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Lesson 11&12 Vocab
Vocabulary from Classical Roots Book A - words/roots
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| TRANS | Latin "across" |
| transgress | v. to go beyond or over set limits; to break a rule |
| transitive | adj. describing an action carried from subject to verb to object; needing a direct object to complete the meaning of the verb |
| transitory | adj. lasting for only a short while |
| translucent | adj. permitting light to pass through, but not transparent |
| EO,IRE, IVI, ITUM | Latin "to go" |
| ambience | n. environment; the surrounding atmosphere |
| obituary | n. notice of a death with biographical information |
| transient (adj.) | passing quickly; transitory; staying only a short time |
| transient (n.) | a person or thing having a short stay |
| ERRO, ERRARE, ERRAVI, ERATUM | Latin "to wander," "to stray" |
| aberration | n. straying from what is normal or accepted |
| erratic | adj. irregular or inconsistent in movement, habit, quality, or ideas |
| HODOS | Greek "journey" |
| episode | n. an incident in a person's life or in a story or play |
| exodus | n. mass departure or emigration |
| Exodus | n. the departure of the Israelites from Egypt with their leader Moses |
| ITER, ITINERIS | Latin "journey" |
| itinerant (adj.) | adj. traveling from place to place, especially to perform some duty or work; transient |
| itinerant (n.) | n. a person who travels from place to place. |
| itinerary | n. a route of travel; a plan or record of a journey. |
| VENIO, VENIRE, VENI, VENTUM | Latin "to come" |
| advent | n. arrival or coming into being |
| Advent | n. the period beginning four weeks before Christmas; the birth of the Christ. |
| circumvent | v. to avoid; to evade by cleverness; to avoid by passing around. |
| convene | v. to assemble, especially for a meeting. |
| intervene | v. to occur between events or periods; to come between, thereby easing a situation; to interfere or to interrupt. |
| TELE | Greek "at a distance" |
| telepathy | n. communication from one mid to another without speech, writing, or other sensory means. |
| VIA | Latin "way", "street", "road"; "journey" |
| deviate | v. to turn aside from a coarse, norm, pattern, or subject. |
| devious | adj. winding; roundabout; underhanded; deceptive. |
| impervious | adj. not penetrable by light rays, moisture, etc.; incapable of being influenced or affected. |
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