Vocab #6

ab/abs

from; away; off

abbreviateto shorten; make brief

absentnot present

abdicateto give up formally (a throne, etc.)

abductto lead away by force; kidnap

abhorto turn away from; loathe; shudder at

ablutionthe act of washing away; often in a rite

abnormalaway from the normal

other words containing

ab/abs

cosm

ornament; order

cosmosthe world or universe regarded as an

orderly, harmonious system

cosmetologythe work of a beautician

cosmopolitanworldly; at home all over the world

qui(t)

quiet; rest

acquitto relieve from a charge of fault or

crime; declare not guilty

“If the glove don’t fit

You must acquit.”

tranquilpeaceful; quiet; calm

acquiesce to accept, comply, or submit passively

Requiemthe Mass celebrated for the repose of the souls of

the dead; any musical service, hymn, or dirge for the repose of the dead.

geo

earth

geographythe science dealing with the earth’s surface, continents, climates, plants, animals, etc.

geology the study of the earth

trans movement through,

across, or beyond

transmitto send or forward, as to a recipient or

destination; dispatch; convey

transmitto pass on

transatlanticcrossing the Atlantic

transfer to move from one place to another

Transcendentalism an ideal spiritual reality that transcends the scientific and is knowable through intuition.

transportto carry, move, or convey from one

place to another

prefix:

pro -

for; in favor of

proactiveproduceprofess

promotepropel

proceedprocureprolongproclaim

suffix:

-ichaving the

characteristics of

terrificprolific

materialisticironic

democratichorrific melodicsarcastichypnotic

optimisticfantastic