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Vocabulary List 5 10/7/22

  • Root: log

  • Meaning: word, speech, reason

    • Eulogy -n-

      • a speech in praise of someone who has died

    • Monologue -n-

      • a speech spoken by one person

    • Neologism -n-

      • a new word or expression

  • Root: eu

  • Meaning: well or good

    • Euphemism -n-

      • the use of an inoffensive word or phrase instead of an offensive one

    • Euphoria -n-

      • a feeling of extreme well-being or great elation of joy

  • Root: curr/curs

  • Meaning: to run

    • Concurrent -adj-

      • happening at the same time

    • Cursory -adj-

      • hastily and carelessly done

    • Discursive -adj-

      • passing quickly from one topic to another

    • Precursor -n-

      • something that goes beforehand and indicates the coming of something else

  • Root: carn

  • Meaning: flesh

    • Carnage -n-

      • great destruction, huge slaughter

    • Carnivorous -adj-

      • meat-eating, flesh-eating

  • Extra Word:

    • Coagulate -v-

      • to thicken, to clot

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Vocabulary List 5 10/7/22

  • Root: log

  • Meaning: word, speech, reason

    • Eulogy -n-

      • a speech in praise of someone who has died

    • Monologue -n-

      • a speech spoken by one person

    • Neologism -n-

      • a new word or expression

  • Root: eu

  • Meaning: well or good

    • Euphemism -n-

      • the use of an inoffensive word or phrase instead of an offensive one

    • Euphoria -n-

      • a feeling of extreme well-being or great elation of joy

  • Root: curr/curs

  • Meaning: to run

    • Concurrent -adj-

      • happening at the same time

    • Cursory -adj-

      • hastily and carelessly done

    • Discursive -adj-

      • passing quickly from one topic to another

    • Precursor -n-

      • something that goes beforehand and indicates the coming of something else

  • Root: carn

  • Meaning: flesh

    • Carnage -n-

      • great destruction, huge slaughter

    • Carnivorous -adj-

      • meat-eating, flesh-eating

  • Extra Word:

    • Coagulate -v-

      • to thicken, to clot