VOCABULARY BY ETYMOLOGY With Com - Prefix

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Choose the correct meaning of the word:

COMPLACENT

(a) Feeling eager and enthusiastic about new challenges (b) Showing excessive sympathy toward others' suffering (c) Feeling self-satisfied and uncritical, often unaware of potential dangers (d) Being overly critical and dissatisfied with one's achievements

Correct Answer: (c) Feeling self-satisfied and uncritical, often unaware of potential dangers

Explanation:

Etymology : From Latin complacere — com- (together/with) + placere (to please). Originally meant "to please greatly"; evolved in English (17th century) to describe a smugly contented attitude.
Pronunciation : kum-PLAY-snt

Meaning: Showing smug or uncritical satisfaction with oneself or one's achievements; failing to notice or address potential problems due to excessive self-satisfaction.

Synonyms : Self-satisfied, Smug, Contented, Uncritical

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IMPLACABLE

(a) Unable to be appeased, pacified, or satisfied; relentlessly harsh (b) Easily persuaded or influenced by emotional appeals (c) Showing deep regret or guilt for past wrongdoings (d) Capable of adapting quickly to changing circumstances

Correct Answer: (a) Unable to be appeased, pacified, or satisfied; relentlessly harsh

Explanation:

Etymology : From Latin implacabilis — im- (not) + placare (to appease or calm). Entered English in the 16th century, describing someone or something that cannot be pacified or calmed down.

Pronunciation : im-PLAK-uh-bul

Meaning : Describes a person, force, or feeling that is impossible to pacify, appease, or stop. It conveys an unrelenting, unyielding quality — someone implacable will not soften no matter what. Often used for enemies, anger, or opposition.

Synonyms : Inexorable, Relentless, Unforgiving, Merciless

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Choose the correct meaning of the word:

PLACATE

(a) To punish someone severely as a warning to others (b) To make someone less angry or hostile; to calm or appease (c) To express strong disagreement or protest against something (d) To delay or postpone an important decision indefinitely

Correct Answer: (b) To make someone less angry or hostile; to calm or appease

Explanation:

Etymology: From Latin placare meaning “to calm or soothe,” derived from placere (to please).

Pronunciation: PLAY-kayt

Meaning: To make someone less angry or hostile; to pacify or appease.

Synonyms: Appease, Pacify, Soothe, Conciliate

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COMPLAISANT

(a) Feeling smug and self-satisfied without awareness of problems (b) Showing strong resistance or defiance toward authority (c) Willing to please others; cheerfully obliging and agreeable (d) Expressing loud and vehement disapproval of someone's actions

Correct Answer: (c) Willing to please others; cheerfully obliging and agreeable

Explanation:

Etymology: From French complaisant, derived from complaire (to please), ultimately from Latin complacere — com- (together) + placere (to please).

Pronunciation: kuhm-PLAY-zuhnt

Meaning: Showing a willingness to please others; agreeable, obliging, or overly accommodating.

Synonyms: Obliging, Agreeable, Accommodating, Amenable

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CONDESCEND

(a) To behave as if one is superior while being politely patronizing (b) To refuse to cooperate or comply with others (c) To openly admire and praise someone (d) To withdraw completely from social interaction

Correct Answer: (a) To behave as if one is superior while being politely patronizing

Explanation:

Etymology: From Latin condescendere — con- (down) + descendere (to descend), meaning “to descend to a lower level,” later developing the sense of lowering oneself in a superior way.

Pronunciation: kon-di-SEND

Meaning: To treat others as if they are inferior, often with a tone of patronizing superiority.

Synonyms: Patronize, Disdain, Talk down to, Belittle

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Choose the correct meaning of the term:

DESCENDING ORDER

(a) Arrangement based on alphabetical sequence (b) Arrangement from smallest to largest (c) Arrangement in random order (d) Arrangement from largest to smallest

Correct Answer: (d) Arrangement from largest to smallest

Explanation:

Etymology: From Latin descendere — de- (down) + scandere (to climb), meaning “to go down.”

Pronunciation: di-SEN-ding OR-der

Meaning: An arrangement where values decrease from highest to lowest.

Synonyms: Decreasing order, Reverse order, High-to-low, Diminishing sequence

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Choose the correct meaning of the word:

DESCENDANTS

(a) People who live in the same place (b) People who come after in a sequence or order (c) People who are related as ancestors (d) People who are the offspring or come from a particular ancestor

Correct Answer: (d) People who are the offspring or come from a particular ancestor

Explanation:

Etymology: From Latin descendere — de- (down) + scandere (to climb), meaning “to go down”; descendantem meaning “one who descends.”

Pronunciation: di-SEN-duhnts

Meaning: People who are the offspring of a particular ancestor; those who come from a specific lineage.

Synonyms: Offspring, Heirs, Progeny, Successors

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Choose the correct meaning of the word:

TRANSCEND

(a) To fail to achieve a desired goal (b) To go beyond or rise above limits (c) To strongly oppose or resist something (d) To move slowly in a downward direction

Correct Answer: (b) To go beyond or rise above limits

Explanation:

Etymology: From Latin transcendere — trans- (across/beyond) + scandere (to climb), meaning “to climb beyond.”

Pronunciation: tran-SEND

Meaning: To go beyond the limits of something; to surpass or exceed.

Synonyms: Surpass, Exceed, Outdo, Rise above

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COMMENSURATE

(a) Extremely large and overwhelming (b) Completely unrelated or disconnected (c) Difficult to understand or explain (d) Equal in measure, degree, or proportion

Correct Answer: (d) Equal in measure, degree, or proportion

Explanation:

Etymology: From Latin commensuratus — com- (together) + mensura (measure), meaning “measured together.”

Pronunciation: kuh-MEN-suh-ruht

Meaning: Corresponding in size, extent, or degree; proportionate.

Synonyms: Proportionate, Equivalent, Corresponding, Comparable

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Choose the correct meaning of the word:

IMMENSE

(a) Very small or insignificant (b) Limited to a narrow area (c) Extremely large or vast (d) Difficult to notice or detect

Correct Answer: (c) Extremely large or vast

Explanation:

Etymology: From Latin immensus — in- (not) + mensus (measured), meaning “immeasurable.”

Pronunciation: i-MENS

Meaning: Extremely large in size, degree, or extent; vast.

Synonyms: Enormous, Vast, Huge, Gigantic

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