Greek/Latin Roots Unit 16-18

rad

root

und

wave

pend

to hang, to weigh

plic

to fold

tort

twist

verg

to bend, to turn toward

cliv

slope

sin

curve

sult, ult, sil

to jump, to leap

ject

to throw, to cast

disseminate (antonym)

to pull together, avoid spreading info

inexplicable (antonym)

clear, easy to understand

acclivity (antonym)

flourish

converge (antonym)

deviate

resilient (antonym)

gives up easily

irradicable (antonym)

easy to destroy

expendable (antonym)

necessary

florid (antonym)

simple and boring

distort (synonym)

pervert

insinuate (synonym)

hint; imply

exultant (synonym)

triumphant

subjective (synonym)

personal

disseminate (synonym)

arculate

eradicate (synonym)

abolish; eliminate

contort (definitions)

to twist, wrench, or bend severely out of shape

eradicate (definitions)

to destroy; get rid of

seminal (definitions)

fundamentally influential; important

diverge (definitions)

to branch out; to go different ways

implicit (definitions)

implied or understood but not directly expressed

resilient (definitions)

able to recover readily; persistent

germinate (definitions)

to cause, to grow

desultory (definitions)

moving or jumping from one thing to another

redound (definitions)

to have an effect

inundate (definitions)

to flood

acclivity (definitions)

a climbing slope

germinal (definitions)

occuring in the earliest stage of development

deracinate (definitions)

to uproot; to remove from one’s homeland

subjective (definitions)

varying according to personal opinion or perspective

impending (definitions)

about to occur

exultant (definitions)

marked by great joy or jubilation

appended (definitions)

to add as a supplement; to attach

interjected (definitions)

to insert between other elements

insinuating (definitions)

to suggest and indirect or subtle fashion

undulated (definitions)

to move in a wavelike fashion

converges (definitions)

to come together; to gather, to meet

distorted (definitions)

to misshape; misrepresent