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Level G. Unit 2. 1. acuity (n.). Positive Etymology- Middle English acuite acridity, from Middle French acuité , from Medieval Latin acuitat -, acuitas , from Latin acuere “sharpness or acuteness” Word Structure- “- ity ”: a suffix used to form abstract
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Level G Unit 2
1. acuity (n.) Positive Etymology- Middle English acuite acridity, from Middle French acuité, from Medieval Latin acuitat-, acuitas, from Latin acuere “sharpness or acuteness” Word Structure- “-ity”: a suffix used to form abstract expressing state or condition:
2. Delineate (v.) Neutral Etymology- Latin delineatus, past participle of delineare, from de-linea line “portray or sketch” Word structure- “-ate”: possessing; having the appearance or characteristics of fortunate,
4. Enervate (v.) Negative Etymology- c.1600, from Latin enervatus, past participle of enervare "to weaken" (see enervation). Related: Ennervated; ennervating. “impair or weaken” Word Structure- possessing; having the appearance or characteristics of fortunate,
Unit 5, Word 5: Esoteric Connotation: negative Etymology: mid 17th century: from Greek esōterikos, from esōterō, comparative of esō ‘within,’ from es, eis ‘into.’ Word Structure: “eso-” meaning “inner”, ”-teric” being the comparitive form of the word it applies to
6. Fecund • Connotation: positive • Etymology: 1375-1425; late Middle English < Latin fēcundus, equivalent to fē- (see fetus ) + -cundus adj. suffix; replacing late Middle English fecounde < Anglo-French
7. FIAT Connotation: negative Etymology: late Middle English: from Latin, ‘let it be done,’ from fieri ‘be done or made.’
8. FIGMENT Connotation: neutral Etymology: late Middle English (denoting an invented statement or story): from Latin figmentum, related to fingere ‘form, contrive.’ Compare with feign and fiction. The current sense dates from the early 17th century.
9. GARNER Connotation: Positive Etymology: Middle English (originally as a noun meaning ‘granary’): from Old French gernier, from Latin granarium ‘granary,’ from granum ‘grain.’
Unit 5, word 10: hallow • Connotation: Positive • Etymology: Old English halgian "to make holy, to honor as holy, consecrate, ordain," related to halig "holy," from Proto-Germanic *haila-ga- (cognates: Old Saxon helagon, Middle Dutch heligen, Old Norse helga), from PIE root *kailo- "whole, uninjured, of good omen" (see health). Used in Christian translations to render Latin sanctificare. Also used since Old English as a noun meaning "holy person, saint." Related: Hallowed; hallowing.
12. Ignominy • Connotation: negative • Etymology: 1530-40; < Latin ignōminia, equivalent to ig- (for in- in-3, apparently by association with ignōbilis ignoble, ignōtus unknown, etc.; cf. cognomen ) + nōmin- (stem of nōmen) name + -ia -y3
13. Mundane Connotation: Negativve Etymology: mid-15c., from Old French mondain "of this world, worldly, earthly, secular;" from Late Latin mundanus "belonging to the world" Word Structure: suffix –ane used in organic chemisty
14. Nuance • Connotation: neutral • Etymology: 1775-85; < French: shade, hue, equivalent to nu (er) to shade (literally, to cloud < Vulgar Latin *nūbāre, derivative of *nūba, for Latin nūbēs cloud) + -ance -ance
Unit 5, word 15: overweening • Connotation: Negative • Etymology: mid-14c., from present participle of verb overwenen "be conceited, presume, be presumptuous, be over-confident," from Old English oferwenian "to be proud, become insolent or presumptuous;" see over- + ween. • Word Structure: with the sense of “over the limit,” “to excess,” “too much,” “too,”
16. Penchant Connotation: Neutral Etymology:1672, from Fr. penchant, properly the prp. of O.Fr. pencher "toincline," from V.L. *pendicare, a frequentative formed from L.pendere "to hang"
17. Reputed Connotation: positive Etymology: 1400/50; late Middle English reputen (v.) < Middle French reputer <Latin reputāre to compute, consider, equivalent to re- re- + putāre to think Word Strucutre: prefix re- means “again,” “backward,”
18. Sophistry Connotation: negative Etymology: 1300/50; Middle English sophistrie < Middle French, equivalent tosophistresophister
Positive Connotation 19. Sumptuous Etymology: late 15c., from O.Fr. sumptueux, from L. sumptuosus "costly, expensive," from sumptus "cost, expense," pp. of sumere "spend, consume, take," contraction of *sub-emere, from sub- "under" + emere "to take, buy" Word Structure: “ous” Means “full of, given to”
Etymology: 1837, from ubiquity + -ous. The earlier word was ubiquitary (1580s), from Mod.L. ubiquitarius, from ubique. Related: Ubiquitously. Word Structure: -ous means “full of, given to” 20. Ubiquitous connotation : Neutral