Grade 12 Root Words Semester 2

bellicose

Demonstrating aggression and willingness to fight.

antebellum

Occurring before a war

belligerence

Warlike mood or attitude

rebellion

open defiance of authority

decadent

overly luxurious and lacking moral discipline; excessive

cadence

rhythmic flow of a sequence of sounds or words

cascade

a waterfall; anything resembling a waterfall

casualty

A person killed or injured in a war or accident

decay

fading away of memory over time

congested

overcrowded, filled or occupied to excess

digestible

able to be taken into the body's system

gesticulation

a deliberate and vigorous gesture or motion

gestate

to conceive and develop in the mind or body

prohibit

To stop one from doing something; prevent

inhibitor

A substance that slows down or stops a chemical reaction

rehabilitation

A program for reforming the offender to prevent later offenses

hibernate

to sleep throughout the winter

jocose

joking; humorous

jocular

humorous, jesting, jolly, joking

jovial

cheerful and friendly

jocund

cheerful and lighthearted

legacy

An inheritance; something handed down from an ancestor or from the past

illegitimate

contrary to or forbidden by law

privilege

A special favor, right, or advantage given to a person or group.

delegate

A person appointed or elected to represent others

legislation

the act of making or enacting laws

admonish

warn or reprimand someone firmly

premonition

a warning in advance

monumental

Massive, very great, very important

monstrous

Causing shock; horrible; wicked

summon

to call together, to send for or to request to appear

onus

a burden; a responsibility

onerous

burdensome; heavy; hard to endure

exonerate

to free from blame

ornery

bad-tempered and combative

rapacious

aggressively greedy or grasping

surreptitious

secret, stealthy

usurp

to seize and hold a position by force or without right

rapture

A state of great joy, delight, or love

tortuous

not direct or straightforward

contortion

a sharp twist or bend in something

retort

To respond critically or sarcastically

extort

to obtain by force or threat

incendiary

combustible, flammable, burning easily

candor

honesty, frankness

incandescent

brilliant; giving off heat or light

candid

Completely honest, straightforward

objurgate

criticize/criticism

injurious

causing injury or damage

adjure

to command solemnly, as under oath

jurisdiction

the official power to make legal decisions and judgments.

jurisprudence

the science or philosophy of law

perjury

lying under oath

immortalize

To preserve in memory forever

moribund

at the point of death

morbid

gruesome, gloomy, or dark

mortify

To embarrass or humiliate

mortuary

funeral home

ominous

unfavorable, threatening, of bad omen

abominable

Horrible or unpleasant

abomination

a thing that causes disgust or hatred

omen

a sign of something about to happen

periphery

the outermost part or boundary

euphoria

A feeling of great happiness or well-being

paraphernalia

personal belongings

metaphor

A comparison without using like or as

disposition

a person's inherent qualities of mind and character

juxtapose

to place side by side for comparison

proponent

One who argues in favor of; supporter

posit

to put forth; assert

impose

to forcibly place upon

presuppose

to assume beforehand; to take for granted in advance; to require as a prior condition

superimposed

placed on or over something else

exponent

A mathematical notation indicating the number of times a quantity is multiplied by itself.

predispose

to incline to beforehand

obsequious

overly submissive and eager to please

inconsequential

trifling, unimportant

sequester

to isolate

segue

movement from one thing to another; transition

subsequent

Coming after or later

non sequitur

something that does not logically follow

detrimental

harmful; damaging

contrite

feeling regret for having committed some wrongdoing

trite

overused and hackneyed

attrition

a wearing down over time

verdant

green in tint or color; immature in experience or judgement

viridity

Lack of experience; innocence

provident

providing for future need, frugal

evidence

the available body of facts or information indicating whether a belief or proposition is true or valid.

advise

to give advice

livid

furiously angry

revise

To make corrections to; edit or redo