Latin Roots 1-12 (January Test)

Practice Sentences: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ArBO-YbnJZ8O7bpXh-L13P6HPXpJ5pGpJqg_ih0gc_w/edit?usp=sharing

act, ag, ig

to do, to move, to drive

ali, alter

another, other

am (at)

to love

anim

life, spirit, soul

anni, annu, enni

year

aqua, aque

water

arm

arm, weapon

art

art, craft, skill

amiable

(a) generally pleasant, friendly, and nice to be around

equanimity

(n) calmness or evenness

inalienable

(a) that which cannot be take away or transferred to someone else

magnanimous

(a) showing a kind of nobleness of mind and spirit; high

reactionary

(a) characterized by ideas suggesting a desire to move backward, especially in matters related to politics; (n) a person with such ideas

amorous

(a) suggestive of love, lovemaking, or sexual desire

aqueous

(a) life, of, or formed by water; watery

armature

(n) equipment or clothing for battle, or any protective covering; an armlike extension

artifice

(n) cunning ingenuity, clever or sly trickery

armistice

(n) a temporary suspension of hostilities by mutual agreement, as a truce preliminary to a peace treaty

artisan

(n) a person skilled at a craft, usually a handicraft

superannuated

(a) worn out, or retired, from age and years of use or hard work; obsolete or outdated

aud(it)

to hear

avi

bird

bell(i)

war

ben(e)

good, well

bon, boun

good

capit, capt

head, chief, leader

carn(i)

flesh, meat

ced(e), ceed, cess

to go, to yield

antebellum

(a) before the war, especially the American Civil War; typical of how things were before any war

audit

(v) to attend a class only as a listener, not for credit; to check or examine a company's financial records; (n) the process of making an examination of or attending a class in order to examine it

bellicose

(a) eager to fight or quarrel; hostile

belligerency

(n) the condition of warlike hostility; a hostile action

benign

(a) not malignant; gracious and kindly; good

benefactor

(n) a person who gives another (financial) help; a patron

accession

(n) the attainment of a certain rank or dignity; an increase by means of something added; the act of becoming joined

capitulation

(n) a surrendering, usually upon prearranged terms or conditions; a final giving up

bona fide

(a) in good faith; genuine

incarnate

(a) literally, in the flesh; in bodily form; personified; flesh

intercede

(v) to act on another's behalf; to mediate

recapitulation

(n) an act or instance of summarizing and restating the main points of something

cent(i)

hundred

cide, cis(e)

to kill, to cut

clam, claim

to cry out, to declare

cord, cour

heart

corp(or)

body

cred

to believe, to trust

curr, curs, course

to run, to flow

dic(t)

to speak, to say

centenarian

(n) a person who has lived to be 100 years old

clamorous

(a) characterized by continuous loud and complaining voices; noisily complaining; insistent

concordance

(n) a condition of harmony or agreement; an alphabetical index indicating reference passages, as from a writer’s works

discordant

(a) sounding harsh or inharmonious; clashing

incisive

(a) keenly penetrating; cutting into

concourse

(n) a running or flowing together; a broad public walkway or hallway; a crowd or throng

corporal

(a) related to the physical body

credulity

(n) the naive willingness to believe too easily without proof

cursory

(a) done in a superficial or hasty manner

dictum

(n) an authoritative saying or maxim

duc(t), duce

to lead

fed, fid(e)

faith, trust

fin(e)

end, limit

flect, flex

to bend

fort, fore

strong

frater(n), fratr

brother

fus, fund, found

to pour, to melt

confluence

(n) a coming or flowing together, as of rivers or ideas, a place of joining

confound

(v) to perplex, confuse, amaze, or bewilder

effusive

(a) pouring forth in an emotional way; unrestrained or overly demonstrative

fratricide

(n) the killing of one’s own brother; someone who commits such an act

mellifluous

(a) as if flowing with honey or sweetness; like the tones of a honeyed voice

superfluous

(a) flowing beyond what is needed; in excess of a sufficiency

conducive

(a) tending to lead, help, assist, or result in

fidelity

(n) faithfulness ot one’s own promises or obligations; steadfast faithfulness; technological faithfulness

flexuous

(a) winding in and out; bending or waving

perfidious

(a) a characteristic of one who would intentionally betray a faith or trust; treacherous

grad, gress

to step, to walk

grat, grac

pleasing, favor

greg

flock, herd, group

host, hospit

host, guest

jac, ject, jet

to throw, to hurl, to lie

judic

judge, judgment

liber, liver

free

aggregation

(n) separate individuals joined in a group, often for a specific purpose; a mass composed of many parts

degradation

(n) a major reduction in worth, quality, or standing; a deterioration, as of moral character

digress

(v) to wander off the point or topic

egregious

(a) standing out from others, but in a bad way; conspicuously bad; flagrant

gregarious

(a) - (of a person) fond of company; sociable

ingratiate

(v) to (try to) make oneself appear favorable or necessary to another; to bring into the good graces of

inhospitable

(a) not inclined to be kind or friendly; barren and forbidding

adjudicate

(v) to settle or rule upon, as in a court of law

adjunct

(n) a thing, usually of secondary importance, added to something else; (a) added or connected in a subordinate capacity

conjecture

(n) a prediction, theory, or inference based on guesswork; (v) to form a point of view without proof

injudicious

(a) displaying poor judgment; indiscreet; lacking wisdom

jettison

(v) to throw something away, usually because it is no longer wanted; (n): the discarding of anything

prejudicial

(a) producing prejudice; causing an unfavorable opinion without supporting evidence; detrimental

rejoinder

(n) a quick and clever answer; an appropriate reply, as to a smart question or statement

liter

letter

loc

place

locut, loqu

to speak, to talk

luc, lumen

light, to shine