Vocab 1 DTCC ENG I

abjure

to renounce

anomaly

a deviation from the norm; an odd or peculiar occurrence

equanimity

stability, calmness

estrange

to alienate

flay

to whip; to remove skin

florid

rosy-colored, reddish

interminable

tiresome and long

lugubrious

mournful, gloomy

nondescript

having no individuality

propitious

favorable; auspicious

verb

What part of speech is abjure?

noun

What part of speech is anomaly?

noun

What part of speech is equanimity?

verb

What part of speech is estrange?

verb

What part of speech is flay?

adjective

What part of speech is florid?

adjective

What part of speech is interminable?

adjective

What part of speech is lugubrious?

adjective

What part of speech is nondescript?

adjective

What part of speech is propitious?

abjure

What word has the prefix "ab" (away from) and the root iurare (to swear)?

anomaly

What word has the prefix "an" (not) and the root homalos (even/same)?

equanimity

What word has the roots "equ" (even/equal) and animus (mind/spirit)?

estrange

What word has the prefix "e" (out of/away from) and the root "extraneous" (foreign/from without)?

flay

What word is from the old English word "flẽan" (to strip)?

florid

What word has the root "flor" (flower)?

interminable

What word has the prefix "in" (not), the root "termin" (to limit/to end), and the suffix "able" (able to be)?

lugubrious

What word has the root "lugu" (to mourn), and the suffix "ious" (full of/having the quality of/inclined to)?

nondescript

What word has the prefix "non" (not/the absence of) and the root "descript" (to describe/to write down)?

propitious

What word has the prefix "pro" (forward/before), the root "pit" (to seek or rush at), and the suffix "ious" (full of)?

rife

abundant, prevalent

truncate

to shorten

ubiquitous

occurring everywhere; omnipresent

vernacular

everyday language

zealous

fervent; fanatical

rife

adjective

truncate

verb

ubiquitous

adjective

vernacular

noun

zealous

adjective

rife

What word is from the old English word "rȳfe" (abundant/prevalent)

truncate

What word derives from "truncus" (truck of a tree) and "truncare" (to shorten/cut)

ubiquitous

What word derives from the word "ubique" (everywhere)?

vernacular

What word derives from the Latin noun "verna" (native slave/housborn slave)?

zealous

What word derives from the "zẽlos" (jealousy)