English+III

English III Unit 1

** English III List of Generative Vocabulary - Definitions and Etymologies ** ** Unit 1 ** __ingratiate__ - **//verb//:** gain favor with somebody by deliberate efforts in- = “in” + gratia (L) = “favor, grace”

RL) Templeton writes the words vertically, aligning the common letters. This is a good way for students to actually "see" the common root and in cases where the spelling is impacted, the visual is even stronger. The related words listed are words that come from the same root and prove to student that in learning one word part, they have learned multiple words. See the example below (Wikispaces wants to flush all my margins left, but line it up on the board/screen so that the common letters are aligned)

grace (Say the word grace. Now ingrate. Notice how close the position of the tongue is in both? Can you see how grace became **grat**- in these words?) **grat**itude in**grat**e in**gra**tiate

__ascribe__ - **//verb//:** attribute or credit to //a-d// = “to” + //scriber//(L) = write __mitigation__ - **//noun//:** to act in such a way as to cause an offense to seem less serious //mitis// (L) = “gentle, soft” + //agere// – “do, make, act” __inviolate__ - **//adjective//:** must be kept sacred //in- =// “not” + //violatus// (L) = “hurt” __extenuate__ - **//verb//:** lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of //ex-// = “out” + //tenuare =// “make thin; stretch”

** Unit 2 ** __ostentation__ - **//noun//:** pretentious or showy or vulgar display; **//noun//:** lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity; **//noun//:** a showy outward display //ostentare// (L) = “to display” __discourse__ - **//noun//:** extended verbal expression in speech or writing; **//noun//:** an address of a religious nature (usually delivered during a church service); **//noun//:** an extended communication (often interactive) dealing with some particular topic; **//verb//:** talk or hold forth formally about a topic; **//verb//:** to consider or examine in speech or writing; **//verb//:** carry on a conversation //dis-// = “apart” + //currere// (L) = “to run” __aversion__ - **//noun//:** the act of turning yourself (or your gaze) away; **//noun//:** a feeling of intense dislike //aversus// (L) = “turned away, backward, behind, hostile” __exhilaration__ - **//noun//:** the feeling of lively and cheerful joy //ex-// = “thoroughly” + //hilarare// (L) = “make cheerful” __congenial__ - **//adjective//:** suitable to your needs or similar to your nature //com =// “together” + //genialis//(L) = “of birth,” thus “kindred” __perturbation__ - **//noun//:** a disposition that is confused or nervous and upset; **//noun//:** activity that is an intrusion or interruption; **//noun//:** (physics) a secondary influence on a system that causes it to deviate slightly; **//noun//:** the act of causing disorder; **//noun//:** an unhappy and worried mental state //per-// = “through” + //turbare// (L) = “disturb, confuse”

** Unit 3 ** __transpire__ - **//verb//:** pass through the tissue or substance or its pores or interstices, as of gas; **//verb//:** come about, happen, or occur (// "Several important events transpired last week" //); **//verb//:** come to light; become known (// "It transpired that she had worked as spy in East Germany" //); **//verb//:** exude water vapor (// "Plants transpire" //); **//verb//:** give off (water) through the skin //trans- =// “through” + //spirare// (L) = “to breathe” __acclivity__ - **//noun//:** an upward slope or grade (as in a road) //ad-// = “up” + //clivus// (L) = “a hill, a slope” __presaging__ - **//noun//:** a foreboding about what is about to happen; **//noun//:** a sign of something about to happen; **//verb//:** indicate by signs //prae-, pre-// = “before” + //sagus//(L) = “prophetic” [related to //sagire// (L)= “perceive”] __interminable__ - **//adjective//:** tiresomely long; seemingly without end (// "An interminable sermon" //) //in-// = “not” + //terminus//(L) = “end, boundary line” __ineffable__ – **//adjective//:** too sacred to be uttered (// "The ineffable name of the Deity" //); **//adjective//:** defying expression or description (// "Ineffable ecstasy" //) //in-// = “not” + //effabilis// (L) = “speakable”

** Unit 4 ** __credulity__ - **//noun//:** tendency to believe readily (from __credulous__) //credulitatum// (L.) = “easiness of belief, rash confidence” + -ity = “condition or quality of being__” (In this case, being inclined to believe readily, even rashly.)__ implacable __– **//adjective//** – unable to placate or allay the anger of, especially by making concessions; unable to appease__ __ //in-// __ ="not" + //placabilis// = "easily appeased" multifariously __- **//adverb//:** in diverse ways __ __  //multi-//   __ ="many" + //-fariam// "parts" + //ly-//= "having qualities of, appropriate to, fitting"

misconstrued __- **//verb//:** interpret in the wrong way (// "She misconstrued my remarks" //)__ __ //mis-// = “bad; wrong” + //construere =// “to relate grammatically; to build up, pile together” __ exultingly __//– **adverb:**// in a manner of expressing great joy__ __  //ex-//   __ =“out” + //salire// = “to leap” (The notion is of leaping or dancing for joy.) + //ly- =// "having qualities of, appropriate to, fitting" __ ** Unit 5 ** __ anarchy __ – **//noun//:** a state of lawlessness and disorder (usually resulting from a failure of government)__ __ //an-//  __ ="without" + //arkhos// (Grk.) = "leader" corroborate __ - **//verb//:** support with evidence or authority or make more certain or confirm; establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts; give evidence for__ subservient __- **//adjective//:** compliant and obedient to authority; abjectly submissive; characteristic of a slave or servant__ __  //sub//  - ="under" + //servire// = "serve”  __ inquisition __ - **//noun//:** a severe interrogation (often violating the rights or privacy of individuals)__ __   //in-//   __ ="into" + //quærere// (L) =  "ask, seek" + //-tionis//  = forming nouns of condition and action  excommunication __ - **//noun//:** the act of banishing a member of the Church from the communion of believers and the privileges of the Church; cutting a person off from a religious society  //ex- =// “out” + //communis// (L) = “common; shared by all, public, general” + //-tionis//   = forming nouns of condition and action