per (through) percolate, peregrinate, perspicacity per means through. to percolate is to bubble...
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per (through) percolate, peregrinate, perspicacity
PER means through.
To percolate is to bubble through; to peregrinate is to wander through; and perspicacity is brilliant insight, the ability to see through!
Spanish…perspicaz
anim (mind) animal, animadversion, magnanimous
ANIM means mind.
Animals have minds in a way that plants do not; an animadversion is criticism or blame; and magnanimous means being generous: great-minded!
Spanish…magnánimo
tort (twist) torturous, tortuous, retort
TORT means twist.
Twisting is what torture is named for; a tortuous mountain road is twisting and winding; and a retort is a snappy reply that you twist back at someone!
Spanish…retorta
voc (voice) vocal, invocation, vociferous
VOC means voice.
Vocals are by the voice; an invocation is a call for divine presence; and a loud person is vociferous—full of voice!
Spanish…vociferante
SANCT (HOLY) sacrosanct, sanctimonious, sanction
SANCT means holy.
A sacrosanct object is very holy; a sanctimonious attitude is when someone acts holier than thou; and a sanction is an approval blessing something!
Spanish…sanción
Advanced Word: Vociferous
The adjective vociferous (vo-SIFF-er-uss) contains the stem voc, voice, and ous, full of. From the Latin vociferari. Vociferous refers to shouting that is so loud it is deafening. A clamor can be vociferous, but in a clamor, people tend to be insisting on something, whereas in being vociferous, they may not be. In Stephen Crane’s The Red Badge of Courage, we read that “Loud and vociferous congratulations were showered upon the maiden.”
Caesar’s English II Lesson XVIIStemmeaning Examples
per through percolate, perforated
anim mind animal, magnanimous
tort twist torture, distort, retort
sanct holy sanctuary, sanction
voc voice vocal, vocabulary
WINNER : MAGNANIMOUS ::
a. tortuous : road
b. relic : sacrosanct
c. conversation : retort
d. scholar : perspicacious
WINNER : MAGNANIMOUS ::
a. tortuous : road
b. relic : sacrosanct
c. conversation : retort
d. scholar : perspicacious
SANCTIMONIOUS : HUMILITY ::
a. magnanimous : generous
b. vocal : vociferous
c. vociferous : taciturnity
d. torturous : painful
SANCTIMONIOUS : HUMILITY ::
a. magnanimous : generous
b. vocal : vociferous
c. vociferous : taciturnity
d. torturous : painful
Find the best opposite.
PERSPICACITY
a. anachronism
b. magnanimity
c. vociferous
d. obtuseness
Find the best opposite.
PERSPICACITY
a. anachronism
b. magnanimity
c. vociferous
d. obtuseness
TORTUOUS
a. animal
b. simple
c. automatic
d. torturous
TORTUOUS
a. animal
b. simple
c. automatic
d. torturous
By exculpating the leader, Caesar showed his ___________ .
a. retort
b. animadversion
c. invocation
d. magnanimity
By exculpating the leader, Caesar showed his ___________ .
a. retort
b. animadversion
c. invocation
d. magnanimity
The _____________ crowd gathered in the street and raised a clamor
a. vociferous
b. magnanimous
c. perspicacious
d. sanctimonious
The _____________ crowd gathered in the street and raised a clamor
a. vociferous
b. magnanimous
c. perspicacious
d. sanctimonious
The fleeing band had to _____________ across half of Europe.
a. vociferate
b. sanction
c. peregrinate
d. percolate
The fleeing band had to _____________ across half of Europe.
a. vociferate
b. sanction
c. peregrinate
d. percolate
The Grammar of Vocabulary: perspicacity, a noun.
They finally understood the perspicacity of the strategy.
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Caesar’s Classic Words Challenge
From Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter
It excited neither surprise nor ______________.
a. retort
b. perspicacity
c. invocation
d. animadversion
Caesar’s Classic Words Challenge
From Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter
It excited neither surprise nor ______________.
a. retort
b. perspicacity
c. invocation
d. animadversion
From Thomas Hardy’s The Return of the Native
He indulged in this imaginary _______ for some considerable interval.
a. invocation
b. peregrination
c. perspicacity
d. retort
From Thomas Hardy’s The Return of the Native
He indulged in this imaginary _______ for some considerable interval.
a. invocation
b. peregrination
c. perspicacity
d. retort
From H.G. Well’s The Invisible Man
He became aware of a tumultuous ____________ .
a. animadversion
b. peregrination
c. invocation
d. vociferation
From H.G. Well’s The Invisible Man
He became aware of a tumultuous ____________ .
a. animadversion
b. peregrination
c. invocation
d. vociferation