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Vocabulary Set 6

Vocabulary Set 6. English 3. ROOT: Ev. Comes from the Latin word aevum meaning “age” or “lifetime.”. Coeval. Definition: Having the same age or lasting the same amount of time; contemporary. My brother’s graduation from High School was coeval to my freshman year. Longevity.

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Vocabulary Set 6

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  1. Vocabulary Set 6 English 3

  2. ROOT: Ev • Comes from the Latin word aevum meaning “age” or “lifetime.”

  3. Coeval • Definition: Having the same age or lasting the same amount of time; contemporary. • My brother’s graduation from High School was coeval to my freshman year.

  4. Longevity • Definition: (1) A long duration of life. (2) Length of life; long continuance. • Sentence: Shakespeare’s writing has had an incredible longevity.

  5. Medieval • Definition: (1) Relating to the Middle Ages of European history, from about A.D. 500 to 1500. (2) Extremely out-of-date. • Sentence: Some of the most beautiful architecture in Europe is from the Medieval time period.

  6. Primeval • Definition: (1) Having to do with the earliest ages; primitive or ancient. (2) Existing from the beginning. • Sentence: Some sections of the rainforest is still very primeval and untouched by human hands.

  7. ROOT: Tang/Tact • Comes from the Latin verb tangere meaning “to touch.”

  8. Intact • Definition: Untouched by anything that harms; entire, uninjured. • Sentence: The crystal vases made it from Europe completely intact.

  9. Tactile • Definition: (1) Able to be perceived by touching. (2) Relating to the sense of touch. • Sentence: The blind man used his tactile sense to read brail.

  10. Tangential • Definition: Touching lightly, incidental. • Sentence: As class moves on, each new subject is mostly tangential to the last.

  11. Tangible • Definition: Able to be perceived, especially by touch, physical, substantial. • Sentence: The leaves on the ground was tangible evidence that it was fall.

  12. ROOT: Grad • Comes from the Latin noun gradus meaning “step” or “degree.”

  13. Degrade • Definition: (1) To lower in status or level. (2) To bring into disrepute or corrupt morally or intellectually. • Sentence: Being talked down to by anyone can seem quite degrading.

  14. Gradation • Definition: (1) A series made up of successive stages. (2) A step in an ordered scale. • Sentence: The change of colored belts shows gradation while taking Karate.

  15. Graduate • Definition: (1) To separate into degrees, grades, classes, or intervals. (2) To receive an academic degree or diploma; to pass from one stage to the next. • Sentence: Most students can not wait to graduate.

  16. Retrograde • Definition: (1) Moving or performed in a direction that is backward or opposite to the usual direction. (2) Moving toward a worse or earlier state. • Sentence: The old group Criss-Cross used to wear their clothes in a retrograded fashion

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