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Latin Less. 15
Latin Roots and Terminology
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| pend, pens, pond | hang; weigh |
| pend, pens | pay |
| pati, pass | suffer; feel; endure; permit |
| pon, pos, posit [pound, post] | put; place |
| tend, tens, tent | stretch |
| tenu | thin |
| tempt, tent | try out; test |
| ten, tin, tent [tain] | hold |
| her, hes | stick; cling |
| pand, pans, pass | spread; extend |
| append | 1) add as a supplement 2) to attach |
| compendium | brief treatment or account of a subject |
| indispensable | 1) absolutely necessary or essential 2) incapable of being dispensed |
| expend | 1) to use up 2) to pay out |
| expendable | 1) not reusable 2) not worth maintaining 3) capable of being expended |
| expenditure | the action of spending funds |
| pendant | hanging downward |
| pendulous | hanging down loosely |
| pensive (-ly) | engaged in; involving; reflecting deep or serious thought |
| ponderous | slow and clumsy due to great weight; big and confusing |
| preponderance | the quality or fact of being greater in number, quantity, or importance. |
| pensioner | person who receives a pension |
| recompense | make amends to [someone] for loss or harm suffered; compensate |
| spendthrift | person who spends money in an extravagant, irresponsible way |
| stipend | a fixed, regular sum paid as a salary or allowance |
| pander | gratify or indulge (an immoral or distasteful desire, need, or habit or a person with such desire) |
| impassioned | filled with or showing great emotion |
| passible | capable of feeling or suffering |
| impassible | incapable of suffering or feeling pain |
| passivity | tendency to be impatient; irritability or restlestness |
| impassive | not feeling or showing emotion |
| depose | to remove from office or position, especially high office |
| predispose | to give an inclination or tendency to beforehand; make susceptible |
| prepose | place in front of another |
| posit | 1) assume as a fact; put forward as a basis of argument 2) put in position; place |
| positivism | 1) philosophical system that holds that every rationally justifiable assertion can be scientifically verified or is capable of logical or mathematical proof 2) theory that laws are to be understood as social rules |
| imposition | 1) laying on of something as a burden or obligation 2) something imposed, as a burden or duty; an unusually or extraordinarily burdensome task |
| juxtapose | to place close together or side by side, especially for comparison and contrast |
| juxtaposition | state of being close together or side by side |
| poser | 1) one who poses 2) problem or question that is puzzling or confusing |
| contention | struggling together in opposition; strife; dispute |
| detent | a mechanism that temporarily keeps one part in a certain position relative to that of another and can be released by applying force to one of its parts |
| distend | to expand by stretching, as something hollow or elastic |
| pretension | a laying of claim to something |
| sententious | given to excess moralizing |
| tenable | capable of being held or maintained |
| tendril | a threadlike, leafless organ of climbing plants |
| tensile | of or relating to tension |
| ostensible | outwardly appearing as such; professed; pretended |
| ostentatious | characterized by or given to pretentious or conspicuous show in attempt to impress others |
| portend | indicate in advance; foreshadow or presage as an omen does |
| portent | indication or omen of something about to happen, especially something momentous |
| portentous | nature of portent; momentous |
| attenuate | reduce the force, effect, or value of. |
| attenuation | 1) act of attenuating or the state of being attenuated 2) process by which a virus/bacterium changes under laboratory conditions to become less virulent |
| tenuous | very weak or slight |
| tenuity | lack of solidity or substance; thinness |
| extenuate | make (guilt or an offense) seem less serious or more forgivable |
| tentative | not certain or fixed; hesitant |
| appertain | relate or concern |
| countenance | 1) a person's face/facial expressions 2) to admit as acceptable or possible |
| impertinent | not showing proper respect; rude |
| incontinent | unable to contain or retain |
| malcontent | not satisfied or content with currently prevailing conditions/circumstances |
| pertinent | relevant |
| retention | the continued possession, use, or control of something |
| retentive | having the ability to remember facts and impressions easily |
| retinue | a group of advisers, assistants, or others accompanying an important person |
| sustenance | food and drink regarded as a source of strength; nutritious |
| tenacious | tending to keep a firm hold on something; clinging or adhering closely |
| tenacity | quality or fact of being able to grip something firmly; grip |
| tenure | conditions under which land or buildings are held or occupied |
| adherent | person who supports a particular party, person, or set of ideas |
| incohesive | tending to disrupt |
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