Greek and Latin roots Unit 4-6

LANG

Latin - "to be weak, be faint"

VIGIL

Latin - "watchful"

QUIES

Latin - "to rest"

PECC

Latin - "to sin, to be flawed"

PEJ, PAIR

Latin - "worse"

MAL

Latin - "bad"

NEG

Latin - "to deny, to neglect"

JOC

Latin - "joke"

FEST, FET

Latin - "festive

BACCH

From the name of the Roman god of wine and celebration Bacchus

PLAINT

Latin - "to lament"

ELEG

Greek - "song of lament"

SOMN

Latin - "sleep"

SOPOR

Latin - "sleep"

JOCOS

adj. cheerful; merry

JOCULAR

adj. of or relating to joking

FESTOON

v. the drape or adorn festively

FETE

v. to honor with a banquet or feast

BACCHIC

adj. Of or relating to a wild celebration

BACCHANAL

n. a drunken party or celebration

PLAINTIVE

adj. Sorrowful; expressing or evoking mourning or sadness

PLAINT (word)

n. a lament or complaint

ELEGY

n. a song or poem memorializing something or someone

ELEGIAC

adj. mourning that which is lost or past; sorrowful

SOMNOLENT

adj. drowsy; sleepy

SOPORIFIC

adj. Causing sleep or fatigue

SOPOR (word)

n. sleep, drowsiness

LANGUID

adj. lacking energy; weak

LANGUISH

v. to waste away

LANGUOR

n. lack of physical or mental energy

VIGILANT

adj. one the alert; watchful

VIGILANTE

• n. someone who takes law enforcement into their own hands #batman

ACQUIESCE

v. to give in

REQUIEM

n. a song or religious service for the dead or lost

QUITTANCE

n. a repayment; compensation

PECCADILLO

n. A small sin or fault

IMPECCABLE

adj. having no flaws #robinsonsface

PECCANT

adj. violating a moral law; sinful

PEJORATIVE

• adj. negative and critical; insulting

IMPAIR

v. to cause to diminish, as in strength, value, or quality

MALIGN

v. to speak of maliciously; insult

MALINGER

v. to pretend to be sick in order to avoid something

MALAISE

n. a sense of unease; depression

NEGLIGENT

adj. not properly attentive

NEGLIGIBLE

• adj. unimportant; insignificant

NEGATE

v. to cancel the effect of; nullify

IMPECCABLE(ant)

flawed

Impair(ant)

fix

Malign(ant)

praise

NEGLIGENT(ant)

Careful, attentive

NEGLIGIBLE(ant)

Significant

PLAINTIVE(ant)

joyful

SOMNOLENT(ant)

alert

LANGUID(ant)

active

ACQUIESCE(ant)

resist