Vocabulary Level E l Unit 7 abhor Connotation

Vocabulary Level E l. Unit 7

abhor Connotation: Negative Etymology: mid 15 c. , from L. abhorrere "shrink back in terror, " from ab- "away" + horrere "tremble at, shudder"

amend Connotation: Neutral Etymology: (12 c. ), from L. emendare "to correct, free from fault, " from ex- "out" + menda "fault, blemish"

buffet Connotation: Negative Etymology: early 13 c. , from O. Fr. bufet "slap, punch, " dim. of bufe "a blow, puff of wind, " probably echoic of the sound of something soft being hit.

chaos Connotation: Negative Etymology: mid 15 c. , "gaping void, " from L. chaos, from Gk. khaos "abyss, that which gapes wide open, is vast and empty"

commodious Connotation: Positive 1423, "beneficial, convenient, " from M. L. commodiosus "convenient, useful" Etymology:

corrosive Connotation: Negative Etymology: late 14 c. , from Fr. corrosif (14 c. ), from corroder, corrode

discern Connotation: Neutral Etymology: late 14 c. , from O. Fr. discerner "distinguish, separate" (by sifting), from L. discernere, from dis"off, away" + cernere "distinguish, separate, sift"

extant Connotation: Neutral Etymology: 1545, "standing out above a surface, " from L. extantem, prp. of extare "stand out, be visible, exist, " from ex- "out" + stare "to stand"

implicate Connotation: Negative Etymology: early 15 c. , from L. implicare "involve, entangle, connect closely, " from in"in" + plicare "to fold"

inter Connotation: Neutral Etymology: from L. in- "in" + terra "earth"

martinet Connotation: Negative Etymology: reputedly from the name of Col. Jean Martinet, a drillmaster of the Fr. army during the reign of Louis XIV.

obviate Connotation: Positive Etymology: from L. L. obviatus, pp. of obviare "act contrary to, go against"

renegade Connotation: Negative Etymology: from Sp. renegado, originally "Christian turned Muslim, " from M. L. renegare "deny"

reprehensible Connotation: Negative Etymology: mid-14 c. , from L. reprehendere "seize, restrain, " lit. "pull back, " from re- "back" + prehendere "to grasp, seize"

somber Connotation: Negative Etymology: 1760 from Fr. sombre "dark, gloomy, " from L. L. subumbrare "to shadow, " from sub "under" + umbra "shade, shadow"

squalid Connotation: Negative Etymology: 1591, from M. Fr. squalide, from L. squalidus "rough, coated with dirt, filthy, " related to squales "filth, " squalus "filthy, " squalare "be covered with a rough, scaly layer, be coated with dirt, be filthy"

turbulent Connotation: Negative Etymology: from L. turbulentus "full of commotion, restless, " from turba "turmoil, crowd"

vociferous Connotation: Negative Etymology: 1610 s, from L. vociferari "to shout, yell, " from vox "voice" + root of ferre "to carry"

voluminous Connotation: Neutral Etymology: 1610 s, from L. L. voluminosus, from L. volumen "volume"

waive Connotation: Neutral Etymology: c. 1300, from Anglo-Fr. weyver "to abandon, waive, " O. Fr. weyver, guever "to abandon, give back"