Level E

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Level E

• Unit 2
• Vocabulary

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ADROIT

• Connotation neutral
• Etymology1650s, "dexterous," originally
  "rightly," from Fr. phrase à droit "according to
  right," from O.Fr. à "to" droit "right,"

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AMICABLE

• Connotation positive
• Etymology from Late Latin amicabilis,  from
  Latin amicus  friend related to amare  to love
• Word Structure adjective suffix able means
  able, capable of

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AVERSE

• Connotation negative
• Etymology 1590s, "turned away in mind or
  feeling," from L. aversus, pp. of avertere (like
  avert). Originally and usually in Eng. in the
  mental sense, while avert is used in a physical
  sense.
• Word Structure Latin root vers- means turn

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BELLIGERENT

• Connotation negative
• Etymology from Latin belliger , from bellum
   war gerere  to wage
• Word Structure noun suffix ent means one who
  does something

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BENEVOLENT

• Connotation positive
• Etymology late 15c., "wishing to do good,
  kindly," from O.Fr. benevolent, from L.
  benevolentem "wishing (someone) well," related to
  benevolentia "good feeling"
• Word Structure Latin prefix bene- means good
  Latin root vol- means wish noun suffix ent
  means one who does something

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CURSORY

• Connotation neutral
• Etymologyc.1600, from M.Fr. cursoire "rapid,"
  from L.L. cursorius "of a race or running," from
  L. cursor "runner," from cursum, pp. of currere
  "to run"

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DUPLICITY

• Connotationnegative
• Etymologyfrom L.L. duplicitatem "doubleness," in
  M.L. from duplex "twofold." The notion is of
  being "double" in one's conduct.
• Word Structure Latin root
• -dupl- means double noun
• suffix ity means act of

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EXTOL

• Connotation positive
• Etymology late 15c., "to lift up," from L.
  extollere, from ex- "up" tollere "to raise"

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FEASIBLE

• Connotation neutral
• Etymology mid-15c., from Anglo-Fr. faisible,
  from O.Fr. faisible, from fais-, stem of faire
  "do, make," from L. facere "do, perform"
• Word Structure adjective suffix ible means
  able, capable of

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GRIMACE

• Connotation negative
• Etymology French Frankish grima  mask of
  Germanic origin related to Spanish grimazo
   caricature

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HOLOCAUST

• Connotation negative
• Etymology from Late Latin holocaustum  whole
  burnt offering, from Greek holokauston,  from
  holo-  whole kaustos,  from kaiein  to burn

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IMPERVIOUS

• Connotation neutral
• Etymology1650, from L.
• impervius "that cannot be passed through," from
  in- "not" pervius "letting things through,"
  from per "through" via "road."
• Word Structure prefix im- means not adjective
  suffix ous means marked by

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IMPETUS

• Connotation neutral
• Etymology from Latin attack, from impetere  to
  assail, from im-  (in) petere  to make for,
  seek out
• Word Structure prefix im- means not

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JEOPARDY

• Connotation negative
• Etymology from Old French jeu parti,  literally
  divided game, hence uncertain issue, from jeu
   game, from Latin jocus  joke, game partir  to
  divide

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METICULOUS

• Connotation neutral
• Etymology1530s, from L. meticulosus "fearful,
  timid," lit. "full of fear," from metus "fear".
  Sense of "fussy about details" is first recorded
  in English 1827.
• Word Structure adjective suffix
• ous means marked by

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NOSTALGIA

• Connotation neutral
• Etymology from Gk. nostos a return home"
  algos "pain, grief, distress

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QUINTESSENCE

• Connotation neutral
• Etymology early 15c., in ancient and medieval
  philosophy, "pure essence, substance of which the
  heavenly bodies are composed," lit. "fifth
  essence," from M.Fr. quinte essence (14c.)

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RETROGRESS

• Connotation neutral
• Etymology Latin retrogressus  past participle of
  retrogradi  to go back or backward, equivalent to
  retro- gred-, combining form of gradi  to step,
  go
• Word Structure prefix re- means back, again

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SCRUTINIZE

• Connotation neutral
• Etymology 1670s, from scrutiny
• Word Structure verb suffix ize means to cause,
  make

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TEPID

• Connotation neutral
• Etymology c.1400, from L. tepidus "lukewarm,"
  from tepere "be warm"