Vocab Quiz

American Lit II - Mr. Hathaway – Trimester One -Vocabulary

Word Roots /Vocabulary –vocabulary quiz date: Monday, October 21

 

Know the definition of the root word and know the definitions of the selected words that follow. Be able to use the word in a sentence. Sentences will apply to our readings.

 

WORD ROOT

WHAT IT MEANS

SAT VOCAB WORDS

1. ante 

before 

antebellum, antediluvian

2. anti 

against 

antithesis, antipathy, antiseptic

3. auto 

self 

autocratic

4. bene 

good, well 

benefactor, benevolent, benediction

5. chron 

time 

anachronism, asynchronous

6. circum 

around 

circumnavigate, circumference, circumlocution, circumvent, circumscribe

7. con, com 

with, together 

convene, confluence, concatenate, conjoin

8. contra, counter 

against 

contradict, counteract, contravene

9. cred 

to believe 

credo, credible, credence, credulity, incredulous

10. dict 

to speak 

verdict, malediction, dictate, dictum, indict

11. dis 

not 

disperse, dissuade, distemper, disarray, disjointed

12. equi 

equal 

equidistant, equilateral, equilibrium, equinox, equitable, equanimity

13. ex, e 

out, away 

emit, enervate, excise, extirpate, expunge, exonerate, exacerbate

14. flu, flux 

flow 

effluence, effluvium, fluctuate, confluence

15. hyper 

above, over 

hyperbolic

16. in, im 

not 

inviolate, innocuous, intractable, impregnable, impermeable, impervious

17. inter 

between 

intermittent, introvert, interdict, interrogate

18. mal 

bad 

malformation, maladjusted, dismal, malady, malcontent, malfeasance

19. morph

shape

amorphous, metamorphosis

20. multi 

many 

multitude, multivalent

21. neo 

new 

neologism, neophyte

22. omni 

all 

omnipotent, omnivorous, omniscient

23. per 

through 

persuade, impervious, persistent, persecute

24. phil

love

bibliophile, Philadelphia, philanthropy

25. sanct 

holy 

sanctify, sanctuary, sanction, sanctimonious, sacrosanct

26. scrib, script 

to write 

inscription, prescribe, proscribe, ascribe, conscript, scribble, scribe

27. spect 

to look 

circumspect, retrospect, prospect, spectacle, aspect

28. tract 

to drag, to draw 

protract, detract, intractable

29. trans 

across 

transduce, intransigent

30. vert 

to turn 

extrovert, introvert

 

For the following words you are not only responsible for learning the words listed as defined, but you also must look up the words in bold and make sure you know their meaning.

1.         antithesis, n, opposition, contrast; the direct opposite

 

2. circumvent, v, to manage to get around especially by ingenuity or stratagem

 

3. contravene, v, To act or be counter to; violate; to oppose in argument; gainsay

 

4. dissuade, v, to deter by advice or persuasion; persuade not to do something (often followed by from)

 

5.  ​garrulous, adj, excessively talkative, especially on trivial matters  

 

6. impervious, adj,  Not allowing something to pass through; not penetrable; unable to be affected by: "impervious to the heat"

 

7. intermittent, adj, Occurring at irregular intervals; not steady

 

8. neophyte, n, A person who is new to a subject, skill, or belief

 

9. ascribe, v, to credit or assign, as to a cause or source; attribute; impute: The alphabet is usually ascribed to the Phoenicians

 

10. intransigent, adj, Unwilling or refusing to change one's views or to agree about something

 

11. abdicate (v) to cast off; to renounce a throne, high office, dignity, or function

 

12. antipathy (n) natural aversion or dislike : distaste

 

13. beguile (v) to lead by deception

 

14. chagrin (n) disquietude or distress of mind caused by humiliation, disappointment, or failure

 

15. desecrate (v)  to violate the sanctity of ; to treat disrespectfully, irreverently or outrageously

 

16. enigma (n) something hard to understand or explain

 

17. mollify (v) to soothe in temper or disposition

 

18. paradigm (n)  an outstandingly clear or typical example or archetype

 

19. reiterate (v) to state or do over again or repeatedly sometimes with wearying effect

 

20. anachronism (n) a person or a thing that is chronologically out of place; especially : one from a former age that isincongruous in the present

 

21. digress (v) to turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument

 

22. flagrant  (adj) conspicuously offensive <flagrant errors>; especially : so obviously inconsistent with what is right or proper as to appear to be a flouting of law or morality <flagrantviolations of human rights>

 

23. obliterate (v)  to remove from existence : destroy utterly all trace, indication, or significance of

 

24. surmise (v)  to imagine or infer on slight grounds


25. ​transient (adj) passing especially quickly into and out of existence