Tutor week 2

retract

to draw back; withdraw

invincible

not able to be defeated, unbeatable

Construct

To build

Destruction

taking down or destroying something that was built or the result of such action

Infrastructure

Underlying framework

Reconstruction

the act of rebuilding or the thing rebuilt

Celer

Fast

Obstruction

something that blocks the way of things being created or built

Gress

Step

Di

Apart away not

Accelerate

Speed up

Decelerate

Slow down

Digression

Step backwards

Memor/memori

Remember

avi/avia

Bird

\-trix

Feminine

Aviary

Large enclosure where birds are kept

aviatrix

Female pilot

Commemorate

to honor the memory of, as by ceremony

Memorial

related to remembering a person or event

Sub

Under

Aqua

Water

Mar

Sea

impugn

questionable

aquamarine

blue-green in color, like sea water

Marine

of or pertaining to the sea

Submarine

being, living or used under water

Pugnacious

having a quarrelsome or aggressive nature

repugnant

\n distasteful; offensive or revolting

counter-

against, opposite

inter-

between

act (root)

do, drive

aud/audi

Hear

Counteract

to act directly against

Interaction

communication between two or more things

Reaction

Response

Audience

Group of listeners or spectators

Inaudible

Unable to be heard

Circum-

Around

Juven

Young

ven/vent

come

Juvenile

youthful or childish; immature

Rejuvenate

to bring back to youthful strength or appearance

Circumvent

to go around; to bypass restrictions

Convention

a gathering or assembly of people with a common interest

Intervene

to come between

cogn/cogni

Know

Termin

End limit

Cognition

mental process by which knowledge is acquired

Recognize

to identify someone or something seen before

Satiric

Using humor/irony to expose

Elegiac

Praising the dead, eulogy

Didactic

To teach

Pedestrian

Common regular

Renegade

Rebel

Avarice

Greedy

Craven

Cowardly unethical

Vanity

Concerned w looks

Laggard

Someone who’s behind

Misanthrope

Bad person

Credulity credulous

Easily believed

Petulance

Bad tempered rude

Affably

Friendly nice

Disdain

Don’t like, disgust

Irascible

Grouchy, easily aggravated

Fervor fervent

Passionate

Disparged

Insult

Disrepute

Not believed or respected

Iridescent

Luminous

Aggrieved

Resentment grievance

Perfunctory

Effortless

Solicitous

Concerned interested

Bombastic

Overhyped

Soporific

Sleepy

moribund

Close to death

Subsequently

Afterward

Destitute

Broke poor

Lament

Regret miss

Truculent

Defiant

Rebuffed

Rejected

Monastic

Living alone

Insular

Alone, uninterested

Amiable

Friendly

Connoisseur

Knowledgeable

Hypochondriac

Munchausen

Conscientious

Diligent, do what’s right

Felicitous

Pleasing, fortunate

Ephemeral

Short lived

Revered

Admiration respect

Terse

Short

Florid

Fully developed, red, intricate

Discursive

Digression from main point

Pragmatist

Realistic practical

Loath

Dislike

Foolhardy

Foolish

Decried

Publicly denounce , regret

Vaunted

Praised excessively, overhyped

Ambivalent

Trouble deciding, both sides

Inordinate

Not ordinary

Inadvertent

Unintentionally