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Roots 1-5
Roots and Descendents
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10th Grade
02/03/2011

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accredit
Definition
to authorize or certify
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credence
Definition
belief; acceptance as true
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creditable
Definition
deserving praise
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credulous
Definition
believing too easily; gullible
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creed
Definition
a statement of belief or principle
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deify
Definition
to make a god of
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deity
Definition
a god or goddess
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divine
Definition
to fortell by supernatural means;
to know by intuition or insight
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divinity
Definition
a god or goddess;
state of being divine;
the study of Christian theology
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apotheosis
Definition
making a god of something;
a glorified ideal, an essence
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theocracy
Definition
government by divine power or priests
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theology
Definition
the study of religion
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atheist
Definition
a person who believes there is no god
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pantheism
Definition
identifying god with nature;
belief in all gods
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pantheon
Definition
all the gods of a people or religion
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consecrate
Definition
to make or declare something sacred;
to dedicate somthing to a goal
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execrate
Definition
to denounce as vile or evil; to curse; to detest
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sacrament
Definition
something considered to have sacred significance
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sacrilege
Definition
disrespect to something regarded as sacred
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sacrosanct
Definition
sacred (often used ironically)
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sanctimonious
Definition
pretending to be righteous
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sanction
Definition
approval, support, permission;
a penalty for breaking with law (usually plural)
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sanctity
Definition
godliness; holiness
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sanctuary
Definition
a sacred place; any place of refuge
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hierarchy
Definition
a group organized by rank
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hieroglyphic
Definition
written with pictures;
hard to read
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expiate
Definition
to make amends for
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piety
Definition
religious devotion; great respect toward something
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impious
Definition
sacrilegious; profane
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pittance
Definition
a meager portion of anything
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dogma
Definition
a system of doctrines
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dogmatic
Definition
pertaining to dogma;
expressed in an authoritative or arrogant manner
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heterodox
Definition
not in agreement with accepted beliefs
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agnostic
Definition
a person who believes nothing can be known about the existence of god
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physiognomy
Definition
the art of judging human character by facial features
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prognosis
Definition
a prediction of the outcome of a disease
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criterion
Definition
a standard, rule, or test on which a decision or judgement can be made
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hypocrisy
Definition
pretending to have feelings that one does not have
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amnesty
Definition
a general pardon for offenders
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mnemonic
Definition
relating to or assisting the memory
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frenetic
Definition
frantic; frenzied
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schizoprenia
Definition
mental disorder in which a person becomes unable to act or reason in a rational way;
conflicting feelings
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arraign
Definition
to call to court to answer charges;
to accuse
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rationale
Definition
the reasons underlying something
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rationalize
Definition
to provide a rational basis for something often by false or self-serving reasoning
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sapient
Definition
wise; insightful (ironically)
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sage
Definition
person honored for wisdom and experience;
wise, judicious
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cognition
Definition
the act of perceiving or knowing
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cognizant
Definition
aware; having knowledge of something
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connoisseur
Definition
an expert or very discriminating person, especially in matters of art and taste
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notorious
Definition
widely and unfavorably known
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compute
Definition
to determine by mathematics
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impute
Definition
to attribute or ascribe a quality, especially a fault, to a person
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repute
Definition
to assign a reputation
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putative
Definition
supposed; reputed
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presage
Definition
a sign or feeling concerning a future event;
to give a sign or warning about the future
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sagacious
Definition
shrewd; having good judgement
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conscientious
Definition
guided by one's sense of right and wrong;
thorough; with careful attention
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plebiscite
Definition
a direct vote of all the people of a country or district on an important matter
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prescience
Definition
knowledge of events before they occur
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alliteration
Definition
the occurrence of the same consonant initial sound in several words in succession
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literal
Definition
explicit meaning;
word for word;
concerned mainly with facts
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literate
Definition
able to read and write;
knowledgeable
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obliterate
Definition
to do away with completely
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ascribe
Definition
to attribute to a particular cause
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circumscribe
Definition
to draw a line around; to encircle;
to confine; to limit
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conscription
Definition
a military draft
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proscribe
Definition
to denounce or condemn;
to prohibit; to forbid
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subscribe
Definition
to pledge to pay for something or to contribute to something;
to express consent or agreement
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transcribe
Definition
to make a copy of;
to make a sound recording;
to arrange music for a different instrument
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acronym
Definition
a word composed of the first letters or parts of a name or series of words
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onomatopoeia
Definition
a word that sounds like the thing it names
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pseudonym
Definition
a fictitious name
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ignominious
Definition
shameful; disgraceful
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nomenclature
Definition
a system of naming
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