click below
click below
Normal Size Small Size show me how
GYV Root Words Ch. 2
A Matter of Life and Death
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| survive | to live through; endure |
| revive | to bring back to life |
| vivid | lifelike |
| vivacious | lively in temper or spirit; full of life |
| mortal | will eventually die; death; perishable |
| immortal | will never die; undying |
| mortify | to embarrass someone so much that he or she wishes to die |
| morbid | sick or unhealthy (especially in thought or desire); gloomy |
| prefix re- | means "back" or "again" |
| prefix im- | means "not" |
| suffix -ious | means "full of" |
| suffix -ify | means "to cause" |
| viv | to live |
| mort/mor | death |