Unit 8 root words vocabulary

something that gets in the way; an obstacle

• pedestrian

• impediment

• corporeal

• corpulent

practical; prudent; acting with care thought and good judgement

• corpulent

• vested

• divest

• expedient

lacking excitement or imagination; ordinary and dull

• pedestrian

• pedant

• incorporate

• travesty

one possessing abundant knowledge of minor, often uninteresting, things

• expedient

• pedagogue

• pedant

• incorporate

a teacher, especially one who is dull and narrow minded; overly strict or formal

• corporeal

• pedagogue

• vested

• travesty

a bad imitation of something often in a way that is shocking or offensive

• travesty

• impediment

• pedant

• vestment

significant to one's own profit or well-being; having a personal interest in something

• divest

• corpulent

• vested

• pedagogue

clothing worn to symbolize religious or political authority; robe or special garment worn by religious officials

• travesty

• vestment

• corpulent

• pedant

to strip, remove, or get rid of a title or position of authority

• divest

• corporeal

• impediment

• pedestrian

having to do with the physical body; tangible; not abstract

• incorporate

• expedient

• corporeal

• vested