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Latin Roots Unit
Latin Roots test for 3/19/10
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Eat Greedily | Vor- |
| Flesh Eating animal | carnivorous |
| eat greedily, seize upon and destroy | devour |
| feeding on fruit | frugivorous |
| plant eating animal | herbivore |
| dependent on (eating) plants as food | herbivorous |
| dependent on (eating) insects as food | insectivorous |
| person or animal that eats everything (both flesh and plants) | omnivore |
| eating everything, both plants and animals | omnivorous |
| eating greedily, insatiable | voracious |
| live, alive | viv- |
| fond of eating and drinking with friends, jovial, hospitable | convivial |
| bring back to life, restore | revive |
| outlive, remain alive after | survive |
| die, not remaining alive | perish |
| lively in temper or conduct | vivacious |
| lacking in vigor | languid |
| liveliness of spirit | vivacity |
| having vigor and spirit of life, sharp and clear, graphic | vivid |
| enliven, make vivid | vivify |
| operation on living animal for scientific investigation | vivisection |
| break or busrt | rupt- |
| 1.broken off; lacking in continuity; steep | abrupt |
| long, continuous | sloping |
| long, expected | leisurely or deliberate |
| changed (broken to pieces) from good to bad; vicious | corrupt |
| sudden; quick and unexpected | abrupt |
| change (break to pieces) from good to bad; debase; pervert; falsify | corrupt |
| break apart; cause disorder | disrupt |
| burst or break out | erupt |
| inflexibly honest; incapable of being corrupted or bribed | incorruptible |
| break into or between; hinder; stop | interrupt |
| break; breaking; hostility | rupture |
| killing or killer | cide- |
| substance killing bacteria | bactericide |
| substance destroying living microorganisms | biocide |
| killing brother | fratricide |
| substance killing fungi or inhibits growth | fungicide |
| extermination of racial/cultural group | genocide |
| substance killing germs | germicide |
| substance killing plants | herbicide |
| killing of a human by another | homicide |
| killing infant | infanticide |
| substance killing insects | insecticide |
| killing mother | matricide |
| killing father | patricide |
| substance killing rats; insects; bacteria | pesticide |
| killing of a king | regicide |
| killing of sister | sororicide |
| killing oneself | suicide |
| killing of a tyrant | tyrannicide |
| bind, draw tight | string- |
| drawing tissues together, stern, austere | astringent |
| substance that shrinks tissues and checks flow of blood by drawing together blood vessels | astringent |
| snake that "constricts" or crushes prey in coils | boa constrictor |
| draw together, shrink | constrict |
| spread apart | expand |
| keep limits (keep back), confine | restrict |
| adverse criticism (tightening), rigid, severe | stringent |
| not confined, free; open to all | unrestricted |
| twist | tort- |
| person who can twist his or her body into odd positions | contortionist |
| twist out of shape, contort | distort |
| twist out of true meaning; misinterpret; pervert; falsify | distort |
| wrest something from person by force | extort |
| reply quickly | retort |
| quick, witty, cutting reply | retort |
| act of twisting, twisting of body by two forces | torsion |
| fall of twists or curves; winding; tricky; crooked | tortuous |
| anguish of body or mind, agony | torture |
| wrench, twist, inflict severe pain upon | torture |
| prove guilty , show conclusively to be guilty | convict |
| state of being judged guilty of an offense | conviction |
| strong belief | conviction |
| person serving prison sentence | convict |
| conquer, show conclusively | vict- |
| persuade or show conclusively by argument or proof | convince |
| expel by legal process; | evict |
| oust | evict |
| show clearly; disclose | evince |
| incapable of being conquered | invincible |
| overcome in battle; conquer | vanquish |
| winner; conqueror | victor |
| break | fract- |
| one or more of equal parts of a whole; fragment | fraction |
| apt to break out into a passion; cross; irritable | factious |
| not apt to break out into a passion | peaceable |
| break or crack | fracture |
| breaking of a bone | fracture |
| easily broken; frail; delicate | fragile |
| not easily broken | tough or durable |
| part broken off | fragment |
| act of breaking, breach, violation; infraction of law | infraction |
| bend ray of light, heat or sound wave, from straight course | refract |
| resisting; intractable, hard to manage; | refractory |
| not resisting; easily manageable | malleable, tractable, adaptable |
| all, every, everywhere | omni |
| covering many things at once | omnibus |
| bus | omnibus |
| book containing variety of works by one author | omnibus |
| of all varieties, forms or kinds | omnifarious |
| all-creating | omnific |
| unlimited in power; almighty | omnipotent |
| present everywhere at the same time; ubiquitous | omnipresent |
| knows everything | omniscient |
| avidly taking in everything | omnivorous |
| bend | flect |
| turn aside | deflect |
| bend, flex a limb | flex |
| pliable; not rigid; tractable | flexible |
| not pliable, rigid | inflexible |
| muscle that serves to bind limb | flexor |
| bend knee; touch the right knee to the ground, as in worship | genuflect |
| change in pitch or tone of a person's voice | inflection |
| rigidity, firmness | inflexibility |
| throw back light; think | reflect |
| involuntary response like sneezing | reflex |
Created by:
s.lee1993
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