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ACT List 12
Latin and Greek Roots
Term | Definition |
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PATER / PATR | father |
patron | n. one who supports an artist |
patriarch | n. male head of a family |
patricide | n. the killing of one’s father |
paternal | adj. fatherly |
patriotism | n. love of one’s fatherland |
patrician | n. one of noble birth; aristocrat |
BENE / BON | good |
beneficial | adj. favorable; producing benefits |
benevolent | adj. good-hearted; helpful; kind |
bonanza | n. an unusually rich vein of ore in a mine; a sudden coming into wealth |
bountiful | adj. plentiful; abundant |
benediction | n. blessing |
GRAT | pleasing |
gratitude | n. thankfulness; appreciation |
congratulations | n. expression of pleasure over another’s good fortune |
ingrate | n. one who is ungrateful |
ingratiate | v. to worm oneself into another’s favor |
INE | like |
pristine | adj. having its original purity |
saline | adj. consisting of salt; salty |
serpentine | adj. like a snake |
equine | adj. like a horse |
philistine | n. a person lacking in culture and manners |