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English Ltn&Grk root
latin and greek roots
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| biped | a creature with two feet |
| centipede | a creature with 100 feet |
| impediment | something that stands in one's way |
| millipede | a creature with 1000 feet |
| pedal | a lever that is moved with ones foot |
| peddler | a person who goes from door to door on foot trying to sell a product |
| pedestrian | a person who walks across the street on foot |
| pedicure | a foot treatment that could include soaking the feet and polishing the toenails |
| quadruped | a four-footed creature |
| tripod | a three-footed stand often used to balance a camera |
| emancipate | to set free |
| manacles | handcuffs |
| manager | a person who has the upper hand |
| mandate | an order or command placed in one's hand |
| maneuver | to handily or skillfully go around something |
| manicure | a treatment for the hands and nails |
| manipulate | to skillfully operate by hand |
| manual | a handbook |
| manufacture | to make by hand or by machine |
| manuscript | a handwritten or typed piece of writing, such as a book |
| circumspect | careful to look at all the possibilities before acting |
| inspect | to look at carefully in search of flaws |
| introspection | the act of looking into one's own thoughts and feelings |
| perspective | one way of looking at things |
| respect | to look up to someone |
| retrospective | looking back at past things |
| spectacle | something that is displayed for the public to see |
| spectacles | glasses that help someone see better |
| spectator | a person who watches something |
| speculate | to look and think about something from different points of view |
| contradict | to speak against |
| dictation | what is written down as someone says it |
| dictator | a leader who speaks and rules with total power |
| diction | the manner in which something is expressed in words |
| dictionary | a reference book in which spoken or written words are defined |
| dictum | a judge's ruling or statement |
| edict | public words issued by an official that explain a law or command |
| indictment | formal words spoken or written by a jury that change a person with crime |
| predict | to say what will happen before it occurs |
| verdict | the decision a jury makes in a trial |
| dejected | to feel sad |
| dject | to throw out |
| injection | a shot |
| interjection | a word thrown into a sentence or conversation |
| jettison | to throw goods overboard to lighten the load on board or an airplane |
| projectile | an object thrown into the air with great force |
| projector | a machine that throws an image onto a wall |
| reject | to throw something out because it can't be used again |
| subject | to throw oneself under someone else's rule |
| trajectory | the curved path of an object thrown into space |
| bisect | to cut into two pieces |
| dissect | to cut apart for the purpose of investigation |
| insect | a class of small arthropod animals |
| intersection | the point when two lines meet |
| section | a separate part of something |
| sectional | a couch that is made up of several pieces |
| sector | a separate part of society, group, or area |
| transect | to cut across something |
| trisect | to cut into three separate pieces |
| vivisection | surgery on living animals |
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jimmelnick26
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