Vocabulary Unit 14

PUT: (Latin) to think ■ Impute: (verb) “to not think”; to assign blame or responsibility; attribute ■ Disreputable: (adj) “not worthy of thinking of again”; not respectable; having a bad reputation

SCI: (Latin) to know ■ Prescient: (adj) “one who knows before”; showing knowledge of events before they happen ■ Conscientious: (adj) “full of keeping knowledge together”; diligent and careful; hardworking ■ Unconscionable: (adj) “not worthy of knowing”; unscrupulous; not obeying moral laws

AES: (Greek) feeling; perception ■ Aesthetic: (adj) “relating to perception”; having to do with beauty or order ■ Anesthetic: (noun) “quality of not feeling”; a substance which causes loss of feeling

PATH: (Greek) to feel ■ Antipathy: (noun) “feeling against”; hostility or hatred; dislike ■ Apathetic: (adj) “quality of not feeling”; not interested; having no strong emotion; indifferent ■ Empathy: (noun) “feeling out”; sharing of another’s emotions; compassion

ROG: to ask, demand ■ Abrogate: (verb) “to cause to seek away from”; to cancel or repeal; to abolish ■ Arrogant: (adj) “one who demands”; excessively proud, haughty, conceited

RANC: to stink ■ Rancor: (noun) “one who stinks”; hostility and bitterness ■ Rancid: (adj) “quality of stinking”; rotten or spoiled

STAGN: to stand still; stop ■ Stagnate: (verb) “to cause to stand still”; to stop moving, growing, or maturing; to become unhealthy from lack of movement or growth ■ Stagnant: (adj) “one who stops”; unhealthy because of lack of movement; sluggish

BIB: to drink ■ Imbibe: (verb) “to drink in”; drink in or soak up; absorb ■ Bibulous: (adj) “full of drink”; drunken

SAT/ACT Words to Know ■ Inception: (noun) the beginning, start, earliest stage of some process; commencement, outset ■ Turgid: (adj) swollen, bloated, filled to excess, over-decorated or excessive in language; inflated, pompous, bombastic, overblown