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Latin Roots Lesson 6
Latin Roots and Terminology
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| sens, sent | feel; be aware |
| cern, cert, cret | sift; separate; distinguish; decide |
| crim, crimin | judgement; accusation; crime |
| sci | know |
| sap, sip | taste; discern; be wise |
| sag | shrewd; wise |
| fa, fat, fess | speak |
| far | divine law |
| fac, fact, fect, -fic, -fy | do; make; cause |
| fing, fig, fict | form; shape; invent; imagine |
| fig, fix, -fy | fasten; pierce |
| simul, simil, sembl | together; likeliness; pretense |
| quasi- | as if; seemingly |
| non-, ne- | not |
| fatu | foolish |
| dissent | disagreement; difference in opinion; argument; dispute |
| sententious | sanctimonious; judgemental; self-righteous |
| insensate | lacking sympathy or compassion; unfeeling |
| sage | profoundly wise; scholar; savant; philosopher |
| presage | sign or warning that (something, typically something bad) will happen; omen; prophecy |
| sagacious | good judgement; shrewd; intelligence |
| sagacity | the quality of being sagacious |
| affable (-ility) | friendly; amiable; genial |
| ineffable | too great or extreme to be expressed or described in words; beyond words; indescribable |
| nefarious | evil; wicked; sinful |
| multifarious | diverse; varied; many; numerous |
| fatuity | stupidity; foolishness |
| fatuous (infatuate) | silly; foolish; stupid; inane; vacuous |
| infatuation | an intense but short-lived passion or admiration for someone or something |
| efficacy (-ious) | effective; successful |
| affectation | behavior; speech or writing that is artificial and designed to impress; pretentious |
| factious | divided; split; discordant |
| superficial | existing or occurring at or on the surface |
| defect | 1) shortcoming; imperfection; fault; flaw 2) to change sides; rebel; desert |
| beneficial | favorable; advantageous |
| beneficent | generous; charitable; altruistic |
| ascertain | to find out for certain; comprehend |
| discretion/discreet | 1) the quality of behaving or speaking in such a way as to avoid causing offense or revealing private information 2) the freedom to decide what should be done in a particular situation individually separate and distinct. |
| discrete | individually separate and distinct. |
| differentiate | the unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people or things, especially on the grounds of race, age, or sex |
| indiscriminate | done at random or without careful judgement |
| nescience | lack of knowledge or awareness; ignorance |
| insipid | tasteless; bland; lacking flavor (substance) |
| sapient | wise or attempting to appear wise |
| sapience | quality of being wise |
| malefactor | person who commits a crime or some other wrongdoing; criminal |
| fictitious | not real or true; being imaginary or having been fabricated |
| transfigure | transform into something more beautiful or elevated |
| transfixed | to become motionless with horror, wonder, or astonishment |
| dissemble | conceal one's true motives, feelings, or beliefs; pretend |
| verisimilitude | having the appearance of being true or real |
| dissimulation | concealment of one's thoughts, feelings, or character; pretense |
| semblance | the outward appearance or apparent form of something, especially when the reality is different |
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