Vocabulary Set 7
English 3
ROOT: FIG
Comes from the Latin verb fingere,
which means “to shape or mold.”
Configuration
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Definition: An arrangement of parts or
elements; shape, design.
Sentence: The decorator changed the
configuration of the office so that
people would have more privacy.
Effigy
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Definition: An image of a person,
especially a crude representation of a
hated person.
Sentence: The night before the big
game, an effigy of the rival coach was
burned on a huge bonfire.
Figment
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Definition: Something made up or
imagined.
Sentence: The spider crawling up his
leg was just a figment of his
imagination.
Figurative
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Definition: (1) Representing form or
figure in art. (2) Saying one thing in
terms normally meaning or describing
another thing.
Sentence: The renaissance saw an
enormous development in the realistic
techniques of figurative sculpture.
ROOT: Lat
 Comes
from a Latin verb that
means “to carry or bear.”
Collate
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Definition: (1) To assemble pages in
the proper order. (2) To collect,
compare, and arrange data.
Sentence: The larger photocopiers
collate and staple automatically.
Prelate
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Definition: A member of the church
with high rank.
Sentence: A dutiful prelate tries to visit
all area churches every year.
Relativity
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Definition: A theory that says that
mass and energy are equivalent and
that a moving object will experience
changes in mass, size, and time which
are related to its speed.
Sentence: You will learn about the
theory or relativity in science class.
Correlate
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Definition: To connect in a systematic
way; establish the mutual relations of.
Sentence: Eric’s main task in running
the research project was to correlate
the activities in the lab and in the
field.
ROOT: Crit
 Comes
from a Greek very that
means “to judge.”
Criterion
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Definition: A standard by which a
judgment or decision is made.
Sentence: In the NFL, the ultimate
criterion for judging a team’s
excellence is its ability to win the
Super Bowl.
Hypercritical
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Definition: Overly critical.
Teachers have to correct their
students’ mistakes without seeming to
be hypercritical.
Critique
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Definition: (1) A judgment or
evaluation, especially a rating or
discussion of merits and faults. (2) To
review or criticize.
Sentence: The students offered gentle
critiques of each other’s reports.
Hematocrit
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Definition: (1) An instrument for
measuring the relative amounts of
plasma and corpuscles in blood. (2)
The ratio of red blood cells to whole
blood as determined by a hematocrit.
Sentence: The hematocrit is one of
the most frequently used diagnostic
aids.