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CL 11 Fire and Water
Albrecht's Classic Roots 11 roots and words
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| FERVO, FERVERE, FERVI (L) | "to be boiling hot" |
| fervid | (adj) full of intense passion or zeal |
| effervescent | (adj) 1. bubbling up from a liquid 2. very excited, bubbling over with high spirits |
| FLAGRO, FLAGRARE, FLAGRAVI, FLAGRATUM (L) | "to glow", "to burn", "to blaze" |
| conflagration | (n) a large and destructive fire |
| flagrant | (adj) shockingly evident, outrageously conspicuous |
| FLAMMA (L) | "flame" |
| inflammatory | (adj) 1. arousing strong emotion, especially anger or hostility 2. pertaining to redness, swelling, or pain following an infection or injury |
| flamboyant | (adj) colored or decorated in a showy way, having a showy appearance or manner |
| INCENDO, INCENDERE, INCENDI, INCENSUM (L) | "to set on fire" |
| incendiary | (adj) 1. designed or intended to cause a fire 2. tending to stir up strife, inflammatory |
| incense | (v) to infuriate, to enrage |
| KAIEIN (G) | "to burn" |
| caustic | (adj) 1. able to burn or eat away by chemical action 2. sarcastic, marked by a biting wit |
| cauterize | (v) to burn with a hot iron or a chemical to destroy abnormal tissue and/or to stop infection and/or bleeding |
| PUR (G) | "fire" |
| pyre | (n) a pile of wood, etc, for burning a corpse as part of a funeral rite, any pile of combustible materials |
| pyrotechnics | (n) 1. a display of fireworks 2. a spectacular display of virtuosity in music, writing, wit, or other accomplishment |
| pyromania | (n) a compulsion to set things on fire |
| SCINTILLA (L) | "spark" |
| scintilla | (n) a very small amount, a bit, an iota |
| scintillate | (v) 1. to give off sparks, to flash, to sparkle 2. to be animated or brilliant |