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Latin Less. 14
Latin Roots and Terminology
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| mov, mob, mot | move |
| ven, vent | come |
| sta, stat, stit, sist | put in place; cause to stand; stand |
| sed, sis, sess | sit; settle |
| cumb, cub | lie; recline |
| clin, cliv | lean; incline; slope |
| verg | tend toward; bend |
| misc, mixt | mix |
| jace | lie |
| jaci, ject, jacu | throw |
| mitt, miss, mise | send; let go |
| emotive | characterized by or pertaining to emotion |
| convene | bring together; assemble |
| advent | arrival of someone important |
| adventitious | happening randomly |
| circumvention | to avoid by deception |
| contravention | action violates law; breach; violation |
| convent | 1) a christian community under monastic vows 2) school attached to and run by a convent |
| covenant | 1) agreement 2) to agree, especially by lease or legal contract |
| venture | risky or dangerous undertaking |
| constable | police officer |
| desist | cease; stop |
| destitute | without the basic necessities of life; impecunious; poor |
| reconstitute | build up again; reconstruct |
| reconstituent | serving to build up new tissue to replace those wasted by disease or other factors |
| reinstate | restore (something or someone) to their former position or condition |
| restitution | restoration of something lost or stolen to its proper owner |
| stanchion | an upright bar, post, or frame forming a support or barrier |
| staunch | loyal or committed |
| subsist | support or maintain |
| statute | written law; regulation; edict |
| subsistent | maintain |
| statutory | required, permitted, or enacted by statute |
| assessor | person who makes assessments |
| assiduous (-ly) | sedulous; rigorous; showing great care and perserverance |
| dispossession | to banish |
| dissident | disagreeing; protester; dissenter |
| insidious (-ly) | stealthily treacherous or deceitful |
| preside | to occupy the place of authority or control |
| residual(s) | remaining after the greater part or quantity has gone |
| subsidy | sum of money granted by the government or a public body to assist an industry or business so that the price of a commodity or service may remain low or competitive |
| subsidiary | 1) subordinate; secondary; ancillary 2) company controlled by a holding company |
| sedulous | showing dedication and diligence; assiduous; rigorous; punctilious |
| cubit | ancient linear unit based on the length of the forearm |
| incubus | cause of distress or anxiety; a male demon |
| incumbent | 1) holding an indicated position 2) obligatory |
| recumbent | (especially of a person or human figure) lying down |
| procumbent | lying on the face or prone |
| succumb | fail to resist |
| proclivity | tendency to choose or do something regularly; inclination or predisposition to a particular thing |
| declivity | a downward slope |
| acclivity | an upward slope |
| deject | to dispirit, depress, or downcast |
| objectivity | not influenced by personal feelings |
| objectionable | tending to cause objection or disapproval |
| subjection | the act of subjecting a country or person to one's control; domination; oppression; suppression |
| commissary | restaurant in a movie studio, military base, prison, or other institution |
| committal | 1) sending a person to an institution, especially prison or a psychiatric hospital 2) the burial of a corpse |
| demise | a person's death |
| emissary | person sent on a special mission, usually as a diplomatic representative |
| immit | to send or let in |
| intermit | suspend or discontinue (action/practice) for a long time |
| intermittent | occurring at irregular intervals |
| manumission | act of a slave owner freeing his/her slaves |
| missive | letter |
| permissiveness | habitually tolerant of something |
| promissory | implying a promise |
| remiss | negligent; careless |
| remit | 1) cancel; suspend; revoke 2) send money in payment or as a gift |
| remittance | sum of money spent; act of spending money |
| surmise | to suppose that something is true |
| promiscuous | licentious; sexually indiscriminate; wanton |
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