VCBS 11

grat

grat

pleasant, thank, favor

congratulate

express ones pleasure to another person at that person's success

gracious

pleasant, courteous, kindly

grateful

feeling or expressing gratitude, thankful

gratify

give or be a source of pleasure or satisfaction

gratis

without charge or payment, free

gratitude

thankfulness

gratuitous

1. given freely

2. unwarranted

gratuity

present of money in return for a service, tip

ingrate

ungrateful person

ingratiate

establish oneself in the favor or good graces of another

mor (mort)

death

immortal

not subject to death, imperishable

immortality

1. eternal life

2. lasting fame

moribund

dying, near death

mortal

1. destined to die

2. human

3. causing death, fatal

mortal

human being, person

mortality

1. death rate

2. mortal nature

mortician

undertaker

mortification

shame, humiliation, embarrassment

mortify

embarrass, shame, humiliate

mortuary

funeral home

rigor mortis

stiffness of the body that sets in several hours after death

corp

body

corporal

bodily, as corporal punishment

corporation

body authorized by law to act as a single person and to have rights and duties

corps

1. organized body of persons

2. branch of the military

corpse

dead body

corpulent

bulky, obese, very fat

corpus

general collection or body of writings, laws, etc.

corpuscle

1. blood cell

2. minute particle

corpus delicti

1. facts proving that a crime has been committed

2. body of the victim in a murder case

esprit de corpus

spirit of a body of person, group spirit

habeas corpus

1. order requiring a detained person to be brought before a court to investigate the legality of that person's detention

2. right of a citizen to secure court protection against illegal imprisonment

incorporate

combine so as to form one body

duct

lead, conduct, draw

aqueduct

artificial channel for conducting water over a distance

conducive

tending to lead to, contributive, helpful

conduct

lead, guide, escort

deduction

1. taking away, subtraction

2. reasoning from the general to the particular

duct

tube or channel for conducting a liquid, air, etc.

ductile

1. able to be drawn out or hammered thin

2. easily led, docile

induce

lead on; move by persuasion

induct

admit as a member, initiate

induction

1. ceremony by which one is made a member, initiation

2. reasoning from the particular to the general

seduction

enticement, leading astray into wrongdoing

traduce

(literally "lead along" as to speculate to bring into disgrace) malign; slander; vilify; calumniate

viaduct

bridge for conduction a road or railroad over a valley, river, etc.

secut-

follow

consecutive

following in regular order, successive

consequence

1. that which follows logically, result

2. importance as a person of consequence

execute

1. follow through to completion, carry out

2. put to death

inconsequential

of no consequence, trivial, unimportant

non sequitur

statement that does not follow from previous statements

persecute

oppress, harass, annoy

prosecute

1. follow to the end of until finished

2. conduct legal proceedings against, sue

sequel

something that follows, continuation, consequence, outcome

sequence

the following of one thing after another, succession, orderly series

sequential

arranged in a sequence, serial

cur-

run

concur

1. agree, to be of the same opinion

2. happen together, coincide

concurrent

running together, occuring at the same time, simultaneous

current

now in progress, prevailing

current

flow

curriculum

course of study in a school or college

cursive

running or flowing

cursory

running over hastily, superficially done, as a cursory glance

discursive

wandering from one topic to another, rambling, digressive

excursion

going out of forth, expedition

incur

1. meet with something undesirable

2. bring upon oneself

incursion

1. rushing into

2. hostile invasion, raid

precursor

forerunner, predecessor

recur

happen again

gress-

step, walk, go

aggressive

disposed to attack, militant, assertive, pushing

egress

means of going out, exit

graduation

1. change by steps or stages

2. act of grading

grade

step, stage, degree, rating

gradient

1. rate at which a road, railroad track, temperature, voltage, ect. rise or falls

2. slope, inclination

gradual

step-by-step; proceeding by small stages or degrees

graduate

complete all the steps of a course and receive a diploma or degree

graduated

arranged in regular steps, stages, or degrees

progressive

going forward to something considered better

regressive

disposed to move backward, retrogressive

retrograd

1. going backward

2. becoming worse

retrogression

act of going from a better to a worse state, deterioration

transgress

step beyond the limits or barriers, go beyond, break a law, violate

ped-

biped

two footed animal

centipede

wormlike animal with one pair of legs on most of its segments

expedite

1. facilitate

2. accelerate or speed up

impede

hinder, obstruct, block

impediment

1. hindrance, obstacle

2. defect

millipede

wormlike animal with two pairs of legs on most of its segments

pedal

lever acted on by the foot

pedestal

1. support or foot of a column or statue

2. foundation

pedestrian

person traveling on foot

pedestrian

commonplace, as a pedestrian performance; unimaginative; dull

velocipede

1. child's tricycle

2. early form of bicycle

tact-

touch