1. per (through) percolate, peregrinate, perspicacity PER means through. To percolate is to bubble through; to peregrinate is to wander through; and perspicacity is brilliant insight, the ability to see through! Spanish…perspicaz

2. anim (mind) animal, animadversion, magnanimous ANIM means mind. Animals have minds in a way that plants do not; an animadversion is criticism or blame; and magnanimous means being generous: great- minded! Spanish…magnánimo

3. tort (twist) torturous, tortuous, retort TORT means twist. Twisting is what torture is named for; a tortuous mountain road is twisting and winding; and a retort is a snappy reply that you twist back at someone! Spanish…retorta

4. voc (voice) vocal, invocation, vociferous VOC means voice. Vocals are by the voice; an invocation is a call for divine presence; and a loud person is vociferous—full of voice! Spanish…vociferante

5. SANCT (HOLY) sacrosanct, sanctimonious, sanction SANCT means holy. A sacrosanct object is very holy; a sanctimonious attitude is when someone acts holier than thou; and a sanction is an approval blessing something! Spanish…sanción

6. Advanced Word: Vociferous The adjective vociferous (vo-SIFF-er-uss) contains the stem voc, voice, and ous, full of. From the Latin vociferari. Vociferous refers to shouting that is so loud it is deafening. A clamor can be vociferous, but in a clamor, people tend to be insisting on something, whereas in being vociferous, they may not be. In Stephen Crane’s The Red Badge of Courage, we read that “Loud and vociferous congratulations were showered upon the maiden.”

7. Caesar’s English II Lesson XVII StemmeaningExamples perthrough percolate, perforated animmind animal, magnanimous torttwist torture, distort, retort sanctholy sanctuary, sanction vocvoice vocal, vocabulary

8. WINNER : MAGNANIMOUS :: a.tortuous : road b.relic : sacrosanct c.conversation : retort d.scholar : perspicacious

9. WINNER : MAGNANIMOUS :: a.tortuous : road b.relic : sacrosanct c.conversation : retort d.scholar : perspicacious

10. SANCTIMONIOUS : HUMILITY :: a.magnanimous : generous b.vocal : vociferous c.vociferous : taciturnity d.torturous : painful

11. SANCTIMONIOUS : HUMILITY :: a.magnanimous : generous b.vocal : vociferous c.vociferous : taciturnity d.torturous : painful

12. Find the best opposite. PERSPICACITY a.anachronism b.magnanimity c.vociferous d.obtuseness

13. Find the best opposite. PERSPICACITY a.anachronism b.magnanimity c.vociferous d.obtuseness

14. TORTUOUS a.animal b.simple c.automatic d.torturous

15. TORTUOUS a.animal b.simple c.automatic d.torturous

16. By exculpating the leader, Caesar showed his ___________. a.retort b.animadversion c.invocation d.magnanimity

17. By exculpating the leader, Caesar showed his ___________. a.retort b.animadversion c.invocation d.magnanimity

18. The _____________ crowd gathered in the street and raised a clamor a.vociferous b.magnanimous c.perspicacious d.sanctimonious

19. The _____________ crowd gathered in the street and raised a clamor a.vociferous b.magnanimous c.perspicacious d.sanctimonious

20. The fleeing band had to _____________ across half of Europe. a.vociferate b.sanction c.peregrinate d.percolate

21. The fleeing band had to _____________ across half of Europe. a.vociferate b.sanction c.peregrinate d.percolate

22. The Grammar of Vocabulary: perspicacity, a noun. They finally understood the perspicacity of the strategy. ________________________________________

23. Caesar’s Classic Words Challenge From Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter It excited neither surprise nor ______________. a.retort b.perspicacity c.invocation d.animadversion

24. Caesar’s Classic Words Challenge From Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter It excited neither surprise nor ______________. a.retort b.perspicacity c.invocation d.animadversion

25. From Thomas Hardy’s The Return of the Native He indulged in this imaginary _______ for some considerable interval. a.invocation b.peregrination c.perspicacity d.retort

26. From Thomas Hardy’s The Return of the Native He indulged in this imaginary _______ for some considerable interval. a.invocation b.peregrination c.perspicacity d.retort

27. From H.G. Well’s The Invisible Man He became aware of a tumultuous ____________. a.animadversion b.peregrination c.invocation d.vociferation

28. From H.G. Well’s The Invisible Man He became aware of a tumultuous ____________. a.animadversion b.peregrination c.invocation d.vociferation