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Latin Roots Review
Week 1-10 Fowler 7th and 8th
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| mort | death |
| clud | shut |
| firm | securely fixed |
| con, com | with |
| junc | join |
| alt | high |
| imag | likeness |
| belli | war |
| cam | field |
| cred | believe |
| mortal | certain to DIE |
| conclude | bring to an END |
| confirm | to MAKE SURE |
| conjunction | a JOINing together |
| altitude | the VERTICAL DISTANCE of an object |
| imagery | language that suggests how someone or something LOOKS, SOUNDS, FEELS, OR TASTES |
| rebellion | open OPPOSITION to authority |
| campaign | series of MILITARY OPERATIONS for a particular purpose |
| credible | reasonable and BELIEVABLE |
| compromise | SETTLEMENT of differences by each party GIVING UP some DEMANDS |
| vac | empty |
| ques | ask, seek |
| pug | fight |
| scend | climb |
| sim | like, same |
| turb | confusion |
| fid, fide | loyalty |
| spire | breathe |
| evacuate | to make empty |
| inquest | an official investigation |
| pugnacious | quarrelsome |
| transcend | climb |
| symbiotic | two unlike organisms living together for mutual benefit |
| perturb | to disturb greatly |
| advocate | to speak in favor of; support |
| confide | to show trust in |
| respiration | process that supplies oxygen to cells and tissues and releases carbon dioxide |
| trans | across |
| transport | to carry from one place to another |
| ped | foot |
| pedometer | an instrument that measures the approximate distance a person travels on foot by keeping track of the number of steps taken |
| multi | many |
| multitude | a large number |
| hex | six |
| hexagon | a plane figure having six angles and six sides |
| deca | ten |
| decade | a periof of ten years |
| penta | five |
| pentathlon | an athletic contest in which each participant enters five track and field events |
| quadr | four |
| quadrilateral | a polygon that has four sides |
| tele | far |
| telecommunicate | the science and technology of sending messages over long distances, especially by electrical or electronic means |
| tri | three |
| triennial | occuring every third year |
| mono | one |
| monotone | a succession of sounds or words uttered in a a single tone of voice |
| ambul | walk |
| alter | other |
| anim | life spirit |
| amphi | both sides |
| arthr | joints |
| pater | father |
| path | suffer |
| morph | change |
| soph | wise |
| tang | touch |
| alternative | a choice between two things |
| sophisticated | worldly wise, finely experienced |
| animate | to give life |
| arthritis | inflammation of the joints |
| amphibious | able to live on both land and water |
| paternal | fatherly |
| empathy | able to share feeling of another |
| tangible | able to be touched |
| ambulatory | related to walking |
| morphology | biology dealing with form and structure of animals and plants |
| a, an | without |
| anti | against |
| chloro | green |
| archae | ancient |
| decid | cut |
| dent, dont | teeth |
| derm | skin |
| ex | without |
| gastro | stomach |
| herb | plant |
| apathetic | showing little feeling |
| antidote | counteracts the effects of poison |
| chlorophyll | green pigment found in plants |
| archaic | surviving from an earlier time |
| deciduous | having parts that fall off |
| orthodontist | a dentist who specializes in arranging teeth |
| epidermis | thin outer layer of animals body |
| exoskeleton | hard, protective structure on the outside of the body |
| gastropod | mollusk with a muscular foot at the bottom |
| herbivore | plant eating animal |
| chrome | color |
| scop | see |
| auto | self |
| graph | to write |
| biblio | books |
| bio | life |
| chron | time |
| photo | light |
| logy | study of |
| hydr | water |
| log (as in prolog or reading log) | word |
| narr (as in narrative) | tell |
| aud (as in audible) | hear |
| metron (as in metric) | measure |
| therm (as in thermometer) | heat |
| aero (as in anaerobic or aerodynamic) | air |
| centr (as in centriole) | center |
| act (as in reactant) | do |
| aqua (as in aquatic) | water |
| cosm (as in microcosm or cosmic) | universe |
| prolog | a beginning section of a play |
| narrative | a story |
| audible | capable of being heard |
| metron | a decimal system of weights and measures |
| themometer | an instrument that measures temperature |
| anaerobic | occurring without oxygen |
| centriole | microscopic body located next to the nucleus of a cell |
| reactant | a substance that enters into and is changed by a chemical reation |
| aquatic | growing or living in water |
| microcosm | miniature universe |
| gon | angle |
| gen | birth |
| brev | short |
| hab | hold |
| homo | same |
| integ | whole |
| grad | step |
| gram | letter |
| psych | mind |
| nun | noun |
| diagonal | something having a sloping or slanting direction |
| regenerate | to give new life to |
| brevity | briefness as of expression |
| habitual | done constantly or repeatedly |
| homogeneous | of the same or similar kind |
| integrate | to make into a whole by bringing all parts together |
| gradual | occurring in small stages or degrees |
| grammar | the study of the structure of words |
| psychology | the scientific study of mental processes |
| enunciate | to pronounce |
| hetero | different |
| cise | to cut |
| struct | to build |
| sci | to know |
| merge | unite |
| hilar | merry |
| mater | mother |
| man | hand |
| luc | light |
| cogn | know |
| heterogeneous | parts that are not alike |
| concise | brief and clear |
| structure | something made up of a number of parts that are held together in a particular way |
| conscience | a sense of right or wrong |
| emerge | to rise from or as if from immersion |
| exhilarate | to cause to feel happy |
| matriarch | a woman who rules a family |
| manual | to operate or control |
| translucent | transmitting light but is blurred |
| incognito | hidden or disguised identity |
| bene | good |
| contra | against |
| hemi | half |
| hyper | excessive |
| hypo | too little |
| opt | best |
| phon | sound |
| sect | cut |
| meta | after, aside |
| benevolent | characterized by doing good, kindly |
| contradiction | the act of expressing the opposite of a condition, |
| hemisphere | one half of a sphere formed by a plane that passes through the sphere |
| hyperbole | a figure of speech in which exaggeration is used for effect |
| hypocrite | a person who shows or expresses feelings, beliefs, or virtues that he does not actually hold or possesses. |
| optimal | most favorable or desirable |
| phonetic | representing the sounds of speech with a set of symbols |
| dissect | to cut apart or separate for study or examination |
| metabolism | the sum of the physiological processes by which an organism maintains life. |
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