AP Lang - Roots and definitions

sci

"to know" or "knowledge”

prec-

“pray”

sect

“to cut”

pugn

“to fight”

-cide

“to kill”

pat

“to feel or suffer” or “disease”

luc

"light" or "to shine"

litera

“letter”

cord

“heart” or “to agree”

frang

“to break”

solv

“to loosen” or “to free”

nasc

"to be born" or "to spring forth"

rid

"to laugh”

prehens

"to seize" or "to grasp"

repugnant

inciting distaste or aversion

impugn

attack or oppose as false or lacking integrity

pugilistic

having to do with boxing

parricide

the murder of a close kinsman (parent)

concise

marked by brevity of expression or statement

luminous

of or relating to light or to luminous flux

lucid

clear to the understanding, intellible

pellucid

admitting maximum passage of light without distortion

translucent

permitting the passage of light

accord

agreement, harmony

concord

a state of agreement

discord

lack of agreement or harmony

infringe

to encroach upon in a way that violates law or the rights of another

refraction

deflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave

solvent

able to pay all legal debts; something that dissolves or disperses

absolve

set free from an obligation or the consequence of guilt (or sin)

dissolution

dissolute lacking restraint, especially in morals or lifestyle

resolve

find an answer or solution to

prehensible

adapted for seizing or grasping

apprehensive

viewing the future with anxiety or alarm

reprehensible

worthy or deserving of censure or blame, moral condemnation

risible

arousing laughter, capable of being laughed at

deride

to laugh at contemptuously

derision

cruel, contemptuous laughter

nascent

just coming into existence and beginning to display signs of future potential.

renascent

becoming active or popular again

natal

relating to birth

innate

inborn or natural; qualities or abilities present from birth.

dispassionate

not influenced by strong emotion

impassioned

full of compassion or great emotion