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Java Games: Flashcards, matching, concentration, and word search. |
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| a, ab | from, not |
| ad; ac, ag, al, at | to, toward |
| ante | before |
| bi | two, halves |
| circum; circ | around, round |
| com; col, con, cor | together, with |
| con | opposite, away from |
| contra, counter | against, opposed to |
| de | from, down |
| dis; di, dif | apart, from, not |
| e, ex; ec, ef | out, from |
| extra | beyond, outside |
| il, im, in, ir | in, into, or not |
| inter | between |
| intra | within |
| mill | thousand |
| non | not |
| ob, op; oc, | in front of, |
| per | through, by |
| post | after |
| pre | before |
| pro | in favore of, forward |
| re | back, again |
| se | apart |
| semi | half |
| sub; suc, suf, sug, sum | under, before |
| super, sur | above, over |
| trans | trans across, beyond |
| tri | three |
| ultra | ultra beyond |
| un, unus, una, unum, o | one |
| vice | in place of , acting for |
| dys | bad, poor |
| equi | equal |
| mal, male | bad, wrong, poor |
| mono | single, one |
| neo | new |
| poly | many |
| retro | backward |
| tele | far |
| mutable | changeable |
| culpable | blameworthy |
| interminable | unending |
| amiable | friendly |
| vacuous | empty of meaning or interest |
| vital | necessary to life |
| primeval | of the first age |
| tenacious | holding firmly |
| tangible | able to be touched |
| inoperable | not working, out of order |
| risible | laughable |
| indissoluble | stable, not able to be loosened or broken up |
| infinity | endlessness |
| duplicity | double-dealing |
| levity | lightness |
| brevity | shortness |
| ejection | a throwing out or from |
| edict | official decree; literally, a speaking out |
| infraction | a breaking |
| genocide | killing of a race |
| agenda | list of things to be done |
| annuity | sum paid yearly |
| microcosm | world in miniature |
| doctrine | body of teaching |
| anti | against |
| auto | self |
| chron | time |
| dec | ten |
| dem | people |
| eu | well, good |
| ge | earth |
| graph | write, draw |
| log, logy | speech, reason |
| metr, meter | measure |
| ology | to discuss formally |
| pan | all |
| peri | around |
| phil | loving |
| poly | many |
| tele | distant, away |
| one | unus, una, unum |
| two | duo |
| three | tres, tertius |
| four | quattuor, quat |
| five | quinque, quintus |
| six | sex, sextus |
| seven | septem |
| eight | octo, octavus |
| nine | novem |
| ten | decem |
| twenty | viginti |
| hundred | centum |
| body | corpus |
| head | caput |
| arm | bracchium, armare |
| leg | crus |
| foot | pes |
| hand | manus |
| eye | oculus |
| mouth | bucca |
| skin | cutis, pellis |
| tooth | dens |
| ear | auricilla, auris, spicus |
| hair | capillus, capillago |
| blood | sanguis |
| recede | go away |
| abdicate | forswear, give up a power |
| homogenize | make the same throughout |
| illuminate | throw light on |
| supervise | oversee |
| verbalize | put into words |
| liberalize | make freer |
| legislate | make laws |
| intervene | come between |
| hetero | various, unlike |
| aver | state as the truth |
| protract | draw out |
| abduction | a leading away, kidnapping |
| fortitude | strength |
| consequence | that which follows as a result |
| confluence | a flowing together |
| compression | a pressing together |
| locus | place |
| status | standing, position |
| disunity | lack of oneness |
| veracity | truthfulness |
| revival | a coming back to life |
| advent | arrival, a coming to |
| adjunct | something added to |
| nascent | being born |
| centennial | hundred-year anniversary |
| prospective | looking forward |
| circumspect | careful, looking in all directions |
| multinational | having interests in many countries |
| clamorous | shouting |
| antebellum | before the war |
| contrary | going against |
| impassioned | full of strong feeling |
| credulous | beliving easily |
