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per (through) percolate, peregrinate, perspicacity

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.

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per (through) percolate, peregrinate, perspicacity

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  1. 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

  2. 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: great-minded! • Spanish…magnánimo

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. 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.”

  7. 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

  8. WINNER : MAGNANIMOUS :: • tortuous : road • relic : sacrosanct • conversation : retort • scholar : perspicacious

  9. WINNER : MAGNANIMOUS :: • tortuous : road • relic : sacrosanct • conversation : retort • scholar : perspicacious

  10. SANCTIMONIOUS : HUMILITY :: • magnanimous : generous • vocal : vociferous • vociferous : taciturnity • torturous : painful

  11. SANCTIMONIOUS : HUMILITY :: • magnanimous : generous • vocal : vociferous • vociferous : taciturnity • torturous : painful

  12. Find the best opposite. PERSPICACITY • anachronism • magnanimity • vociferous • obtuseness

  13. Find the best opposite. PERSPICACITY • anachronism • magnanimity • vociferous • obtuseness

  14. TORTUOUS • animal • simple • automatic • torturous

  15. TORTUOUS • animal • simple • automatic • torturous

  16. By exculpating the leader, Caesar showed his ___________ . • retort • animadversion • invocation • magnanimity

  17. By exculpating the leader, Caesar showed his ___________ . • retort • animadversion • invocation • magnanimity

  18. The _____________ crowd gathered in the street and raised a clamor • vociferous • magnanimous • perspicacious • sanctimonious

  19. The _____________ crowd gathered in the street and raised a clamor • vociferous • magnanimous • perspicacious • sanctimonious

  20. The fleeing band had to _____________ across half of Europe. • vociferate • sanction • peregrinate • percolate

  21. The fleeing band had to _____________ across half of Europe. • vociferate • sanction • peregrinate • percolate

  22. The Grammar of Vocabulary: perspicacity, a noun. They finally understood the perspicacity of the strategy. ________________________________________ ________________________________________ ________________________________________ ________________________________________

  23. Caesar’s Classic Words Challenge From Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter It excited neither surprise nor ______________. • retort • perspicacity • invocation • animadversion

  24. Caesar’s Classic Words Challenge From Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter It excited neither surprise nor ______________. • retort • perspicacity • invocation • animadversion

  25. From Thomas Hardy’s The Return of the Native He indulged in this imaginary _______ for some considerable interval. • invocation • peregrination • perspicacity • retort

  26. From Thomas Hardy’s The Return of the Native He indulged in this imaginary _______ for some considerable interval. • invocation • peregrination • perspicacity • retort

  27. From H.G. Well’s The Invisible Man He became aware of a tumultuous ____________ . • animadversion • peregrination • invocation • vociferation

  28. From H.G. Well’s The Invisible Man He became aware of a tumultuous ____________ . • animadversion • peregrination • invocation • vociferation

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