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English 2 Vocabulary Test #1

Here are a list of words and roots to identify for your first vocabulary list. Words in all caps are roots.


AB
NATborn
naiveinnocent; gullible
naturalizegive citizenship to one foreign born
innateinborn (born with it)
FACTmake
factiousargumentative
facileeasy
facsimileexact copy
ABaway from
abdicateto give up; renounce
aberrationabnormalility
abjureto renounce (under oath)
abscondto depart secretely and hide
ENCEstate of
complacencysmugness; self-satifcation
belligerencefighting spirit
opulenceweath
TENhold
tenaciousstubborn; holding fast
tenableabout to be defended
retentiveretaining knowledge easily
CLUDEshut
precludeto hinder; make impossible
occlusionshutting up of an opening
reclusiveshut away; hermit-like
exclusionshutting out (to exclude)