| obdurate | hard, unyeilding |
| nominal | in name only |
| voracity | insatiability, greed |
| requisition | demand, claim |
| ceaselessly | constantly, regularly |
| mutter | murmur, complain |
| cunning | skillful, ingenious |
| queue | line, hairstyle |
| derive | conclude, obtain |
| palatia | luxurious |
| billet | quarters, |
| confound | confuse |
| ostracize | banish, |
| renunciation | denial |
| barrack | reside |
| infuriate | anger |
| latrine | outhouse |
| attribute | characteristic |
| grievous | lamentable, sorrowful |
| esprit | spirit, morale |
| protrude | project, come through |
| patronizing | condescending, overbearing |
| reminiscence | memory |
| disgruntle | fail, dissatisfy |
| canteen | narrow mouth jar |
| tommy | hoyden |
| retaliate | requite, avenge |
| aspirant | competitor |
| acrid | bitter |
| indigent | destitute, poor |
| taper | become narrower |
| lorry | motor vehicle, automobile |
| satchel | container |
| monotonous | dull, boring |
| tedious | tiresome, exhausting |
| scrounge | search for food, hunt |
| buxom | bosomy, shapely |
| moors | grassland |
| ventilate | air, oxygenate |
| glower | stare angrily, |
| gnaw | eat away |
| parapet | wall, barrier |
| Profuse | lavish, extravagant |
| Salubrious | promoting health |
| Discursive | skipping from one idea to another |
| Obdurate | stubborn, hard-headed |
| Viscous | syrupy, sticky |
| Salacious | lewd, erotic |
| Abject | wretched, without resources |
| Erratic | wandering, irregular in movement or quality |
| Ostentatious | offensively showy |
| Impromptu | without notes or preparation |
| Laconic | terse, to the point of being rude |
| Turpitude | wickedness |
| Pundit | wise person |
| Tenebrous | obscure, dark, gloomy |
| Osculate | to kiss |
| Capricious | impulsive, changeable |
| Dissonant | jarring, unharmonious |
| Spurious | not genuine or authentic |
| Erudite | learned, scholarly |
| Surreptitious | sneaky, secretive |
| Assiduous | hardworking, diligent |
| Sagacious | wise |
| Frenetic | frenzied |
| Inept | incapable, clumsy |
| Exigent | urgent |
| Diligent | hard working |
| Cacophony | an inharmonious jumble of sounds |
| Subjugate | subdue, enslave |
| Truculent | aggressively hostile |
| Abstemious | very moderate in eating and drinking |
| Vilify | to defame, to say nasty things about someone |
| Scrupulous | strictly careful |
| Auspicious | promising |
| Cryptic | puzzling |
| Innate | inborn, inherent |
| Extraneous | irrelevant |
| Relegate | to send away |
| Vacillate | to change one\'s mind again and again |
| Condone | to permit, to overlook |
| Arduous | difficult |
| Ascetic | hermitlike, spare |
| Diffident | timid, lacking in self-confidence |
| Gregarious | sociable, fun to be around |
| Facile | easy, fluent, skilled but superficially so |
| Ebullient | bubbly with excitement, giddy |
| Surrogate | substitute |
| Vitiate | to make impure, pollute |
| Zealous | fervently devote |
| Purported | reported, rumored |
| Mercurial | unpredictable |
| Belligerent | combative, quarrelsome |
| Minuscule | very tiny |
| Abstruse | hard to understand |
| Morose | sad, excessively sad |
| Dulcet | sweet sounding |
| Dormant | inactive, apparently asleep, asleep |
| Clandestine | secret, sneaky |
| Nefarious | wicked, evil |
| Nuance | shade of meaning |
| Eminent | well known and respected |
| Abate | to subside |
| Immutable | unchangeable |
| Epigram | a witty saying |
| Impeccable | without fault, blameless |
| Chicanery | deceitfulness, trickery |
| Audacity | boldness, recklessness |
| Ameliorate | to make better or easier to take |
| Mollify | to soothe, to pacify |
| Pacify | to make peaceful |
| Innocuous | harmless |
| Lethargy | unwillingness or inability to move or act |
| Virtuoso | an expert in artistic matters, one highly skilled |
| Insipid | stupidly silly |
| Garrulous | talkative, chatty |
| Transitory | not lasting long |
| Flip | overly casual, disrespectful |
| Alacrity | speediness |
