Parinama Academy

Greek

  1. Homonym –One of two or more words spelled and pronounced alike but different in
  2. meaning (such as the noun quail and the verb quail.)
  3. Thesaurus – A book of words or of information about a particular field or set of concepts,
  4. especially a book of words and their synonyms
  5. Cryptic – Secret, occult
  6. Protagonist – The principal character in a literary work
  7. Didactic – Designed or intended to teach
  8. Stoic – One apparently or professedly indifferent to pleasure or pain
  9. Patriarch – A man who is father or founder
  10. Ephemeral – Lasting a very short time
  11. Synopsis – A condensed statement or outline
  12. Melancholy – A depression of spirits; dejection
  13. Metaphor – A figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of
  14. object is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in
  15. drowning in money)
  16. Democracy – A government by the people; rule of the majority
  17. Misanthropy – A hatred or distrust of humankind
  18. Diagnosis – The art or act of identifying a disease from its signs and symptoms
  19. Myriad – A great number
Week 1 – Latin
  • Inane – Lacking significance, meaning, or point
  • Lucid – Clear to the understanding
  • Access – Freedom or ability to make use of something
  • Foliate – Shaped like a leaf
  • Aquatic – Taking place in or on water
  • Predicate – A term designating a property or relation
  • Imperative – Expressive of a command
  • Discipline – Orderly or prescribed conduct or pattern of behavior
  • Magnanimous – Showing or suggesting a lofty and courageous spirit
  • Triumvirate – A group or association of three
  • Accommodate – To provide with something desired, needed, or suited
  • Recalcitrant – Obstinately defiant of authority or restraint
  • Aggregate – Taking all units as a whole
  • Corpuscle – A minute particle
  • Prerogative – An exclusive or special right, power, or privilege
Week 2 –   Latin
  • Fracture – A break
  • Gratify – To please someone
  • Granary – A repository for grain
  • Amiable – Friendly
  • Defunct – No longer working or alive
  • Ambulatory – Relating to or adapted for walking
  • Anniversary – A date observed once a year
  • Enumerate – To name a number of items on a list
  • Immobilize – To stop from moving
  • Minuscule – Extremely small
  • Commemorate – To honor the memory of
  • Medieval – Pertaining to the Middle Ages
  • Rejuvenate – To bring back to youthful strength or appearance
  • Ambidextrous – Able to use both hands equally
  • Equanimity – Of balanced spirit
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