Unit 3 Definitions
This word means "the end of existence; a downfall; a death"?
What is demise?
This word means "standing out as sharply bad or wrong."
What is egregious?
The word "bucolic" could be considered a synonym to several other unit 4 words. Name one.
What is agrarian OR rustic OR pastoral?
This root gives us words like "mission" and "commit".
What is MIS/MIT?
Fill in the blank:
I love websites like Rotten Tomatoes that take the _____________ score of all the available movie reviews and put it in one place for me to find.
What is aggregate?
This word means "standing for another thing".
What is emblematic?
This word means "having to do with the country," but it comes from the root that means "to feed herds of animals."
What is pastoral?
What is gregarious?
This root gives us words like "vehicle" and "convey."
What is VEH?
Fill in the blank:
When the bishop died, a special ______________ convened to choose his replacement.
What is synod?
This word means "happening in segments or parts".
What is episodic?
This word means "simple and pleasant".
What is idyllic?
Synonyms for this word include banquet, potluck, or feast.
What is a repast?
This Greek root gives us words like "method" and "odometer."
What is OD?
Fill in the blank:
Based on the evidence, the lawyer was able to _______________ that his client was not, in fact, innocent.
What is surmise?
This word means "strongly emotional or passionate".
What is vehement?
This word means "a journey".
What is peregrination?
Antonyms for this word include to compliment, to laud, or to flatter
What is to inveigh?
This root gives us words like "pilgrim" and "agriculture."
What is AGRI?
Fill in the blank:
The bride and groom were decidedly ____________ that their wedding take place on a beach.
What is vehement?
This word means "to make less; to pardon."
What is remit?
This word means "gathered into a whole".
What is aggregate?
Antonyms for this word include understatement, simplification, and lessening.
What is hyperbole?
This Greek root gives us words like "identity" and "eidetic."
What is ID?
Fill in the blank:
I don't think I could ever adopt the ______________ lifestyle of a farmer--give me the hustle and the bustle of the city life!
What is agrarian?
OR
What is bucolic?