| Ligneous | wooden |
| Mellifluous | smooth |
| Glutton | one who eats or drinks to excess |
| aster, astr | star astronomy |
| audi | to hear audible |
| bene | good |
| bio | life biology |
| dic, dict | to speak dictionary |
| fer | to carry transfer |
| geo | earth |
| jur, just | law jury |
| manu | hand |
| ped | child |
| phys | body |
| scrib, script | to write scribble |
| ter, terr | earth territory |
| vac | empty |
| vid, vis | to see |
| Ephemeral | something that does not last very long |
| Unruly | disorderly, not easily controlled |
| Flout | to show disrespect to something, often by ignoring |
| Instigate | to start something |
| Emulate | copy, imitate |
| Exhort | to urge strongly |
| Fluent | able to speak or read easily, quickly |
| Indigenous | native to |
| Dilettante | one who dabbles, an amateur |
| Supernumerary | in excess of the normal number, an extra |
| Chimera | an illusion |
| Catalyst | chemical reactor, enzyme |
| Credible | believable |
| Dogmatic | unchangeable, inevitable |
| Lucid | clear |
| Cursory | overly casual, superficial |
| Discreet | prudent, able to keep things secret, careful |
| Mortifying | humiliating, embarrassing |
| Benign | kind, not harmful |
| Pejorative | disparaging, negative, unkind |
| Pensive | thoughtful |
| Blithe | carefree |
| Patrician | Patrician: high class, aristocratic, elegant |
| Philistine | without good taste |
| Hedonist | pleasure-seeking,Sybarite |
| Martyr | one who gives up his life or seems to for a cause, sufferer |
| Exonerate | to free from blame, absolve |
| Augment | to add to, to increase |
| Superfluous | irrelevant, redundant, unnecessary |
| Largess | generosity, gifts that one gives, donation |
| Milieu | environment, place |
| Epithet | a contemptuous word or phrase, heading |
| Accolade | honor, applause |
| Esoteric | hard to understand, understood by chosen few |
| Vicarious | lived through the experiences of someone else, substituted |
| Austere | harsh, severe |
| Serendipitous | accidental, by good fortune, contradictory |
| Extol | to praise highly, commend, applaud |
| Putative | supposed, reputed, rumored, so-called |
| Culminate | to come to a climax, top |
| Fulminate | to protest loudly and bitterly |
| Foment | to stir up, evoke |
| Alleviate | ease, abate, |
| Stoic | impassive, indifferent, apathetic |
| Specious | plausible, misleading, presumable |
| Onerous | heavy, burdensome, demanding |
| Officious | forward, self-important, forceful |
| Opulent | rich, ample , affluent |
| Obtuse | stupid, Obtuse: stupid, imperceptive |
| Candid | forthright, open, frank, sincere |
| Affable | friendly, amiable, courteous |
| Malleable | pliant, tractable, manageable |
| Adverse | unfavorable |
| Tangible | touchable |
| Hermetic | tight |
| Succinct | concise, to the point, brief |
| Enigma | puzzle, problem, question |
| Antipathy | firm dislike, aversion, hostility |
| Resolute | determined, unwavering, unflinching |
| Redoubtable | formidable, scary, awesome |
| Virulent | poisonous, malignant |
| Ostensible | apparent , seeming |
| Sinuous | wave-like, snaky, twisted, crooked |
| Obfuscate | to darken, to make something confusing |
| Exacerbate | to make something worse, provoke |
| analogies | comparison, similarity |
| Idioms | natural way of using a language, fixed expression with nonliteral meaning |
| Synonyms | word meaning same as another,alternative name |
| Antonyms | word with opposite meaning |
| metaphors | implicit comparison,figurative language |
| prose | language that is not poetry, ordinary style of expression |
| anglo-Saxon | from Old English, |
| Synonyms:answer | solution |
| Synonyms:destroy | ruin |
| Synonyms:silly | funny |
| Synonyms:gaze | stare |
| Synonyms:tear | rip |
| Synonyms:hide | disguise |
| Synonyms:pull | tow |
| Synonyms:sleep | snooze |
| Synonyms:frighten | startle |
| contrast | show differences |
| define | give the meaning |
