Vocab 1-3

Question 1

abdicate

Answer 1

to give up formally

[L, ab, away+dicare, proclaim]

Question 2

abet

Answer 2

to encourage/assist, esp in wrongdoing

[L, a, to + Germanic, beter, bait/incite]

Question 3

abhor

Answer 3

to regard w/ horror/loathing, to hate

[L, ab, from/at + horrere, shiver/shudder]

Question 4

abject

Answer 4

wretched/miserable/humiliating/degrading

[L, ab, down/from + jacere, throw]

Question 5

absolve

Answer 5

to clear of guilt/blame

[L, ab, from + solvere, loosen/release]

Question 6

abstain

Answer 6

to refrain completely and voluntarily

[L, ab, from + tenere, hold/keep

Question 7

academic

Answer 7

pertaining to a college/other inst of learning. theoretical/unrealistic
[G, akademia, philosopher]

Question 8

accede

Answer 8

to yield to/agree to; to enter upon an office/dignity

[L, ad, to + cedere, go/yield]

Question 9

acclimate

Answer 9

to get used to

[F, acclimater, get used to]

Question 10

addiction

Answer 10

habit-forming practice/pursuit

[L, ad, to + dicere, say]

Question 11

adjourn

Answer 11

to close formally; to put off until another time

[L, ad, to + diurnum, day]

Question 12

adverse

Answer 12

hostile in purpose/effect; unfavorable

[L, ad, to/against + vertere, turn]

Question 13

advocate

Answer 13

v: to speak/argue in favor of
n: person who pleads in interest of cause/individual
[L, ad, to + vocare, call]

Question 14

aesthetic

Answer 14

pertaining to a sense of beauty; artistic

[G, aisthetikos, perceptible to the senses]

Question 15

affable

Answer 15

courteous/agreeable in manner; easy to talk to/approach

[L, ad, to + fari, speak + abilis, able to]

Question 16

affectation

Answer 16

pretentious display of manners/sentiments that are not real

[L, affectare, strive after]

Question 17

affluent

Answer 17

prosperous/wealth

[L, ad, to + fluens, flowing]

Question 18

agenda

Answer 18

list/program of things to be done/acted upon

[L, agere, do]

Question 19

aggregate

Answer 19

n: total amount/sum of individual parts
v: to gather/merge into one
adj: total, collective
[L, ad, to + gregare, herd]

Question 20

agile

Answer 20

swift/light in action/movement/thought

[L, agere, do]

Question 21

alienate

Answer 21

to cause hostility/indifference where love/friendliness/interest formerly existed
[L, alius, other]

Question 22

allege

Answer 22

to claim that something is true w/out offering proof

[L, ad, to/toward + legare, depute/grant/bequeath]

Question 23

allude

Answer 23

to refer to indirectly

[L, ad, to + ludere, play]

Question 24

ambience

Answer 24

surrounding/pervading atmosphere; tone/spirit of environment

[L, ambi, around + iens, going]

Question 25

ambivalent

Answer 25

wavering/uncertain bc of inability to make choice

[L, ambi, both + valens, worth]

Question 26

amnesty

Answer 26

official pardon granted to offenders against govt, esp for political offenses
[G, a, not + mnasthai, remember]

Question 27

anachronism

Answer 27

misplacing of object/event in a period to which it can’t belong; anything out of its proper time frame
[G, ana, backwards + chronos, time]

Question 28

anarchy

Answer 28

absence of govt authority; general political/social disorder

[G, an, w/out + archos, ruler]

Question 29

anathema

Answer 29

curse/strong denunciation; person/thing that is cursed; any object of intense dislike
[G, anathema, a votive offering]

Question 30

anecdote

Answer 30

brief account of interesting/amusing incident, esp one w/ biographical/historical details
[G, an, not + ek, out + dotos, given]