Vocabulary 1-3

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apocalyptic

suffix: -ic

Back

connotation: negative

ultimate doom; destruction

Front

circuitous

root: circ

suffix: -ous

Back

taking an indirect route; going around but in an indirect manner: "beating around the bush" (idiom)

synonyms: rambling, labrynth, meandering

antonyms: straightforward, honest

Front

condense (verb)

prefix: con-

root: densus

Back

to make compact; to shorten (in terms of writing or speech)

Front

conscience

prefix: con-

root: scienta

often used: "guilty conscience"

Back

connotation: neutral

the sense of what is right and wrong; the motivation that comes from moral & ethical principles

synonym: scruples

Front

deter

prefix: de-

root: terrere

Back

to discourage from action (through an element of persuasion - usually fear)

Front

dictate (verb)

root: deik

Back

to give orders; to mandate; to command

Front

disingenuous

prefix: dis-

root: gen

suffix: -ous

Back

not honest or straightforward

Front

dispel

prefix: dis-

root: pellere

Back

connotation: neutral

to cause to vanish (as in myths & rumors)

to drive off in various directions

Front

gape

Back

to look at with an expression of amazement

Front

hazardous

root: hasard

suffix: -ous

Back

causing danger, risky