| describe | give a detailed account - make a picture with words |
| discuss | consider and debate or argue the pros and cons of an issue |
| enumerate | list several ideas, aspects, events, things, qualities, reasons, etc |
| evaluate | give your opinion or cite the opinion of an expert |
| explain | make an idea clear - give reasons for an event |
| interpret | explain the meaning |
| outline | describe main ideas, characteristics, or events |
| prove | support with facts |
| state | explain precisely |
| trace | show the order of events or progress of a subject or event |
| permeate | to pass into and penetrate throughout |
| prevaricator | one who evades the truth; a liar |
| gregarious | living in groups; sociable |
| diurnal | of the daytime; daily |
| abberation | deviating from the right path |
| abstract (n.) | a summary |
| acquiesce | to give consent by keeping silent |
| aggrandizement | growth in power |
| assuage | to calm or soothe, to satisfy |
| atrophy | to waste away |
| cache | a hiding place, the thing hidden there |
| capitulate | to surrender |
| Idioms:I'm all tied up right now. | I'm busy with other things. |
| Idioms:Take what she says with a grain of salt. | Don't pay attention to what she says |
| Idioms:bending over backwards for you | trying hard to see your point of view |
| Idioms:butterflies in my stomach | nervous |
| Idioms:all thumbs | clumsy |
| Idioms:turning over a new leaf | change the way I do things to a better way |
| Idioms:keep your nose clean | stay out of trouble |
| Idioms:it's on the tip of my tongue | I know the word but I can't think of it |
| Idioms:dirt cheap | inexpensive |
| Idioms:in hot water | in a lot of trouble |
| Idioms:stretching the truth | changing the story to fit your needs |
| Idioms:Watch your mouth. | Don't say anything disrespectful |
| Idioms:I'm all ears. | I'm listening. |
| conclude | to bring to an end;close; complete |
| exclude | keep out; rule out; to prevent from entering |
| include | involve; have; contain |
| precision | correctness;accuracy;exactness |
| incision | a cut;a slit; surgical opening |
| decision | the act of making up one's mind;a judgement;conclusion |
| regression | movement backwards |
| progression | movement forward; advancement |
| contain | to have within; hold; to include or consist |
| detain | to keep from going on |
| resist | fight, oppose, |
| insist | to be firm in a demand |
| inflict | to cause something unpleasant |
| conflict | a disagreement between groups |
| bolster | to strengthen |
| breach | to breack or violate |
| biased | one-sided |
| resolute | determined |
| profound | having depth or insight |
| proponent | an advocate |
| nomadic | wandering from place to place |
| skeptic | a non-believer |
| garish | excessivly decorated |
| glean | to collect or gather |
| bonafide | real;genuine;authentic |
| appease | to satisfy |
| conviction | a strong belief |
| Antonyms:rough | smooth |
| Antonyms:even | odd |
| Antonyms:kind | mean |
| Antonyms:forget | remember |
| Antonyms:smart | stupid |
| homonym | word with same spelling or sound |
| articulate | able to express thoughts, ideas, and feelings coherently |
| anecdote | A short account of an interesting or humorous incident., Inflected forms |
| noun | word that names a person, place, thing, idea, or characteristic |
| pronoun | takes the place of one or more nouns |
| adjective | modifies nouns or pronouns |
| adverb | modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb |
| verb | tells what the subject is, has, does, or feels |
| preposition | shows the relationship between a noun or pronoun and another word in a sentence |
| conjunction | used to connect other words or groups of words |
| allegory | story where characters, places, and other items are symbols and the emphasis of the story is a moral truth |
| allusion | allusion reference in a literary work to the Bible, myhology, history, or other literature |
| apostrophe | addressing an inanimate object as if it were alive |
