Unit 4 Vocab

Question 1

Animated (adj)

Answer 1

Full of life; lively, vigorous, active, seeming to be alive

Question 2

Magnanimous- adj.

Answer 2

Showing a lofty and courageous spirit; generous and forgiving

Question 3

Animosity- n.

Answer 3

Ill will or resentment

Question 4

Inanimate- adj.

Answer 4

(1) Not alive; lifeless (2) Not lively; dull

Question 5

ANIM

Answer 5

from Latin anima, “breath” or “soul”

Question 6

Figurative- adj.

Answer 6

Saying one thing in terms normally meaning or describing another thing; representing form or figure in art

Question 7

Configuration- n.

Answer 7

An arrangement of parts or elements; shape, design

Question 8

Effigy- n.

Answer 8

An image of a person, especially a crude representation of a hated person

Question 9

Figment- n.

Answer 9

Something made up or imagined

Question 10

FIG

Answer 10

from a Latin verb meaning “to shape or mold” and a noun meaning “a form or shape”

Question 11

Annuity- n.

Answer 11

Money that is payable yearly or on some regular basis, or contract providing for such payment

Question 12

Superannuated- adj.

Answer 12

(1) Outworn, old-fashioned, or out-of-date (2) Forced to retire because of old age or infirmity

Question 13

Millennium- n.

Answer 13

(1) A period of time lasting 1,000 years, or the celebration (2) A period of great happiness and perfection on earth

Question 14

Perennial- adj.

Answer 14

Continuing to grow; enduring or continuing without interruption

Question 15

ANN/ENN

Answer 15

from Latin annus, “year”

Question 16

Coeval- adj.

Answer 16

Having the same age or lasting the same amount of time; contemporary

Question 17

Longevity- n.

Answer 17

A long duration of life; long continuance

Question 18

Medieval- adj.

Answer 18

Extremely out-of-date; Relating to the Middle Ages of European history, from about A.D. 500 to 1500

Question 19

Primeval- adj.

Answer 19

Having to do with the earliest ages; existing from the beginning

Question 20

EV

Answer 20

from the Latin aevum, “age” or “lifetime”

Question 21

Corporeal- adj.

Answer 21

Having or relating to a physical body; substantial

Question 22

Corpulent- adj.

Answer 22

Having a large, bulky body; obese

Question 23

Corporal- adj.

Answer 23

Relating to or affecting the body

Question 24

Incorporate- v.

Answer 24

(1) To blend or combine into something already existing to form one whole (2) To form into a corporation

Question 25

CORP

Answer 25

from corpus, the Latin for "body"

Question 26

Tact- n.

Answer 26

The ability to deal with others without offending them

Question 27

Tactile- adj.

Answer 27

Able to be perceived by touching; relating to the sense of touch

Question 28

Tangential- adj.

Answer 28

Touching lightly; incidental

Question 29

Tangible- adj.

Answer 29

Able to be perceived, especially by touch; physical, substantial

Question 30

TANG/TACT

Answer 30

from the Latin tangere, "to touch" and tactus, "sense of touch"

Question 31

Codex- n.

Answer 31

A book in handwritten form, especially a book of Scripture, classics, or ancient texts

Question 32

Codicil- n.

Answer 32

An amendment or addition to a will; an appendix or supplement

Question 33

Codify- v.

Answer 33

To arrange according to a system; classify

Question 34

Decode- v.

Answer 34

To find the underlying meaning of; decipher

Question 35

CODI/CODE

Answer 35

from the Latin codex, "trunk of a tree" or "document written on wooden tablets"

Question 36

Signify- v.

Answer 36

To be a sign of something; to mean something

Question 37

Insignia- n.

Answer 37

A badge of authority or honor; a distinguishing sign or mark

Question 38

Signatory- n.

Answer 38

A person or government that signs an agreement with others; especially a government that agrees with others to abide by a signed agreement

Question 39

Signet- n.

Answer 39

A seal used instead of a signature to give personal or official authority to a document

Question 40

SIGN

Answer 40

from the Latin signum, "mark or sign"

Question 41

Quadrant- n.

Answer 41

Any of the four quarters into which something is divided by two lines of intersecting right angles

Question 42

Quadrille- n.

Answer 42

A square dance popular in the 18th and 19th century, made up of five or six patterns for four couples

Question 43

Quadriplegic- n.

Answer 43

Paralyzed in both arms and both legs

Question 44

Quartile- adj.

Answer 44

One of four equal groups each containing a quarter of a statistical population

Question 45

QUADR/QUART

Answer 45

from the Latin words meaning "four" and "fourth"

Question 46

Tetracycline- n.

Answer 46

A yellow broad-spectrum antibiotic

Question 47

Tetrahedron- n.

Answer 47

A solid shape formed by four flat faces

Question 48

Tetralogy- n.

Answer 48

A set of four connected literary, artistic, or musical works

Question 49

Tetrapod- n.

Answer 49

A vertebrate with two pairs of limbs

Question 50

TETR

Answer 50

from the Greek word for "four"