LIST 4:    20 words

The THRILL OF VICTORY Cluster    6

EXUBERANT   overflowing with enthusiasm and excitement; full of joy

 

EBULLIENT  overflowing with enthusiasm and excitement; effervescent

 

EXULTANT overflowing with enthusiasm and excitement; triumphant

 

ELATED   overflowing with enthusiasm and excitement; feeling great

 

EXHILARATED    overflowing with enthusiasm and excitement; very happy

 

ECSTATIC   overflowing with enthusiasm and excitement; euphoric

 

The AGONY OF DEFEAT Cluster  4

DESPONDENT   downhearted; feeling very discouraged

 

DEJECTED downhearted; feeling very discouraged

 

DISPIRITED downhearted; feeling very discouraged

 

DISCONSOLATE   downhearted; feeling very discouraged; hopelessly sad

 

The STUBBORN Cluster    5

OBSTINATE   stubborn and unyielding

 

OBDURATE stubborn and unyielding; particularly hard-hearted and callous

 

INTRANSIGENT   stubborn and unyielding; uncompromising

 

RECALCITRANT   stubborn and unyielding; particularly to authority

 

DOGGED   stubborn and unyielding; not easily subdued

 

The SECRET Cluster    5

CLANDESTINE   secret; hidden; surreptitious

 

SURREPTITIOUSLY   secret; hidden; done in a concealed manner

 

STEALTHY   secret; hidden; hard to track

 

COVERT secret; hidden; undercover

 

FURTIVE   secret; hidden; done in a secret manner

 

LIST 5

 

IN- and IM-, the Latin Way to Say NOT!

INTERMINABLE: not having an end; endless

 

INCORRIGIBLE: unable to be corrected or reformed

 

IMPIOUS: lacking reverence; disrespectful

 

INCORPOREAL: having no body or substance

 

INTREPID: without fear; brave, courageous

 

INVIOLABLE: secure from violation; invincible

 

UN-, the Old English Way to Say NOT!

UNFETTERED: unchained; free or liberated

 

UNFOUNDED: lacking a sound basis; groundless and untrue; unsubstantiated

 

UNFLAPPABLE: controlled, unruffled; not showing escitment

 

UNSCATHED: unharmed, uninjured

 

UNORTHODOX: not following established or traditional practices

 

AB-, the Latin Way to Say AWAY FROM, OFF

ABHOR: to intensely dislike someone or something

 

ABDICATE: to surrender, to give away; to relinquish power formally

 

ABSTAIN: to voluntarily avoid, or stay away from, doing something

 

ABERRANT: deviating from the proper course; deviating from what is normal; untrue to type

 

LIST 6

 

THE LUC AND LUMEN FAMILIES from Latin roots meaning “light”

LUCID: clear; easy to understand

 

PELLUCID: very easy to understand

 

ELUCIDATE: make clear or explain

 

LUMINOUS: giving off light; glowing

 

THE ACRI AND ACER FAMILIES from Latin roots meaning “sharp, very bitter”

ACUTE: sharp; keen or very perceptive

 

ACUMEN: mental sharpness or keenness

 

ACID (adjective): sharp or bitter in taste or manner

 

EXACERBATE: to make a situation or condition more severe

 

ACRIMONIOUS: full of spite or bitterness; nasty

 

THE FLUC FAMILY from the Latin word fluvio, meaning “river”; FLU means “to flow”

FLUENT: able to write or speak smoothly; easy, graceful

 

CONFLUENCE: a flowing together of two or more rivers or streams; a coming together of people or things

 

MELLIFLUOUS: sweetly or smoothly flowing voices, music or sounds; sweet-sounding

 

AFFLUENT: prosperous, rich; having an abundance of wealth, property or other material goods

 

SUPERFLUOUS: excessive; unnecessary