latin/greek roots 2026 vocab #2

degenerate

a person with low morals standards and behavior

engender

to bring about; to produce

genre

a kind or type of art

transfigure

to change the form or appearance of

fictive

not real

feign

to make up or invent; to pretend

cognate

related to or coming from the same source

innate

natural, present from birth

nascent

in the act of being born; growing

parturient

about to bring forth or give birth; pregnant

repertory

the range of works an artist can produce or perform

gen-

“race; type; kind”

fig, fict

“to shape”

nasc, nat

“to be born”

par, per

“to give birth; to produce”