Vocabulary List 4 9/29/22

  • Root: mor
  • Meaning: death
    • Moribund -adj-
    • in the process of dying
    • Sadly, the patient was moribund.
    • Mortify -v-
    • to embarrass greatly or to humiliate
    • Sometimes teens are mortified by their parents.
  • Root: luc
  • Meaning: light
    • Elucidate -v-
    • to clarify by explaining
    • Teachers elucidate.
    • Lucubration -n-
    • hard and difficult study
    • AP Physics requires lucubration.
    • Translucent -adj-
    • partly transparent, allowing some light through, but not clearly
    • Stained glass windows are translucent.
  • Root: pan
  • Meaning: all
    • Panacea -n-
    • a remedy for all ills, a cure-all
    • Money is not always a panacea.
    • Pandemonium -n-
    • a wild uproar or commotion
    • The crowd erupted in pandemonium.
    • Panegyric -n-
    • a formal speech giving high praise to someone or something
    • At the funeral there was a panegyric
  • Root: mal
  • Meaning: bad
    • Malevolent -adj-
    • having or showing ill will or hatred
    • The villain was malevolent.
    • Malign -v-
    • to make harsh and false statements about someone or something
    • The student was maligned.
  • Extra Word:
    • Adamant -adj-
    • impervious, immovable, inflexible, unbreakable, unyielding
    • We are adamant about our core beliefs.