vocab wk. 8

Fidelity (noun)

strict observance of promises.

Retribution (noun)

requital according to merits.

Clemency (noun)

disposition to show forbearance, compassion, or forgiveness in judging or punishing; leniency; mercy.

Ghastly (adj)

shockingly frightful or dreadful.

Punitive (adj)

serving for, concerned with, or inflicting punishment.

Infinitesimal (adj)

indefinitely or exceedingly small; minute.

Accumulate (verb)

to gather or collect, often in gradual degrees.

Advocate (verb)

to speak or write in favor of; support or urge by argument; recommend publicly.

Impose (verb)

to lay on or set as something to be borne, endured, obeyed, fulfilled, paid, etc.

Dilate (verb)

to make wider or larger; cause to expand.

loq, log, loc, lix

talk.

soph

wise.

cred

trust, belief.

luc, lum, lus

light, clear.

spec

look.

demo-

people.

meta, mut

change.

term

end, boundary.

dog, dox

thought, idea.

morph

shape.