clear

Specter

a ghost or phantom

Invidious

hateful or spiteful

improvise

To create without any forethought or preparation

enunciate

To pronounce or articulate

renounce

To reject by declaration

invoke

to call on for support

provacative

Causing disturbance or excitement

infantile

childish; immature

affable

Easy to converse with; friendly

edict

an official order

indict

to charge with a crime; accuse

suffuse

to fill up from within; to spread throughout

infuse

To inject; to fill something or someone with

prohibit vs. inhibit

prevent (stop someone) vs. hinder (make it harder)

tenacious

stubbornly persistent; determined

retinue

A group that attends an important person

replete vs. deplete

filled up with vs. to use up; waste

ubiquitous

present, appearing, or found everywhere

alleviate

to relieve; reduce suffering

chagrin

embarrassed or distressed

semantics

describing the same thing differently

euphemism

making something sound more pleasant than it is

complicit

involved with others in an illegal activity or wrongdoing

complement vs compliment

a thing that completes or brings to perfection vs. a polite expression of praise or admiration

livid

furiously angry

slovenly

careless, lazy, dirty

wince

grimace (to flinch)

taut

stretched or pulled tight; not slack.

menacing

suggesting the presence of danger; threatening.

flourish

to thrive

unhinged

mentally unbalanced; deranged

raspy

unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound

sentimental

emotional

noun

the name of a person, place, thing, or idea.

pronoun

a word used in place of a noun.

Verb

expresses action or being.

adjective

modifies or describes a noun or pronoun.

adverb

modifies or describes a verb, an adjective, or another adverb

preposition

a word placed before a noun or pronoun to form a phrase modifying another word in the sentence

conjunctions

joins words, phrases, or clauses

interjections

a word used to express emotion