Vocabulary Set 1

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Vocabulary Set 1

• English 2

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Root Vid/Vis

• Comes from the Latin verb videre and appears in
  words having to do with sight.

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Visage

• Definition The face or appearance of a person.
• Sentence A kindly man, he had a bright, cheerful
  visage that people found attractive.

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Vis-a-vis

• Definition In relation to or compared with.
• Sentence Many financial reporters worry about
  the loss of U.S. economic strength vis-à-vis our
  principal trading partners.

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Visionary

• Definition (1) A person with foresight and
  imagination. (2) A dreamer whose ideas are often
  impractical.
• Sentence His followers regarded him as an
  inspired visionary his opponents saw him as
  either a con man or a lunatic.

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Visitation

• Definition (1) A visit or short stay, often for
  some definite, official purpose such as
  inspection. (2) A parents privilege to have
  temporary access to or care of a child.
• Sentence The local ministers dreaded the annual
  visitation from the bishops evaluation
  committee.

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Root Cord

• Comes from the Latin word for heart.

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Accord

• Definition (1) To grant. (2) To be in harmony
  with.
• Sentence For the casts brilliant performance of
  the play, the audience accorded them a standing
  ovation.

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Concordance

• Definition An index of the important words in a
  book or in an authors works, with the passages in
  which they occur.
• Sentence A concordance to Shakespeares plays
  makes it easy to find all the places he used the
  word bodkin.

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Cordial

• Definition (1) Warm, friendly, gracious. (2)
  Something that warms and revives, especially a
  liqueur.
• Sentence After the meeting, the president
  extended a cordial invitation to everyone for
  coffee at her own house.

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Discordant

• Definition Being at odds, conflicting, not in
  harmony.
• Sentence The one discordant note came from the
  only vegetarian present, who would not eat the
  main course, roast beef.

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Root Culp

• Comes from the Latin word for guilt.

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Culpable

• Definition Deserving to be condemned or blamed.
• Sentence The company was found guilty of
  culpable negligence in allowing the chemical
  waste to leak into the groundwater.

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Exculpate

• Definition To clear from accusations of fault or
  guilt
• Sentence The alleged mastermind of the plot
  managed to exculpate herself with an airtight
  alibi.

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Inculpate

• Definition To accuse or incriminate to show
  evidence of someones involvement in a fault or
  crime.
• Sentence It was his own father who finally
  inculpated him, though without intending to.

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Mea Culpa

• Definition An admission of personal fault or
  error.
• Sentence The principal said his mea culpa at the
  school board meeting, but not all the parents
  accepted it.