per (through) percolate, peregrinate, perspicacity per means through. to percolate is to bubble...

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

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

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

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

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

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.”

Caesar’s English II Lesson XVIIStemmeaning Examples

per through percolate, perforated

anim mind animal, magnanimous

tort twist torture, distort, retort

sanct holy sanctuary, sanction

voc voice vocal, vocabulary

WINNER : MAGNANIMOUS ::

a. tortuous : road

b. relic : sacrosanct

c. conversation : retort

d. scholar : perspicacious

WINNER : MAGNANIMOUS ::

a. tortuous : road

b. relic : sacrosanct

c. conversation : retort

d. scholar : perspicacious

SANCTIMONIOUS : HUMILITY ::

a. magnanimous : generous

b. vocal : vociferous

c. vociferous : taciturnity

d. torturous : painful

SANCTIMONIOUS : HUMILITY ::

a. magnanimous : generous

b. vocal : vociferous

c. vociferous : taciturnity

d. torturous : painful

Find the best opposite.

PERSPICACITY

a. anachronism

b. magnanimity

c. vociferous

d. obtuseness

Find the best opposite.

PERSPICACITY

a. anachronism

b. magnanimity

c. vociferous

d. obtuseness

TORTUOUS

a. animal

b. simple

c. automatic

d. torturous

TORTUOUS

a. animal

b. simple

c. automatic

d. torturous

By exculpating the leader, Caesar showed his ___________ .

a. retort

b. animadversion

c. invocation

d. magnanimity

By exculpating the leader, Caesar showed his ___________ .

a. retort

b. animadversion

c. invocation

d. magnanimity

The _____________ crowd gathered in the street and raised a clamor

a. vociferous

b. magnanimous

c. perspicacious

d. sanctimonious

The _____________ crowd gathered in the street and raised a clamor

a. vociferous

b. magnanimous

c. perspicacious

d. sanctimonious

The fleeing band had to _____________ across half of Europe.

a. vociferate

b. sanction

c. peregrinate

d. percolate

The fleeing band had to _____________ across half of Europe.

a. vociferate

b. sanction

c. peregrinate

d. percolate

The Grammar of Vocabulary: perspicacity, a noun.

They finally understood the perspicacity of the strategy.

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Caesar’s Classic Words Challenge

From Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter

It excited neither surprise nor ______________.

a. retort

b. perspicacity

c. invocation

d. animadversion

Caesar’s Classic Words Challenge

From Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter

It excited neither surprise nor ______________.

a. retort

b. perspicacity

c. invocation

d. animadversion

From Thomas Hardy’s The Return of the Native

He indulged in this imaginary _______ for some considerable interval.

a. invocation

b. peregrination

c. perspicacity

d. retort

From Thomas Hardy’s The Return of the Native

He indulged in this imaginary _______ for some considerable interval.

a. invocation

b. peregrination

c. perspicacity

d. retort

From H.G. Well’s The Invisible Man

He became aware of a tumultuous ____________ .

a. animadversion

b. peregrination

c. invocation

d. vociferation

From H.G. Well’s The Invisible Man

He became aware of a tumultuous ____________ .

a. animadversion

b. peregrination

c. invocation

d. vociferation