Words for Week 8
| perspicacious "clear-sighted, perceptive" < Latin per "through", "thoroughly" + spic- present stem of specere "see", "look at" + -acious "tending to" |
| perspicuous "very clear" < Latin per "through", "thoroughly" + spic- present stem of specere "see", "look at" + -uous "tending to [be]" |
| querulous "whining", "complaining" < Latin queri "complain" + ulous "tending to" |
| garrulous "talkative" < Latin garrire "chatter" + ulous "tending to" |
| sequacious "tending to follow any leader" < Latin sequi "follow" + -acious "tending to" |
| mordacious "biting" < Latin mordere "bite" + -acious "tending to" [cf. mordant, remorse] |
| edacious "tending to eat", "voracious" < Latin edo, edere/esse "eat" + -acious "tending to" |
| fugacious "withering quickly" < Latin fugere "flee" + -acious "tending to" |
| convivial "festive", "sociable", "fond of feasting" < Latin convivium "dinner party" < con- "together", "with" + viv- present stem of vivere "to live" + -al "of", "having to do with" |
| equivocate "be evasive", "avoid making a direct statement" < Latin aequi- "equal" + voc- "voice" + -ate verb forming suffix |
| interlocutor "a partner in a conversation" < Latin inter "among", "between" + locut- ppp of loqui "speak" |
| circumlocution "roundabout way of speaking" < Latin circum "around" + + locut- ppp of loqui "speak" |
| victuals (pronounced vittles) "food" < Late Latin victualia < Latin victualis "of nourishment" < victus ppp of vivere "to live" |
| extant "surviving", "in existence" < Latin ex "out" + sta present stem of stare "to stand" + -nt present participial ending, equivalent to English -ing |
| perfunctory "done hastily or routinely with little care or interest" < perfungi "get through with" < fungi "perform" |