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Latin Roots/Phrases
Test 11/8/13
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| grpah | writing |
| hem | blood |
| hetero | different |
| homo | same |
| hydr | water |
| iso | same/equal |
| log | speech |
| mega | big |
| metr | measure |
| micr | small |
| mon | one |
| necr | death/dead |
| nom | name |
| ortho | straighten |
| pan | all |
| path | suffering |
| a priori | "from the earlier" (knowledge outside of experience/self-evident truths) |
| a posteriori | "from the later" (knowledge that is a result of experience/ empirical) |
| ad hoc | "for this thing" a thing set up temporarily for a purpose |
| caveat emptor | "let the buyer beware" |
| semper fidelis | "always faithful" (motto of the marine corps) |
| e pluribus unum | "out of many, on" (motto of the US) |
| novous ordo seclorem | "new order of the ages" (motto of the US) |
| circa | "about" approximate date |