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Vocabulary List 4

decimate (DES uh mate) verb to kill or destroy a large part of Synonyms: destroy, slaughter, ravage (RAV ij)

decimated in reference to the practice of punishing mutinous military units by capital execution of one in every 10, by lot; killing one in ten, chosen by lots, from a rebellious city or a mutinous army was a common punishment in classical times.

Idiosyncrasies (id ee uh SING kruh see) adjective personal peculiarity Synonyms: oddity, mannerism, eccentricity (ek sen TRIS us tee)

idiosyncrasies Idio (peculiar) + syn (together) + crasis (mixture) From the Greek. Idiotes (where we get the modern idiot) were those who did not hold public office. When Rome came in they assumed the reason one did not hold office was because he lacked intelligence, hence idiot being used in the negative.

odyssey (OD uh see) noun long adventurous journey Synonyms: wandering,roaming, peregrination (per uh gruh NAY shun)

odyssey Odyssey, name of the Homeric epic poem of ancient Greece, relating the 10-year wanderings of Odysseus, king of Ithaca, after the Trojan War. Figurative sense of "long, adventurous journey" is first recorded 1889.

quintessence (kwin TES uns) noun most essential part or quality; perfect example Synonyms: essence, model, paragon (PAR uh gon)

quintessence early 15c., in ancient and medieval philosophy, "pure essence, substance of which the heavenly bodies are composed," lit. "fifth essence," quinta "fifth" + essentia : the element thought to permeate all things

narcissism (NAR suh siz um) noun extreme self- love or self-admiration Synonyms: self-centeredness, conceit, egoism (EE go is um)

narcissism Narkissos, beautiful youth in mythology (Ovid, "Metamorphoses," iii.370) who fell in love with his own reflection in a spring and was turned to the flower narcissus.

Root Words Con- together; with Loqu- to speak Sequ- to follow Congregate, contact Loqu- to speak Eloquent, loquacious Sequ- to follow Consequence, sequence Clud – to shut or close Include, exclude, conclude Noc – to harm Innocent, nocuous