gradually Onerous: Unpleasant and burdensome Exonerate: to prove not guilty Flex/Flect: Latin FLECTERE, FLECTUM "to bend" Prob/Prov: PROBARE, Inflexible: too unchangeable in character or PROBATUM "prove good, approve" purpose Deflect: to cause a turn aside or away Approbation: praise or approval Inflection: change in pitch or tone of the Reprobate: a dishonest or immoral person; a voice scoundrel Reprove: to scold or criticize Vert/Vers: Latin VERTERE, VERSUM "to turn" Unit 11 Adverse: not helpful; harmful Fid: FIDERE, FISUS "to trust, Revert: to fall back into an old condition believe" Subvert: to undermine; to corrupt Diffident: shy; not assertive Unit 10 Fidelity: faithfulness; loyalty Crimin: Latin CRIME "crime, charge or Confide: to trust (another) with information crime" or a secret Decriminalize: to do away with legal Fall: Latin FALLERE, FALSUM "to penalties for deceive" Incriminate: To reveal guilt or make (someone) appear guilty Fallacy: a misleading or mistaken idea Recrimination: an accusation made in reply; Fallacious: misleading or deceptive a countercharge Fallible: capable or being mistaken; imperfect Culp: Latin CULPARE, CULPATUM "to blame" Cred: Latin CREDERE, CREDITUM "to trust, believe" Culpable: deserving blame Culprit: one responsible for a crime Credible: able to be trusted in or believed Mea Culpa: Statement uttered to show Credence: trust of belief personal responsibility for a wrong Credulity: tendency to believe things too quickly or easily Incredulous: unable to believe something; Onus/Oner: Latin ONUS "burden" amazed Onus: burden or obligation
gradually Flex/Flect: Latin FLECTERE, FLECTUM "to bend" Inflexible: too unchangeable in character or purpose Deflect: to cause a turn aside or away Inflection: change in pitch or tone of the voice Vert/Vers: Latin VERTERE, VERSUM "to turn" Adverse: not helpful; harmful Revert: to fall back into an old condition Subvert: to undermine; to corrupt Unit 10 Crimin: Latin CRIME "crime, charge or crime" Decriminalize: to do away with legal penalties for Incriminate: To reveal guilt or make (someone) appear guilty Recrimination: an accusation made in reply; a countercharge Culp: Latin CULPARE, CULPATUM "to blame" Culpable: deserving blame Culprit: one responsible for a crime Mea Culpa: Statement uttered to show personal responsibility for a wrong Onus/Oner: Latin ONUS "burden" Onus: burden or obligation Onerous: Unpleasant and burdensome Exonerate: to prove not guilty Prob/Prov: PROBARE, PROBATUM "prove good, approve" Approbation: praise or approval Reprobate: a dishonest or immoral person; a scoundrel Reprove: to scold or criticize Unit 11 Fid: FIDERE, FISUS "to trust, believe" Diffident: shy; not assertive Fidelity: faithfulness; loyalty Confide: to trust (another) with information or a secret Fall: Latin FALLERE, FALSUM "to deceive" Fallacy: a misleading or mistaken idea Fallacious: misleading or deceptive Fallible: capable or being mistaken; imperfect Cred: Latin CREDERE, CREDITUM "to trust, believe" Credible: able to be trusted in or believed Credence: trust of belief Credulity: tendency to believe things too quickly or easily Incredulous: unable to believe something; amazed
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