english I roots midterm

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PHOT, PHOS

greek for light

phototrophic

tending to grow or move towards light

Phosphorescent

giving off light without heat

photogenic

attractive in pictures or photographs (not u)

LUC

latin for light

lucid

easy to understand, clear

elucidate

to make clear by explaning

translucent

allowing light to pass thru

SPEC, SPECT

latin for “to look at”

circumspect

careful; mindful of rules and consequences

prospect

that which is expected

specter

a ghost or phantom

VID, VIS

light for “to see, to look”

invidious

hateful or spiteful

providential

happening by good fortune

improvise

to create without any forethought or prep

NUNC, NOUNC

latin for “to announce”

enunciate

to pronounce or speak clearly

renounce

to reject by declaration

pronouncement

a declaration of opinion; a judgement

VOC, VOK

latin for “to call”

invoke

to call on for support

provocative

causing disturbance or excitement

revoke

to make invalid, to deactivate

FA

latin for “to speak”

ineffable

unutterable, indescribable

infantile

childish, immature

affable

easy to converse with, friendly

DIC, DICT

latin “to say, to tell”

edict

an offical order

indict

to charge with a crime, to accuse

dictum

a formal or authoritative statement

HIB, HAB

to have, to hold

prohibit

to stop one from doing something, to prevent

inhibit

to get in the way of, to hinder

FUS, FOUND

to pour out

suffuse

to fill up from within, to spread throughout

confound

to confuse and frustrate

infuse

to inject, to fill something or someone with

TEN, TAIN, TIN

latin, “to hold”

sustain

to support for an extended period of time.

abstain

to not do something, refrain

tenacious

stubbornly; persistent; determined

retinue

a group that attends an important person

PLE

to fill

replete

filled up with

implement

to put into action; to execute

deplete

to use up, to waste

FORM

to form, to establish

misinformation

untrue or wrong information

reform

to bring back to rightness, order, or morality

formative

occurring at the time of most influence

APT, EPT

to fit

inept

unskilled, clumsy

adept

skilled, expert at

aptitude

a skill or suitability for

POS, PON

to put, to place

posit

to put forth, to assert

impose

to forcibly place upon

disposition

one’s attitude or mood

FIG

to shape

figment

something invented or imaginary

effigy

a figure constructed in mockery

prefigure

to look like or predict a later thing or event

LEGA

to appoint, to send on a mission, to charge with

legacy

a body of ideas, achievements and morals; an example

delegate

to divide up; especially responsibilities

ACT, AG

to do, to act

agenda

a plan of action, a purpose

proactive

seeking to solve a problem before it occurs

exacting

demanding perfection, strict

PULS, PEL

to push

repulsion

a desire to avoid, disgust

dispel

to scatter about, break up

propel

to cause to move towards, to push

LAT

brought, carries

relative

dependent upon

superlative

excellent, above all others

dilate

to widen

CANT, CHANT

to sing, to call

recant

to formally withdraw

incantation

ritual chant

disenchanted

losing fondness for, disillusioned

AUD

to hear

inaudible

so quiet as to be impossible to hear

auditory

having to do with the sense of hearing

audit

a thorough review

SON

to sound

dissonance

unpleasant or unharmonious sound

assonance

similarity of word sounds, especially vowels

resonant

having an effect, powerful

LOG

to speak, to reason

analogous

comparable to; like

dialogue

communication between two or more people

prologue

a speech, passage, or event coming before the main speech or event

BELL

war

bellicose

warlike in nature

antebellum

occurring before a war

belligrance

a warlike mood or attitude

AM

love or friend