Focus on Language

• Abysmal (Adjective): 


  Extremely bad, hopeless
• Apposite (Adjective): 


  Relevant, applicable
• Conjecture (Verb): 


  Form an opinion or arrive at a conclusion without complete information
• Corrode (Verb):


  Eat away at or deteriorate (usually by chemical reaction)
• Fortuitous (Adjective):


  Happening by chance or by accident
• Incessant (Adjective):


  Ceaseless, unending
• Precarious (Adjective):


  Uncertain, unstable / Dangerous, risky
• Prodigious (Adjective): 


  Impressive, unusual in size, extent, degree, force, or other measurable facet
• Subsistence (Noun): 


  The means for sustaining life; sustenance
• Voracious (Adjective):


  Extreme appetite for (often referring to food)
• Prefix: Paleo-


  • Meaning: Ancient
  • Example: Paleontology (study of ancient life)
• Pseudo-


  • Meaning: False
  • Example: Pseudomorph (a false or misleading form)
• Anthrop-


  • Meaning: Man
  • Example: Anthropology (study of human societies and cultures)
• Civ-


  • Meaning: Citizen
  • Example: Civic (related to a citizen or citizenship)
• Dem-


  • Meaning: People
  • Example: Democracy (government by the people)
• Jud, Judi, Judic, Jur, Jus

  • Meaning: Judge, lawyer, law
  • Examples:
  • Judge (to make a decision)
  • Adjudicate (to make a formal judgment)
  • Judicious (having or showing good judgment)
  • Juror (a member of a jury)
  • Justification (the action of showing something to be right or reasonable)
• Legis-


  • Meaning: Law
  • Example: Legislation (laws and regulations created by a government)
• Nom-


  • Meaning: Law, order
  • Example: Economy (system of production, distribution, and consumption governed by laws of supply and demand)
• Psych-


  • Meaning: Mind
  • Example: Psychology (study of the mind and behavior)
• -ism


  • Meaning: System, manner, condition
  • Example: Communism (a political theory advocating the elimination of private property and the establishment of a classless society)