Week 17 Vocab

ROOT WORD SET 9: 

ACER, ACID, ACRI (bitter, sour, sharp) 

CISE (cut) 

LOC (place) 

PAN (all) 

PARA (beside, alongside) 

PUNCT (point, dot) 

SAT, SATIS (enough) 

VAL, VALE (strength, worth) 

VIC, VICIS (change, substitute, deputy) 

List 17

1. Implacable – Unable to be appeased, calmed, or pacified; relentless and unstoppable.

2. Apocalyptic – Relating to the end of the world or a great catastrophe; foreboding disaster.

3. Aristocrat – A member of the noble or upper class; someone belonging to a privileged ruling class.

4. Askance – With suspicion, distrust, or disapproval; sideways or obliquely.

5. Assuage – To make an unpleasant feeling less intense; to ease, soothe, or relieve.

6. Authoritarian – Favoring strict obedience to authority at the expense of personal freedom; dictatorial.

7. Autocratic – Having absolute power; ruling without input from others; tyrannical.

8. Autonomous – Having self-government; acting independently or having freedom to do so.

9. Averse – Having a strong dislike or opposition to something; unwilling.

10. Akimbo – With hands on hips and elbows turned outward; in a posture suggesting defiance or readiness.