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Roots Up List
Week 20
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| malus | bad,ugly,evil,ill |
| malady | illness, any undesirable condition |
| malade | sick |
| dismal | evil or unlucky: dreary, causing gloom |
| dies | day |
| malaria | bad air: a disease carried by mosquitos |
| malign | to utter injuriously misleading or false reports,: to speak evil of |
| E/EX | out of, beyond, from, former |
| exit | to go out; the door through which you leave |
| ire | to go |
| effort | strenous physical or mental exertion |
| fortis | strong |
| educate | to lead out of ignorance |
| ducere | to lead |
| erase | to rub out or obliterate |
| radere | to scrape |
| archos | chief, principle, primitive |
| archeology | study of the beginnings of man |
| logos | study |
| architect | one who designs new buildings |
| monarchy | rule by one person |
| monos | alone |
| patriarch | founding father of a family or country: ruling father figure |
| pater | father |
| arcus | bow, arc |
| arc | part of a circle |
| arcade | a row of arches supported by pillars |
| archery | the art of shooting arrows from a bow |
| circum | around, about |
| circle | a perfectly round plane figure |
| circus | a round arena surrounded by seating for performances by trained animals, acrobats etc |
| circulation | movement in a circular motion |
| circumstance | that which stands around or surrounds; sonditions existing at a certain time. |
| stare | to stand |
| kyklos | ring, circle, wheel |
| cycle | any complete round or recurring series |
| cyclone | a storm characterized by circular wind motion: a tornado |
| encyclopedia | a series of books of knowledge needed for a well rounded education |
| cyclops | any of a group of giants in Greek mythology having a single eye in the middle of the forehead |
| ops | eye |
| paideia | child rearing, education |
| peri | around |
| perimeter | distance around, outside of an area |
| periscope | device for seeing around obstacles |
| metron | measure |
| skopein | to look |
| period | completion of a cycle; dot at end of a sentence |
| odos | way, path |
| peripheral | carry around the outside; extra |
| pherein | to carry |