per (through) percolate, peregrinate,
perspicacity
PER means through.
To percolate is to bubble
through; to peregrinate is to
wander through; and
perspicacity is brilliant insight,
the ability to see through!
Spanish…perspicaz
anim (mind) animal, animadversion,
magnanimous
ANIM means mind.
Animals have minds in a way that plants do not; an
animadversion is criticism or blame; and
magnanimous means being generous: greatminded!
Spanish…magnánimo
tort (twist) torturous, tortuous, retort
TORT means twist.
Twisting is what torture is named for; a tortuous
mountain road is twisting and winding; and a retort
is a snappy reply that you twist back at someone!
Spanish…retorta
voc (voice) vocal, invocation, vociferous
VOC means voice.
Vocals are by the voice;
an invocation is a call
for divine presence; and
a loud person is
vociferous—full of
voice!
Spanish…vociferante
SANCT (HOLY) sacrosanct, sanctimonious,
sanction
SANCT means holy.
A sacrosanct object is very holy; a sanctimonious
attitude is when someone acts holier than thou; and
a sanction is an approval blessing something!
Spanish…sanción
Advanced Word: Vociferous
The adjective vociferous (vo-SIFF-er-uss) contains the
stem voc, voice, and ous, full of. From the Latin vociferari.
Vociferous refers to shouting that is so loud it is deafening.
A clamor can be vociferous, but in a clamor, people tend to
be insisting on something, whereas in being vociferous,
they may not be. In Stephen Crane’s The Red Badge of
Courage, we read that “Loud and vociferous
congratulations were showered upon the maiden.”
Caesar’s English II Lesson XVII
Stem
meaning
Examples
per
through
percolate, perforated
anim
mind
animal, magnanimous
tort
twist
torture, distort, retort
sanct
holy
sanctuary, sanction
voc
voice
vocal, vocabulary
WINNER : MAGNANIMOUS ::
a. tortuous : road
b. relic : sacrosanct
c. conversation : retort
d. scholar : perspicacious
WINNER : MAGNANIMOUS ::
a. tortuous : road
b. relic : sacrosanct
c. conversation : retort
d. scholar : perspicacious
SANCTIMONIOUS :
HUMILITY ::
a. magnanimous : generous
b. vocal : vociferous
c. vociferous : taciturnity
d. torturous : painful
SANCTIMONIOUS :
HUMILITY ::
a. magnanimous : generous
b. vocal : vociferous
c. vociferous : taciturnity
d. torturous : painful
Find the best opposite.
PERSPICACITY
a. anachronism
b. magnanimity
c. vociferous
d. obtuseness
Find the best opposite.
PERSPICACITY
a. anachronism
b. magnanimity
c. vociferous
d. obtuseness
TORTUOUS
a. animal
b. simple
c. automatic
d. torturous
TORTUOUS
a. animal
b. simple
c. automatic
d. torturous
By exculpating the leader, Caesar
showed his ___________ .
a. retort
b. animadversion
c. invocation
d. magnanimity
By exculpating the leader, Caesar
showed his ___________ .
a. retort
b. animadversion
c. invocation
d. magnanimity
The _____________ crowd
gathered in the street and raised a
clamor
a. vociferous
b. magnanimous
c. perspicacious
d. sanctimonious
The _____________ crowd
gathered in the street and raised a
clamor
a. vociferous
b. magnanimous
c. perspicacious
d. sanctimonious
The fleeing band had to
_____________ across half of
Europe.
a. vociferate
b. sanction
c. peregrinate
d. percolate
The fleeing band had to
_____________ across half of
Europe.
a. vociferate
b. sanction
c. peregrinate
d. percolate
The Grammar of Vocabulary:
perspicacity, a noun.
They finally understood the
perspicacity of
the strategy.
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Caesar’s Classic Words Challenge
From Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter
It excited neither surprise nor ______________.
a. retort
b. perspicacity
c. invocation
d. animadversion
Caesar’s Classic Words Challenge
From Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter
It excited neither surprise nor ______________.
a. retort
b. perspicacity
c. invocation
d. animadversion
From Thomas Hardy’s The Return of the Native
He indulged in this imaginary _______ for some
considerable interval.
a.
b.
c.
d.
invocation
peregrination
perspicacity
retort
From Thomas Hardy’s The Return of the Native
He indulged in this imaginary _______ for some
considerable interval.
a.
b.
c.
d.
invocation
peregrination
perspicacity
retort
From H.G. Well’s The Invisible Man
He became aware of a tumultuous ____________ .
a. animadversion
b. peregrination
c. invocation
d. vociferation
From H.G. Well’s The Invisible Man
He became aware of a tumultuous ____________ .
a. animadversion
b. peregrination
c. invocation
d. vociferation