| A | B |
|---|
| germane | relevant, fitting, appropriate |
| germinate | to begin to grow; sprout |
| gregarious | outgoing; sociable |
| egregious | extraordinary in some bad way; glaring; flagrant |
| segregate | to separate |
| congregate | to come together, as if in a herd or flock |
| aggregate | collection of units or particles formed into a body, mass, or amount |
| marine | of or relating to the sea |
| marina | harbor for small boats |
| ultramarine | vivid blue color or pigment |
| maritime | of, relating to, or bordering on the sea |
| mariner | sailor |
| submarine | a ship under the sea |
| primary | first or most basic |
| primogeniture | inheritance to firstborn son |
| primeval | primitive; of the first/earliest ages |
| pyromania | obsession with fire |
| pyrotechnic | fireworks |
| pyrogenic | Producing or produced by fever; Caused by or generating heat; Of or relating to solid rock formed from molten rock; igneous. |
| pyrophobia | fear of fire |
| clamorous | noisy; demanding attention |
| exclaim | to shout |
| declaim | to speak aloud in a formal manner, make a speech |
| plural | more than one |
| nonplussed | perplexed, confused, bewildered |
| tangible | touchable |
| tangent | Making contact at a single point or along a line; touching but not intersecting; A sudden digression or change of course |
| intangible | cannot be perceived by touch |
| stringent | rigorously binding; strict, severe |
| astringent | cosmetic that cleans the skin and constricts the pores ; harshly biting; caustic |
| liberate | to set free |
| libertine | one who considers himself free from moral laws, a pleasure-seeker |
| deliberate | done on purpose, intentional; verb: to consider carefully |
| libertarian | one who values individual liberty over government regulation |
| junction | a joining; where things meet |
| conjunction | a word that joins other words |
| disjunct | separated |
| injunction | the act of enjoining: a command |
| adjunct | a person associated with another as a subordinate, such as a low ranking professor |
| exclude | to close out, keep out of a group |
| include | to keep in a group |
| preclude | to prevent from happening, allow no opportunity for:exclusive, |
| occlude | to block an opening |
| conclude | to end |
| secede | to withdraw, move apart |
| sedition | insurrection, rebellion |
| seduce | to lead astray, lure away |
| select | to choose some out of the group |
| tribute | payment from one nation to a conquering nation; a gift or acknowledgment of gratitude |
| tributary | river flowing into a larger body of water; a nation that pays tribute |
| retribution | punishment that 'repays' wrongdoing |
| contribution | money given toward a greater whole |
| diatribe | A bitter attack or criticism (not from the same Latin root) |
| dignity | nobility or elevation of character; worthiness |
| condign | well-deserved; fitting; adequate |
| dignitary | a person of high rank or influence |
| indignation | strong displeasure at something considered unjust, offensive, insulting, or base; righteous anger |
| lucid | clear, transparent; easily understood |
| translucent | allows light to pass through |
| pellucid | allowing the maximum passage of light |
| elucidate | to shed light on, explain/clarify |
| erupt | to burst forth |
| disrupt | to cause disorder; break apart |
| rupture | breakage |
| corrupt | to alter for the worse |
| abrupt | sudden, unexpected; changing suddenly or lacking continuity |
| gratitude | thankfulness (showing pleasure) |
| ingrate | one who is unthankful |
| gratuitous | without charge; or, without apparent cause or reason |
| ingratiate | to establish oneself in the good graces or favor of another |
| median | middle of the road or a group of numbers in statistics |
| mediate | to go between parties in conflict |
| mediocre | of middling quality |
| mediterranean | the sea in the middle of the earth (between Europe/Asia/Africa) |
| sophomore | wise fool - a person or group in the second year of any endeavor |
| sophisticated | worldly-wise; experienced |
| sophist | ancient Greek professional teacher of philosophy: thus, one who uses fallacious but plausible reasoning to seem wise |
| philosophy | love of wisdom, study of questions about human existence |
| current | of the time running right now, contemporary; or, the flow of water in a river |
| recurrent | happening repeateadly |
| currency | money in circulation |
| incur | to come into or acquire (some consequence, usually undesirable or injurious) |
| temporal | related to time |
| contemporary | of the same time (or present time) |
| temporize | to gain time by being evasive |
| migrate | to go from one place or country to another |
| transmigration | the passage of a soul after death into another body |
| migrant | a wanderer, a person on the move |
| emigrant | one who leaves his country |
| immigrant | one who comes into a new country |
| transfer | to take from one place to another |
| translate | to take from one language to another |
| transmit | to send to another place |
| translucent | letting light pass through |
| monogamy | married/faithful to one person |
| polygamy | married to multiple spouses |
| bigamy | illegally marrying a second spouse while still married to a first spouse |
| exogamy | marriage outside one’s culture |
