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Vocabulary 5,6
Vocabulary from Classical Roots Book A
Question | Answer |
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MIKROS | (G.) small |
microbe | (n.)an organism invisible to the naked eye, especially one that causes disease |
microcosm | (n.) a miniature world; something that resembles something else on a very small scale |
MINUO, MINUERE, MINUI, MINUTUM, MINUS | (L.) to lessen |
mniscule | (adj.) extremely small |
minutia | (n.) a small or trivial detail |
TENUO, TENUARE, TENUAVI, TENUATUM | (L.) to make thin |
attenuate | (v.) to make slender or small |
tenuous | (adj.) thin in form; flimsy; having little substance or validity |
SATIS | (L.) enough |
satiate | (v.) to satisfy an appetite fully; to gratify to excess |
IMPLEO, IMPLERE, IMPLEVI, IMPLETUM, PLENUS | (L.) to fill; full |
comply | (v.) to do as one is asked or ordered |
implement | (n.) a tool or utensil (v.) to carry out; to put into effect |
replete | (adj.) well-stocked or abundantly supplied, completely filled, utterly satisfied |
expletive | (n.) an exclamation or other, often obscene |
COPIA | (L.) plenty |
copious | (adj.) plentiful; in large amounts |
MAKROS | (G.) large |
macrocosm | (n.) the universe; any great whole. |
MAGNUS | (L.) great |
magnanimous | (adj.) noble and generous, especially in forgiving; not petty |
magnate | (n.) a wealthy, influential person, especially in business |
magnitude | (n.) 1. greatness of importance or size; 2. the degree of brightness of a star |
MEGAS | (G.) great |
megalomania | (n.) 1. a form of mental illness in which a person has exaggerated ideas of his or her own importance; 2. an obsessive idea to do things on a grand scale |
POLY | (G.) many |
polygamy | (n.) the system of having more than one spouse at a time |
polygon | (n.) a flat shape with many straight sides |