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Unit 1 Vocab Roots
Vocabulary Greek and Latin Roots unit 1-5
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| ERG, URG | Work |
| Surgical | very precise, clear and accurate |
| Energetic | Active and lively |
| Ergonomic | intended to decrease discomfort and maximize work |
| VIG | Energetic and lively |
| Vigorous | done with power,force or energy |
| Invigorate | To fill with strength and energy, verb |
| EG, AG, IG, ACT | Do, drive, act |
| Prodigal | wasting money or resources |
| Agitate | To publicly demand, to shake vigorously or violently, to upset; verb |
| Enact | To make legal or official, verb |
| Reactionary | Strongly opposed to change, conservative |
| Agile | able to move quickly and lightly |
| Allege | To put forth as true, to claim; verb |
| POS, PON | to put, to place |
| Composure | the control over expressions and actions |
| Exponential | steadily increasing |
| Imposition | an unwelcome demand, a burden |
| Repository | A place designated for storage |
| STAN, STAT | To stand, To stand something up |
| Instantanious | Happening immediately |
| Reinstate | To bring back into existence or authority, verb |
| Inconstant | Not lasting, not steady |
| THES, THET | Placing, Having been placed |
| Synthesis | To combine, To blend; verb |
| Parenthical | Explaining a main idea or topic |
| Hypothesis | Idea proposed as true,theory |
| CEPT, CIP, CIEVE | To take, seize |
| Intercept | To catch or block |
| Participant | One who takes part in |
| Conceive | To come up with, imagine |
| Deceptive | Intended to mislead or trick |
| Exceptional | Standing out from others |
| Anticipate | To excpect before hand |
| HAB, HIB | To have, hold; To have a home, to dwell |
| Cohabitation | Living together, co-existance |
| Exhibit | To show boris and to display leo |
| DIT | To give |
| Editorial | Expressing opinions or bias |
| Nontraditional | Going against the accepted pattern or style |
| DON | To give; gift |
| Donor | One who gives something |
| Condone | To support, to give approval to |
| SANCT | holy |
| Sanctum | A private place, a retreat |
| Sanctify | To make holy |
| Sanctions | Something that forces obedience with a law or rule |
| Sanctuary | A place of protection |
| DEI | god |
| Deity | A divine being |
| Deify | To make into a god,to treat like a god |
| THE | god |
| Pantheon | A group of gods, a group of people so accomplished in a skill or field that they seem like gods |
| Polytheistic | Having several gods or deities |
| Monotheism | Worship of or belief in only one god |
| CAST, CHAST | Pure |
| Castigate | To criticize, to condemn |
| Chastened | Made less proud, humble |
| Chastise | To punish verbally, to scold |
| HUM | Ground, Earth |
| Humility | lack of pride, modesty |
| Exhume | To remove from the ground, dig up |
| STELL, ASTR | Star |
| Stellar | Excellent, outstanding |
| Astronomical | Enormous, immense |
| NEB, NIMB | Cloud |
| Nebulous | Not definite, vague |
| Nimbus | A cloud |
| CELES | Sky |
| Celestial | Having to do with the sky or heavens |
| TERR | Earth, ground |
| Terrestrial | Earthly, of or from land |
| Inter | To put into the ground, to bury |
| Subterranean | Beneath the ground |
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