2016 Root Words and Vocab

Definition: to lighten, lessen, or relieve

Root Definition: Agree, peace

The ______ topic of the impending war made many students uneasy during the discussion.

Definition: a person of thoroughly bad character

Definition: Kindness, generosity

Definition: a long projecting beam or girder fixed at only one end to support something.

Definition: the study of crime, criminals, law enforcement, and punishment

Root Definition: light

Definition: to remove the criminal status of

Definition: an accusation made in answer to an accusation against oneself.

Dale is a ______ who does not believe that the war in the Middle East is worth fighting.

Definition: A secret lover

Sue was a ______ who constantly slipped lipstick into her pocket at the store without paying.

Root Definition: fault, crime

The ____ girl invited the new student to sit with her at lunch.

Wanda's cheerful disposition made other people _____ towards her because she was so pleasant.

Playing basketball with a strained muscle is sure to _____ it and make recovery tougher.

Definition: to show evidence of involvement in a crime

Definition: lack of appropriate seriousness

Definition: a formal act of approving; praise with enthusiasm

Root Definition: heavy/weighty/serious

Definition: the height of a place

Definition: The process of proving in court that the will of a dead person is valid

Root Definition: war

Thanks to a secret _______, I was able to pay the tuition for a prestigious college.

Root Definition: honesty, prove

Root Definition: well, good

Definition: a prayer that asks for God's blessing (concludes a worship service)

The man, a _____, mistakenly believed, wholeheartedly, that he was the head of the CIA.

Root Definition: To love

Definition: Existing before a war

The ______ general ordered his troops into battle before receiving orders from his CO.

Definition: charmed or fascinated; inflamed with love

Definition: to soothe anger or agitation; to subdue by armed action

Definition: absolute honesty and uprightness

The boy was _____ in his interactions with the girl because he was secretly in love with her.

Students who come to school with shorts on and no coat are more ____ to getting sick.

The judge possessed such _____ that everyone stopped talking when he walked in the room.