English 1 Final Exam Vocabulary Review

Final Exam Vocabulary Review

• English 1 Final Exam vocabulary is available
• Suggestion: Copy the vocabulary list, remove words you already know, and move them to the end of the list or delete them.
• Some words may appear twice.

Vocabulary Set 1 & 2 Review

• "spec, spic" means "to see"
• "retro" means "back in the past"
• "circum" means "around"
• "specter" means "ghost, apparition"
• "introspection" means "to look within"
• "retrospect" means "to look back"
• "fer, lat" means "to carry"
• "proliferate" means "to increase"
• "infer" means "carry meaning from within; make educated guess"

Vocabulary Set 3 & 4 Review

• "graph" means "to write"
• "pro" means "for"
• "-logy" means "science/study of"
• "bio-" means "life"
• "auto-" means "self"
• "autobiography" refers to a book written by and about oneself
• "probiotic" refers to microscopic life forms (bacteria) that are good for digestion and life
• "symbiosis" describes when two species live together in a mutually beneficial way
• "autonomous" describes when a person/group is functioning independently by oneself
• "authentic" means "true to oneself; real"

Vocabulary Set 5 & 6 Review

• "pseudo-" means "false"
• "a-" or "an-" means "not"
• "synonym" refers to words that mean the same
• "antonym" refers to words that are opposite in meaning
• "anonymity" refers to the state of being without a name
• "nondescript" means "not unique"
• "scrib" means "to write"
• "transcribe" means "to write/copy from one source/page to another"

Vocabulary Set 7 & 8 Review

• "the, theo" means "god"
• "ism" means "belief (in)"
• "corp" means "body"
• "poly-" means "many"
• "incorporate" means "to make into one body; combine"
• "corpse" means "a dead body"
• "corp" means "an organized subdivision of the military establishment"
• "theology" means "the study of a god/gods or religion/religions"
• "polytheism" means "a belief in many gods"

Additional Information

• "trans" means "across"
• "cred" means "believe"
• "transgression" means "the act of crossing over a boundary of what's allowed or expected"
• "transform" means "to change from one thing to another"
• "creed" means "a statement of belief (political, religious, social)"
• "incredulous" means "when you cannot believe something in spite of the evidence"