| autobiography | written account of one's own life |
| ballad | short, narrative folk song which tells a single event in an objective manner |
| ballad | stanza a four line stanza where |
| biography | written account of a person's life |
| climax | the point of greatest interest |
| comparison | figurative language including metaphors, similes, and personifications |
| dialect | regional language |
| fable | brief moral tale where characters are usually animals |
| imagery | words which appeal to the senses |
| irony | saying one thing and meanin something else |
| limerick | a humorous five line poem |
| metaphor | implied comparison in which one thing is described in terms of another |
| paraphrase | retelling in one's own words |
| personification | human qualities given to inanimate objects ro animals |
| plot | arrangement of events in a story or play |
| pun | a play on words |
| realism | use of details to present a truthful interpretation of life |
| refrain | repetition of a line or phrase in poetry or music |
| rhyme | the repetition of sounds |
| rhymed couplet | two rhyming lines which express a complete thought |
| rhythm | the regular recurrence of sounds |
| romanticism | adventruous, excitiong, or unusual presentation of life |
| stanza | unit of repeated lines |
| theme | the main idea of a story or poem |
| Sentence | Expresses a complete thought |
| Declaritive sentence | Makes a statement that ends with a period |
| Interrogative sentence | Asks a question and ends with a question mark |
| Fragment | A group of words that does not express a complete thought |
| Possessive noun | Shows ownership |
| present participle | that part of the verb that always ends in "-ing". |
| past participle | It can do the work of a verb or an adjective and often (but not always) ends in "-ed". |
| fiction | product of writer's imagination, made up of characters, plot, setting, POV, and theme |
| anecdote | brief recounting or a relevant episode |
| antagonist | important opponent of the main character or hero |
| metaphor | comparison of two things, often unrelated |
| moral | lesson learned from a story |
| syntax | in grammar, the arrangement of words as elements in a sentence to show their relationship |
| antecedent | word or phrase referred to by a pronoun |
| thesis | the main idea of an essay |
| subordinate clause | contains a subject and a verb but cannot stand alone as a complete sentence |
| skulk | to hide or conceal something |
| recede | to move back or away |
| wrangle | an angry, noisy, or prolonged dispute or quarrel |
| haggle | bargain; wrangle |
| Synonyms:peculiar | odd |
| Synonyms:divulge | disclose |
| Synonyms:merit | worth |
| Synonyms:blank | empty |
| Synonyms:grief | sorrow |
| Synonyms:petty | trivial |
| Synonyms:disappear | vanish |
| Synonyms:meek | mild |
| Synonyms:tranquil | peaceful |
| Synonyms:brave | fearless |
| Synonyms:detach | separate |
| Synonyms:marvelous | wonderful |
| Synonyms:timid | shy |
| Synonyms:promise | pledge |
| Synonyms:verdict | judgement |
| Synonyms:gleam | shine |
| Synonyms:dubious | doubtful |
| Synonyms:abrupt | sudden |
| Synonyms:nimble | spry |
| Synonyms:enormous | gigantic |
| adagio | slowly |
| allegro | fast |
| andante | walking speed |
| cantabile | in a singing style |
| crescendo | gradually get louder |
| decrescendo | gradually get softer |
| legato | smooth and connected |
| marcato | heavily accented, march-like |
| presto | quickly |
| staccato | short, detached |
| subito | suddenly |
| vibrato | shaking and wavering of tone |
| Vitamin A | Carrots |
| Vitamin C | Orange juice |
| protein | in meats |
| carbohydrates | sugars and starches |
| simple sugars | found in fresh fruit |
| Pathogen | An organism that causes illness/disease when it grows in the body. |
| homozygous | two of the same allele |
| heterozygous | two different alleles |
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