11146154482 | vor | comes from the Latin verb vorare, to eat, and the ending ivorous shows up in words that refer to eaters of certain kinds of food | 0 | |
11146163341 | carnivorous | meat eating or flesh eating | 1 | |
11146181617 | herbivore | plant eating | 2 | |
11146202892 | insectivorous | feeding on insects | 3 | |
11146202893 | voracious | having a huge appetite | 4 | |
11146202894 | carn | comes from a Latin word meaning flesh or meat | 5 | |
11146219017 | carnage | great destruction of life, as in a battle; slaughter | 6 | |
11146223020 | carnal | having to do with bodily pleasures | 7 | |
11146242131 | incarnate | given bodily or actual form; especially, having human body | 8 | |
11146563342 | reincarnation | rebirth in new bodies of forms of life; someone who has been born again with a new body after death | 9 | |
11146563343 | cred | comes from credere, the Latin verb meaning to believe or to entrust | 10 | |
11146563344 | credence | mental acceptance of something as true or real; belief | 11 | |
11146563345 | credible | able to be believed; reasonable to trust | 12 | |
11146294841 | reincarnation | (1) Rebirth in new bodies or forms of life. (2) Someone who has been born again with a new body after death. | 13 | |
11146199337 | insectivorous | feeding on insects | 14 | |
11338507427 | cred | comes from credere, the latin verb meaning to believe or to entrust | 15 | |
11338545215 | credence | mental acceptance of something as true or real; belief | 16 | |
11338549470 | credible | able to be believed; reasonable to trust or believe; good enough to be effective | 17 | |
11338571534 | credulity | readiness and willingness to believe on the basis of little evidence | 18 | |
11338579588 | credo | a statement of the basic beliefs of a religious faith; a set of guiding principles or beliefs | 19 | |
11338601074 | fid | comes from fides, the latin word for faith or trust | 20 | |
11338615839 | affidavit | a sworn statement made in writing | 21 | |
11338619509 | diffident | lacking confidence; timid, cautious | 22 | |
11338624168 | fiduciary | having to do with a confidence or trust; held in trust for another | 23 | |
11338632056 | perfidy | faithfulness, disloyalty, or treachery | 24 | |
11338644355 | curr/curs | comes from currere, the Latin verb meaning to run | 25 | |
11338652047 | concurrent | happening or operating at the same time | 26 | |
11338662124 | cursory | hastily and often carelessly done | 27 | |
11338666000 | discursive | passing from one topic to another | 28 | |
11338674462 | precursor | one that goes before and indicates the coming of another | 29 | |
11338679161 | ped | comes from the latin word for foot | 30 | |
11338689377 | quadruped | an animal having 4 feet | 31 | |
11338695047 | pedigree | the line of ancestors of a person or animal | 32 | |
11338704538 | impediment | something that interferes with movement or progress | 33 | |
11338707729 | pedestrian | commonplace, ordinary, or unimaginative | 34 | |
11338949069 | flect | comes from flectere, the latin verb meaning to bend | 35 | |
11338971169 | deflect | to turn aside, especially from a straight or fixed course | 36 | |
11338985894 | reflective | capable of reflecting light, images, or sound waves; thoughtful | 37 | |
11339002261 | genuflect | to kneel on one knee and then rise as an act of respect | 38 | |
11339064474 | inflection | a change in the pitch, tone, or loudness of the voice; the change in form of a word showing its case. gender, number. person, tense, mood, voice, or comparison | 39 | |
11339248721 | post | comes from a latin word meaning after or behind | 40 | |
11339268126 | posterior | situated toward or on the back; rear | 41 | |
11339273327 | posthumous | published after the death of the author; following or happening after one's death | 42 | |
11339283044 | postmodern | Having to do with a movement in architecture, art, or literature that is a reaction against modernism and that reintroduces traditional elements and techniques in odd contexts as well as elements from popular culture. | 43 | |
11339294000 | postmortem | occurring after death; following the event | 44 | |
11339306381 | calypso | a folk song or style of singing of west indian origin that has a lively rhythm and words that are often made up by the singer | 45 | |
11339337533 | odyssey | a long, wandering journey full of trials and adventures; a spiritual journey or quest | 46 | |
11339350657 | palladium | A precious, silver-white metal related to platinum that is used in electrical contacts and as an alloy with gold to form white gold | 47 | |
11339356360 | penelope | a modest, domestic wife | 48 | |
11339365537 | procrustean | ruthlessly disregarding individual differences or special circumstances | 49 | |
11339368706 | protean | displaying great versatility or variety; able to take on many different forms or natures | 50 | |
11339376935 | sibyl | A female prophet or fortune-teller. | 51 | |
11339381216 | siren | a woman who tempts men with bewitching sweetness | 52 |
AP Literature Unit 4 Vocabulary Flashcards
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