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Latin Roots Lesson 7
Latin Roots and Terminology
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| anim | life; spirit; mind; soul |
| vit, viv | live |
| mort | death |
| mord, mors | bite |
| morb | illness |
| mor | custom |
| dorm | sleep |
| somn | sleep; dream |
| torp | stupor; numbness |
| para, par [pair] | prepare, ward off |
| par [pair, peer] | equal |
| -parous | bearing; producing |
| animosity | ill will; violent hatred; antagonism |
| animus | ill will |
| equanimity | evenness of mind or temper under stress; emotional balance; composure; calmness or equilibrium |
| magnanimous | showing greatness or nobility of mind; forgiving; chivalrous |
| unanimity | oneness of mind; complete agreement |
| unanimous | of one mind |
| revivify | give new life or vigor |
| vivacious | full of life; fun; lively; animated |
| vivisection | surgery on living animals; medical research that involves cutting into living animals to study organs, tissues, or diseases |
| mortify (-ication) | to cause a feeling of shame or humiliation |
| mortician | person who prepares dead bodies for burial or cremation |
| antemortem | before death |
| postmortem | after death; analysis or discussion done after an event |
| rigor mortis | fixed muscular contraction after death |
| mordant | caustic; biting; sarcastic; acerbic |
| remorse | feeling of deep regret |
| morsel | a small bite of food |
| mordacious (-city) | denoting or using biting sarcasm or invective |
| morbid | 1) appealing to an abnormal and unpleasant interest in disturbing and unhealthy subjects, especially death; gruesome 2) diseased |
| morbidity | diseased state or symptom; prevalence of disease |
| morbific | causing disease |
| amoral | lacking a moral sense; unconcerned with rightness or wrongness of something; unethical |
| demoralize | having lost confidence or hope; disheartened |
| morose | sullen and ill-tempered; sulky; gloomy; bad-tempered |
| mores | customs; traditions |
| somnambular | sleepwalking |
| somniferous | causing sleep |
| somniloquy (-uence) | talking in your sleep |
| torpor | state of physical or mental inactivity; lethargy |
| torpid | mentally or physically inactive |
| parapet | low wall along the edge of a roof or balcony |
| parasol | umbrella |
| pare | reduce; diminish; decrease |
| parry | ward off a weapon or attack, especially with a counter move |
| apparatus | equipment; gear; tackle |
| separate | divide |
| inseparable | indivisible |
| irreparable | unable to be fixed |
| reparation | making of amends for a wrong one has been done by paying money or otherwise helping those who have been wronged; restitution; compensation |
| disparage | regard or represent as being of little worth; belittle; denigrate; deprecate |
| disparate | essentially different in kind; not allowing comparison; contrasting |
| disparity | a great difference; imbalance; discrepancy |
| parity | the state of being equal |
| imparity | inequality |
| parlay | turn an initial stake or winnings from a previous bet into a greater amount by gambling |
| viviparous | bringing forth live young that have developed inside the body of the parent |
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