Bbhhs Eng 2 Vocab Part 6

Front 1

fac, fic, fect, fact

Back 1

to do or to make

Front 2

efficacious

Back 2

capable of making things happen

Front 3

refectory

Back 3

dining hall

Front 4

flu, flux

Back 4

flow

Front 5

flux

Back 5

one thing into another

Front 6

effluvium

Back 6

soemething that flows out, stinking vapor

Front 7

mellifluous

Back 7

honey, sweet flowing voice

Front 8

nox, noc, nic, nec

Back 8

to harm, to kill

Front 9

innoculous

Back 9

phrase not full of harm

Front 10

pernicious

Back 10

deadly, fatal, thoroughly harmful

Front 11

internecine

Back 11

mutually destructive warfare

Front 12

cern, cert, cret, crimin

Back 12

to sift

Front 13

duress

Back 13

tough circumstances

Front 14

obdurate

Back 14

callous, hard-headed

Front 15

fund, found, fus

Back 15

to melt, pour

Front 16

foundry

Back 16

place that melts metals

Front 17

nasc, nat

Back 17

to be born

Front 18

nee'

Back 18

born as, name a woman was born as

Front 19

pell, euls

Back 19

to push, shove

Front 20

pon, pound, posit, pose

Back 20

to set, to place

Front 21

depose

Back 21

to set down off the throne

Front 22

repose

Back 22

to set backward

Front 23

tort

Back 23

twist

Front 24

am, im

Back 24

friend, lovable

Front 25

inimical

Back 25

unfriendly, hostile

Front 26

amatory

Back 26

friendship, warm feelings

Front 27

amorous

Back 27

really friendly, passionate

Front 28

abase

Back 28

to lower in position, estimation, or the like; degrade

Front 29

abeyance

Back 29

a state of suspension or temporary inaction

Front 30

ablution

Back 30

a washing or cleansing, especially of the body

Front 31

abnegate

Back 31

to renounce a right or privilege

Front 32

accede

Back 32

to agree

Front 33

accost

Back 33

to speak to

Front 34

acerbity

Back 34

sourness, with bitterness and astringency

Front 35

achromatic

Back 35

colorless

Front 36

acrimony

Back 36

sharpness or bitterness of speech or temper

Front 37

acumen

Back 37

quickness of intellectual insight, or discernment; keenness of discrimination

Front 38

albeit

Back 38

even though

Front 39

altercate

Back 39

to contend angrily or zealously in words

Front 40

altruism

Back 40

benevolence to others on subordination to self-interest

Front 41

arrant

Back 41

notoriously bad

Front 42

ascendant

Back 42

dominant

Front 43

asperity

Back 43

harshness or roughness of temper

Front 44

astringent

Back 44

harsh disposition or character

Front 45

athwart

Back 45

from side to side

Front 46

atone

Back 46

to make amends for

Front 47

ARTIFICIAL

Back 47

Degeneration:
made by skill
to
phony or not good

Front 48

EGREGIOUS

Back 48

Degerneration:
outstanding
to
obviously bad

Front 49

GRANDOISE

Back 49

Degeneration:
full of bigness
to
pompous

Front 50

GOSSIP

Back 50

Degeneration:
godparent
to
someone who talks behind others' backs

Front 51

AMATEUR

Back 51

Degeneration:
someone who loves doing something
to
not very good at something

Front 52

MINISTER

Back 52

Elevation:
waiter
to
clergy or leader

Front 53

NICE

Back 53

Elevation:
ignorant
to
pleasant, good-hearted

Front 54

LORD

Back 54

Elevation:
loaf guard (keeper of the bread)
to
master of castle or diety