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2.1
VIT / VIV
Life
Convivial (adj) - Friendly, Agreeable
Synonyms: genial, sociable
Antonyms: staid, serious
You May Remember: CON from chapter 1.5 means WITH, so someone convivial
is easy to live with
Viable (adj) – 1. Capable of living 2. Practicable, Workable, Able to use
Synonyms: 2. possible, workable
Antonyms: 2. unachievable, unreasonable
You May Remember: From chapter 1.8, the suffix ABLE makes this word easier
to remember: “ABLE to LIVE”
DUC / DUCT
To Lead
Abduct (v) - To carry off by force, to kidnap
Synonyms: remove, seize Antonyms: release
Conducive (adj) – Favorable, Helpful
Synonyms: promotive, useful
Antonyms: adverse, hindering
Helpful Hints: This is almost always used in the phrase “conducive to”
You May Remember: Again, CON (ch. 1.5) makes this word literally mean To
Lead Together
AQUA
Water
Aqueduct (n) - An elevated canal used to transport water
You May Remember: We just learned that “DUCT” means to lead, so
an aqueduct is a structure that leads water to a different location
Aqueous (n) - Watery, Water-based
Synonyms: fluid, liquified, serous
Antonyms: solid
BEN / BENE
Good
Benefactor (n) - A person who gives a benefit, usually a monetary gift
Synonyms: patron, sponsor
Antonyms: antagonist, opponent
You May Remember: The -OR suffix from our first chapter means “One Who
Does” and the FAC root from chapter 1.8 means “To Make”- a BENEFACTOR is
“One Who Makes Good”
Benign (adj) - Having a pleasant disposition, gentle or mild
Synonyms: friendly, obliging, sympathetic
Antonyms: hostile, malignant
Helpful Hints: You commonly hear this word being used as one of the two main
classifications of cancerous tumors; benign tumors are ones that are not harmful
CED / CEDE / CESS
Yield, Go
Concede (v) - To admit; To acknowledge as true; To Yield
Synonyms: accept, surrender, yield
Antonyms: contradict, dispute
You May Remember: CON (again? we see this one all the time…) means “With”
so to concede is to “go (along) with something”
Intercede (v) – To act on behalf of someone in difficulty; To mediate
Synonyms: intervene, intrude
Antonyms: ignore
You May Remember: From our first chapter, INTER- means “Between,” and so to
intercede means “to go between,” as in getting between a person and his
problems
CRYPT
Hidden
Cryptic (adj) - Mysterious, Ambiguous
Synonyms: murky, perplexing
Antonyms: clear, obvious
You May Remember: The -IC suffix means “Having to do with” so this word
literally means “Having to do with the hidden”
Encrypt (v) – To encode, to make more difficult to understand
Synonyms: codify
Antonyms: decrypt, decipher
You May Remember: In this same unit, we have “EN-” meaning “To put in,” so to
encrypt a message is “to put it in hiding”
EM- / EN-
In, To Put In
Encompass (v) - 1. To surround 2. To include comprehensively, or thoroughly
Synonyms: enclose, envelop
Envision (v) – To picture mentally, especially concerning future events
Synonyms: anticipate, conceptualize
PSEUDO-
False
Pseudonym (n) - A false name
Synonyms: alias, nickname
Pseudoscience (n) – A set of theories that have no scientific basis
Helpful Hints: Horoscopes (and astrology in general) are an example of a
pseudoscience