Vocabulary Test 8 Flashcards
Zoo
A park filled with animals or collection of animals
Zoon
Animal-Greek
Zoology
Study of animals (logos-study)
Protozoon
Earliest form of one celled animal life on earth (protos-first)
Verto/versum
Turn-Latin
Reverse
Turn back around (re-back, again)
Advertise
Turn people toward a product (ad- )
Universe
Stars all turning as one or the cosmos (unus-one)
Controversial
Two sides turned against each other (contra-against)
Conversation
Taking turns in talking together (con- )
Diversity
Turning to separate ways; unlikeliness
Scibo/scriptum
Write-Latin
Scriptures
Sacred writings
Inscription
Writing in a book or monument (in-)
Prescription
Something written ahead (pre- )
Scribe
One who knows how to write
Script
Writing
Dico/dictum
Speak, say-Latin
Dictate
Speak, command
Diction
The way one speaks
Dictator
One who is in absolute authority
Predict
To say beforehand what will happen (pre- )
Benediction
Well-spoken words; a blessing (bene-well)
Contradict
Speak against; to say the opposite (contra-against)
Verdict
A statement revealing guilt or innocence (verus-true, real)
What Bible passage is often used as a benediction?
Numbers 6:24-26
Bulwark
A defensive wall; something serving as a principle defense
Cache
A hiding place
the objects hidden in the hiding place
Cacophany
Harsh sounds
Cajole
To wheedle, coax, or persuade someone to do something they didn’t want to
Callous
Unfeeling, insensitive
Callow
Immature and inexperienced
Candor
Truthfulness, sincere honesty
Capacious
Roomy, able to hold much
Castigate
To criticize harshly, usually with the intension of correcting wrongdoing
Catapult
To launch; a device for hurling objects, a slingshot
