Vocabulary Power Plus - Lesson Two

Vocabulary terms, word roots, prefixes, and suffixes from Lesson Two of Vocabulary Power Plus for the New SAT: Book Two.

heresy

the crime of holding a belief that goes against established doctrine

docile

easy to teach or manage

libation

a drink, especially an alcoholic one

anathema

1. a hated, repellant person or thing 2. a formal curse

banter

teasing; playful conversation

castigate

to criticize or punish severely

gauche

lacking social graces; tactless

ignominy

public shame, disgrace, or dishonor

motley

made up of dissimilar parts; being of many colors

emaciated

extremely thin; wasted away

anthro

Root meaning 'man'

ology

Suffix meaning 'study of'

theo

Root meaning 'god' or 'religion'

oid

Suffix meaning 'having the shape of'

morph

Root meaning 'shape'

a-

Prefix meaning 'not'

cracy

Suffix meaning 'government by'