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Words in Action: Learning etymological insights

Delve into the roots of words like adroit, amicable, benevolent, and more to enhance your vocabulary. Explore the neutrality, positivity, and negativity behind these terms and uncover their hidden meanings.

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Words in Action: Learning etymological insights

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  1. Level E Unit 2 Vocabulary

  2. ADROIT Connotation: neutral Etymology:1650s, "dexterous," originally "rightly," from Fr. phrase à droit "according to right," from O.Fr. à "to" + droit "right,"

  3. AMICABLE Connotation: positive Etymology: from Late Latin amīcābilis,  from Latin amīcus  friend; related to amāre  to love Word Structure: adjective suffix –able means “able, capable of”

  4. AVERSE Connotation: negative Etymology: 1590s, "turned away in mind or feeling," from L. aversus, pp. of avertere (like avert). Originally and usually in Eng. in the mental sense, while avert is used in a physical sense. Word Structure: Latin root –vers- means “turn”

  5. BELLIGERENT Connotation: negative Etymology: from Latin belliger , from bellum  war + gerere  to wage Word Structure: noun suffix –ent means “one who does something”

  6. BENEVOLENT Connotation: positive Etymology: late 15c., "wishing to do good, kindly," from O.Fr. benevolent, from L. benevolentem "wishing (someone) well," related to benevolentia "good feeling" Word Structure: Latin prefix bene- means “good;” Latin root –vol- means “wish;” noun suffix –ent means “one who does something”

  7. CURSORY Connotation: neutral Etymology:c.1600, from M.Fr. cursoire "rapid," from L.L. cursorius "of a race or running," from L. cursor "runner," from cursum, pp. of currere "to run"

  8. DUPLICITY Connotation:negative Etymology:from L.L. duplicitatem "doubleness," in M.L. from duplex "twofold." The notion is of being "double" in one's conduct. Word Structure: Latin root -dupl- means “double”; noun suffix –ity means “act of”

  9. EXTOL Connotation: positive Etymology: late 15c., "to lift up," from L. extollere, from ex- "up" + tollere "to raise"

  10. FEASIBLE Connotation: neutral Etymology: mid-15c., from Anglo-Fr. faisible, from O.Fr. faisible, from fais-, stem of faire "do, make," from L. facere "do, perform" Word Structure: adjective suffix –ible means “able, capable of”

  11. GRIMACE Connotation: negative Etymology: French ≪ Frankish grima  mask; of Germanic origin; related to Spanish grimazo  caricature

  12. HOLOCAUST Connotation: negative Etymology: from Late Latin holocaustum  whole burnt offering, from Greek holokauston,  from holo-  whole + kaustos,  from kaiein  to burn]

  13. IMPERVIOUS Connotation: neutral Etymology:1650, from L. impervius "that cannot be passed through," from in- "not" + pervius "letting things through," from per "through" + via "road." Word Structure: prefix im- means “not;” adjective suffix –ous means “marked by”

  14. IMPETUS Connotation: neutral Etymology: from Latin: attack, from impetere  to assail, from im-  (in) + petere  to make for, seek out Word Structure: prefix im- means “not;”

  15. JEOPARDY Connotation: negative Etymology: from Old French jeu parti,  literally: divided game, hence uncertain issue, from jeu  game, from Latin jocus  joke, game + partir  to divide

  16. METICULOUS Connotation: neutral Etymology:1530s, from L. meticulosus "fearful, timid," lit. "full of fear," from metus "fear". Sense of "fussy about details" is first recorded in English 1827. Word Structure: adjective suffix –ous means “marked by”

  17. NOSTALGIA Connotation: neutral Etymology: from Gk. nostos “a return home" + algos "pain, grief, distress“

  18. QUINTESSENCE Connotation: neutral Etymology: early 15c., in ancient and medieval philosophy, "pure essence, substance of which the heavenly bodies are composed," lit. "fifth essence," from M.Fr. quinteessence (14c.)

  19. RETROGRESS Connotation: neutral Etymology: Latin retrōgressus  past participle of retrōgradī  to go back or backward, equivalent to retrō- + gred-, combining form of gradī  to step, go Word Structure: prefix re- means “back, again”

  20. SCRUTINIZE Connotation: neutral Etymology: 1670s, from scrutiny Word Structure: verb suffix –ize means “to cause, make”

  21. TEPID Connotation: neutral Etymology: c.1400, from L. tepidus "lukewarm," from tepere "be warm"

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