Comp - Week 4 Vocab

love, liking, friendliness

mind, will, spirit

end, boundary, limit

flow

birth, kind, class

gather, flock

stick

side

letter

light

(n) (literally, "lover")

1. Person who follows a particular pursuit as a pastime, rather than as a profession

2. One who performs rather poorly; inexperienced person (antonym: professional, expert)

(adj) Lovable; good

(adj) Characterized by friendliness rather than antagonism; friendly; neighborly; not quarrelsome (antonym: antagonistic)

(n) Friendship; goodwill; friendly relations (antonym: enmity)

(adj) Having to do with love; loving; inclined to love

(adj) (usually followed by "of") inflamed with love; charmed; captivated

(n) Ill will (usually leading to active opposition); violent hatred

(n) Ill will (usually controlled)

(n) Evenness of mind or temper; emotional balance; composure; calmness

(adj) Showing greatness or nobility of mind; above what is low or petty; forgiving; generous

(n) Oneness of mind; complete agreement

(adj) Of one mind; in complete accord

(n) (literally, condition of being "near the boundary" or "a neighbor") kinship; sympathy; liking; attraction

(v) Keep within limits; restrict

(adj) Serving to end an unsettled matter; conclusive; final (antonym: tentative, provisional)

(n) End or final part of a musical composition, opera, play, etc.

(n) End; conclusion

(v) Flow like a wave; move up and down; change often and irregularly; be unsteady

(adj) Ready with a flow of words; speaking or writing easily

(n) Substance that flows (antonym: solid)

(adj) Not rigid; changing easily (antonym: rigid, fixed)

(n) Continuous flow or changing; unceasing change (antonym: stability)

(n) Inflow; inpouring

(v) Sink to a lower class or standard; grow worse; deteriorate

(v) Give birth to; create; generate; produce; cause

(n) Kind; sort; category

(n) Ancestor to whom a group traces its birth; forefather

(v) Cause to be born again; put new life into; reform completely

(adj) Gather together in one mass; total; collective

(n) Gathering of individuals into a body or group; assemblage

(n) "flock" or gathering of people for religious worship

(adj) Inclined to associate with the "flock" or group; fond of being with others

(n) Separation from the "flock" or main body; setting apart; isolation

(v) Stick; hold fast; cling; be attached

(v) Stick together; hold together firmly

(n) State of sticking together; consistency; logical connection

(adj) Act or state of sticking together; union; unity

(adj) (literally, "sticking in") deeply infixed; intrinsic; essential

(adj) Situated at the side; accompanying; parallel; additional; supplementary

(adj) Having all sides equal

(adj) Of or pertaining to the side

(n) Plane figure having four sides and four angles

(adj) One-sided; undertaken by one side only

(n) Repetition of the same letter or consonant at the beginning of neighboring words

(n) State of being lettered or educated; ability to read and write (antonym: illiteracy)

(adj) Following the letters or exact words of the original

(adj) Having to do with letters or literature

(adj) Lettered; able to read and write; educated (antonym: illiterate)

(v) Throw light upon; make clear; explain

(adj) (literally, "containing light") clear; easy to understand (antonym: vague)

(n) One who is a source of light or inspiration to others; famous person

(adj) Emitting light; shining; brilliant

(adj) Letting light through (antonym: opaque)