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Lat stems Clas Words
Latin Stems and Classic Words
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| bi | two |
| de | down |
| super | over |
| sub | under |
| pre | before |
| manifest | obvious |
| countenance | facial expression |
| profound | deep |
| prodigious | huge, amazing, |
| languor | weak in mind or body |
| Who wrote Peter Pan? | James M. Barrie |
| Who wrote Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde? | Robert Louis Stevenson |
| Who wrote the Wind and the Willows? | Kenneth Grahame |
| un | not |
| inter | between |
| semi | half |
| dis | away |
| sym | together |
| Who Wrote Wuthering Heights | Emily Bronte |
| Who wrote Addie's favorite novel, Jan Eyre? | Charlotte Bronte |
| The Roman Emperor , Titus, was opposed to what during his reign? He also sent a mother a message... | capital punishment |
| serene | calm, peaceful |
| acute | sharp |
| grotesque | weird looking, distorted |
| condescend | look at the stem de and remember it means to talk or act down to someone. |
| odious | hateful |
| Who wrote Frankenstein? | Mary Shelley |
| Bonus..Can you tell the story about how the word grotesque became a word? | Hint : Emperor Nero, Artist Raphael |
| Who wrote Tom Sawyer? | Mark Twain |
| Jonathan Swift is the author of what famous book? | Gulliver's Travels |
| A word that means the opposite is called ? | antonym |
| What deserts a building, according to Pliny | mice |
| circum | around |
| mal | Bad |
| post | after |
| equi | equal |
| ante | before |
| Sir Walter Scott wrote? | Ivanhoe, one of the greatest adventures of knights in all of English Literature. |
| Roman emperor, Trajan provide one of the most important principles of American law. What was his famous quote? | " It is better that the guilty should remain unpunished than the innocent should be condemned." |
| exquisite | beautifully made |
| clamor | outcry |
| sublime | lofty |
| tremulous | quivering |
| allude | indirectly refer to |
| aqua | water |
| audi | hear |
| scrib | write |
| cede | go |
| cise | cut |
| placid | calm |
| singular | unique |
| amiable | friendly |
| incredulous | skeptical, full of disbelief |
| perplex | confuse |
| Who wrote books signed,"By a Lady"? | Jane Austin |
| Where did the Roman Christians bury their dead? | catacombs |
| What structure brought Romans their water? | aqueduct |
| Who wrote "Alice in Wonderland"? | Charles Dodgson |
| What was Octavian's other name? | Augustus |
| What did Watson and Crick discover? | the structure of DNA |
| Who wrote the secret garden? | Frances Hodgson Burnett |
| cred | believe |
| miss | send |
| cide | kill |
| dict | say |
| bell | war |
| melancholy | sadness |
| visage | face |
| venerate | to respect |
| abate | to lesson |
| repose | resting |
| spec | look |
| pend | hang |
| omni | all |
| re | again |
| ex | out |
| vulgar | common, unrefined |
| traverse | to cross |
| undulate | to wave |
| vivid | bright |
| pallor | paleness |
| bene | good |
| son | sound |
| nov | new |
| sangui | blood |
| cogn | know |
| wistful | yearning, strong emotional longing |
| subtle | slight, hard to grasp, |
| sagacity | wisdom |
| remonstrate | to object |
| tedious | boring |
| ject | throw |
| dorm | sleep |
| magn | great |
| ver | true |
| put | think |
| articulate | express clearly |
| vex | to irritate |
| prostrate | lying face down |
| abyss | bottomless depth |
| martyr | one who suffers or dies for a principle or cause |
| geo | earth |
| scope | look |
| anti | against |
| intro | introduce |
| neo | new |
| archy | government |
| bio | life |
| auto | self |
| chron | time |
| dec | ten |
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