Words for Week 7
| obfuscate "to make dim, dark, and indistinct" < Latin OB- "over" + FUSCUS "dark" + -ATE a verbal suffix used to make nouns and adjectives into verbs, "to make", "to cause" |
| redact "to edit" or "revise" < Latin re- red- (before vowels) "back", "again" + ACTUM (AGERE) "do" |
| erratum, pl. errata "a mistake in printing" [errata sheet: a list of such errors inserted or bound into a book)] < Latin ERRARE, ERRATUM "to go astray": Errare est humanum. |
| obdurate "hardened", "unfeeling" < Latin ob- over, against, toward + DURUS "hard" |
| exacerbate "increase in bitterness" < Latin ex- out, out and out, thoroughly + ACERBUS "harsh" < ACER, ACRI- "sharp", "keen", "bitter" [cf acrimony, eager, vinegar, acrid] |
| uxoricide "the killing/killer of a wife" < Latin UXOR "wife" [cf. uxorious, uxorial] + -CIDE < caedere, caesum [-cid- -cis-] "cut, kill" |
| maritocide "the killing/killer of a husband" < Latin MARITUS "husband" + -CIDE |
| decimate "to kill every tenth man" as a form of punishment for desertion or mutiny in the Roman army; "to kill/destroy a large part" < Latin DECIMUS "tenth" |
| pretermit "to disregard intentionally", "pass over" < Latin praeter "beyond" + MITTERE "send", "let go" |
| deprecate "to express disapproval of" < Latin DE- "down" + prex, PREC- "prayer" > deprecare "to ward off by prayer" [cf. imprecate "to curse", "to invoke evil" < Latin im-, IN- in, on, against + PREC-; cf. also precarious] |
| recant "to retract a formerly held belief" < Latin re- "back", "again" + CANERE, CANTUM "sing" |
| recondite "hiiden, obscure, not easily understood" < Latin re- "back", "again" + CONDERE, CONDITUM "preserve", "hide" |
| accede "yield to", "consent"; "come into an office" < Latin ac- < AD- "to" + CEDERE "go", "yield" |
| salient "striking" < salire "jump" |
| immanent "abiding in", "indwelling" < manêre "remain" |
| querulous "whining", "complaining" < queri "complain" |
| perspicuous "very clear" < per + spicere "look" |
| specious "deceptive" < species "appearance" < spicere |