Lesson 21 Flashcards
(18 cards)
August
Marked by grandeur and awe.
Ancillary
Providing assistance.
Semblance
An outward likeness in form or appearance.
Autodidact
A self-taught person with accomplishments in law, politics, and literature.
Asinine
Exhibiting poor judgement or intelligence.
Albeit
Although.
Conduit
A means by which something is transmitted.
Philatelist
One who collects stamps.
Indefatigable
Tireless; incapable of being fatigued.
Martyr
One who suffers or sacrifices for a cause.
Indiscretion
A minor misdeed.
Osmosis
A gradual, often unconscious, process of absorption.
Picayune
Of very little value
Dossier
A file of detailed information on a person or subject.
Behest
A command or urgent request.
Root: cap, capt, cept, & cip
To take or to seize
: Perception, Captive, Capture, Conception, Deception.
Root: grad, gress
Step or to go
: Ingress, transgress, graduate, gradual, aggressive.
Prefix: Inter
Between, among, & in the presence of
: international, interact, interfere, interject, interrupt
