September 8, 2014

Acrid – pungent (odor) Acerbic – harsh (Acerbic tongue) Acrimonious – bitter (behavior) Exacerbate – To make worse

Ameliorate – to improve or soften a situation. Mollycoddle – to pamper Mellifluous - soft flow (fluent) Melody – soft music Emollient – a softening agent (Vaseline) Melancholy – very soft slightly sad music

Brevity – short (talk or speech) Abbreviate – shorten (ex: sgt – sergeant )

Catastrophe: calamity (earthquake) Cataclysm : downfall (political) Cascade/cataract: waterfall Cadence: modulation or inflection of the voice Decadence: decay, fall into bad maintenance

Aggregate – combined Segregate – divide Congregation – a group of people regularly attending a place of worship Gregarious - sociable

Accord, concord – agreement from the heart Discord – disagreement from the heart Cordial – friendly relationship Cardio – heart Cardiologist – Specialist with the heart

Incision - cut (surgery) Suicide – cutting/killing of oneself’ Homicide – killing of someone else Matricide – killing of one’s mother Scissors – tool used to cut Regicide – killing of a king

Claustrophobia –fear of closed spaces Conclude – end Occlude – close, shut, or stop up Close Closure Cloister – religious seclusion (monastery) Seclusion - isolated

Autocracy – self rule Plutocracy – Ruled by the rich Democracy – rule by the people: (Of the people, by the people) Theocracy – ruled by God

Natural - existing in or formed by nature Innate – Inborn (existing in one from birth) Natal – birth Neonatal – new birth Postnatal – after birth Prenatal – before birth Native – place of one’s birth National – common to the whole people of a country