English Root Words And Vocab 2

Front 1

Aud, aus

Back 1

Hear, listen

Hint 1

Audio, audition

Front 2

Caus, caul

Back 2

Burn, heat

Hint 2

Cauldron, caustic

Front 3

Crit

Back 3

Separate, choose

Hint 3

Critical, hypocrite

Front 4

Drome

Back 4

Run, step

Hint 4

Syndrome

Front 5

Fin

Back 5

End, ended finished

Hint 5

Final, finite, confine, refine

Front 6

Deprecate

Back 6

Play down, make little of

Front 7

Fawn

Back 7

To court favor by cringing or flattering manner

Front 8

Didactic

Back 8

Designed or intended to teach

Front 9

Capricious

Back 9

Subject to, led by, or indicative of whim or erratic behavior

Front 10

Meritorious

Back 10

Deserving of honor or esteem

Front 11

Epithet

Back 11

Characterizing word or phrase accompanying or occurring in place of the name of a person or thing

Front 12

Arabesque

Back 12

An elaborate or intricate pattern

Front 13

Meticulous

Back 13

Marked by extreme or excessive care in the consideration or treatment of details

Front 14

Insular

Back 14

Characteristic of an isolated people, narrow view point

Front 15

Imperious

Back 15

Characteristics of one of high rank, arrogant

Front 16

Harbonger

Back 16

Initiates major change foreshadows what is to come

Front 17

Grad, gress

Back 17

Step, go

Hint 17

Graduate, progress

Front 18

Sardonic

Back 18

Disdainfully or skeptically humorous

Front 19

Misogynistic

Back 19

A hatred of women

Front 20

Archetype

Back 20

The original pattern or model of which all things of the same type are copies

Front 21

Perfidy

Back 21

The quality or state of being faithless or disloyal

Front 22

Carnal

Back 22

Relating to or given to crude bodily pleasures and appetites

Front 23

Factotum

Back 23

A person having many diverse activities or responsibilites

Front 24

Oligo

Back 24

Few, little

Hint 24

Oligarchy

Front 25

Paleo

Back 25

Old

Hint 25

Paleolithic

Front 26

Phon

Back 26

Sound

Hint 26

Phonetic, symphony

Front 27

Poli

Back 27

City

Hint 27

Metropolis, politics, police

Front 28

Lau, lav, lot, lut

Back 28

Wash

Hint 28

Lotion, lavatory, dilute

Front 29

Rupt

Back 29

Break

Hint 29

Erupt, disrupt

Front 30

Enervation

Back 30

To reduce the mental or moral vigor of

Front 31

Sycophant

Back 31

A servile self-seeking flatterer

Hint 31

Brown-nosed

Front 32

Petulant

Back 32

Rude in speech or behavior

Hint 32

Pouty

Front 33

Inchoate

Back 33

Being only partly in existence or operation, formless, incoherent

Front 34

Eschewal

Back 34

To avoid habitually especially on moral or practical grounds

Hint 34

Shun

Front 35

Emulate

Back 35

To strive to equal or excel

Hint 35

Imitate

Front 36

Misanthrope

Back 36

A person who hates humankind

Front 37

Jingoism

Back 37

Extreme chauvinism or nationalism marked by foreign policy

Front 38

Raucous

Back 38

Boisterously disorderly

Front 39

Log, logo, ology

Back 39

Word, study, speech

Hint 39

Catalog, zoology, logograms

Front 40

Craven

Back 40

Lacking the lest bit of courage, faint hearted

Front 41

Wistful

Back 41

Full of yearning or desire tinged with melancholy

Front 42

Mania

Back 42

Madness

Hint 42

Mania

Front 43

Moroh

Back 43

Form

Hint 43

Metamorphosis

Front 44

Altruistic

Back 44

Unselfish regard for or deviation to the welfare of others

Front 45

Obsequious

Back 45

Marked by or exhibiting a fawning attentiveness

Front 46

Inordinate

Back 46

Exceeding reasonable limits

Front 47

Innate

Back 47

Existing in, belonging to, or determined by factors in an individual from birth

Front 48

Demagogue

Back 48

A leader who makes use of popular presidencies and false claims and promises in order to gain power