Book VI 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, & 7 Latin and Greek Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes and Vocabulary From Latin and Greek Roots

degenerate

a corrupt wrongdoer

engender

to bring about; to produce

genre

a kind or type of art

cognate

related to or coming from the same source

innate

natural; present from birth

nascent

in the act of being born; growing

transfigure

to change the form or appearance of

fictive

not real

feign

to make up or invent; pretend

parturient

about to bring forth or give birth; pregnant

repertory

the range of works an artist can produce or perform

gen (GENUS- Latin)

race, type, kind

de (DE- Latin)

down from

nasc, nat (NASCI, NATUS- Latin)

to be born

fig, fict (FINGERE, FICTUM- Latin)

to shape

trans (TRANS- Latin)

change

par, per (PERIRE- Latin)

to give birth, produce

ag, act (AGERE, ACTUM-Latin):

to drive, do

co (CON- Latin):

together

ex (EX- Latin):

out of

in (IN- Latin):

not

trans (TRANS- Latin):

across

cit (CIEO, CITUM- Latin):

to stir up, rouse

re (RE- Latin):

again

sub (SUB- Latin):

from beneath

sol (SOLLUS- Latin):

whole

turb (TURBARE, TURBATUM- Latin):

disturb

per (PER- Latin):

through and through

alacr (ALACER- Latin):

lively

celer (CELER- Latin):

quick

cogent

strong and to the point; convincing

exigent

urgent; pressing

assay

to test

intransigent

refusing to compromise

incite

to stir up; to provoke

resuscitate

to bring back to consciousness

solicitous

showing care or worry

perturb

to make worried or upset

turbulent

very excited or upset

turbid

cloudy; confused

alacrity

enthusiastic quickness

celerity

speed or quickness

vehement

strongly emotional; fierce and passionate

inveigh

to attack strongly in words; to talk or write bitterly against

surmise

to draw a conclusion based on little or no information; to guess

demise

the end of existence; death

remit

to make less or weaker; to forgive or pardon

emblematic

standing for another thing

diabolical

of or like a devil; very wicked or cruel

hyperbole

an exaggeration for effect

episodic

happening in parts or segments

methodical

orderly and regular

synod

a council, especially of churches or church officials

veh (VEHERE, VECTUM- Latin)

to drag, to carry

in (IN- Latin)

against

mis (MITTERE, MISUM- Latin)

to send, to put

super (SUPER- Latin)

over, on top

de (DE- Latin)

down

bol, blem (BALLEIN- Greek)

to throw, to cast

em (EM- Greek)

in

dia (DIA- Greek)

across

hyper (HYPER- Greek)

above

od (HODOS- Greek)

road, way, coming

epi (EPI- Greek)

besides

syn (SYN- Greek)

together

eis (EIS- Greek)

into

meta (META- Greek)

beyond

past (PASCERE, PASTUS- Latin)

to feed (especially flocks or herds)

greg (GREX, GREGIS- Latin)

herd, flock

ad (AD- Latin)

towards

agri (AGER- Latin)

field

frui (FRUI, FRUITUS- Latin)

to enjoy, to harvest

rus (RUS, RURIS- Latin)

country

col (KOLOS- Greek)

herdsman

bou (BOUS- Greek)

cow

id (EIDOS- Greek)

form, shape, little work of verse

eid (EIDYLLION- Greek)

little form

pastoral

having to do with the country

repast

a meal; food and drink for a meal

aggregate

gathered into a whole; total

egregious

standing out sharply as wrong or bad

gregarious

liking to be with other people

agrarian

having to do with farming

peregrination

the act of traveling about; a journey

fruition

fulfillment of an effort or desire

fruitless

yielding no positive results

rustic

having to do with the countryside; rural

bucolic

having to do with country life or farms

idyllic

simple and pleasant

abscond

to leave in a hurry, especially to escape the law

recondite

difficult to understand; hidden from understanding

cryptic

hard to understand; having a secret meaning

apocryphal

coming from an unreliable source; untrue

aperture

an opening or a hole

overt

public, unhidden; open

covert

done in a hidden or secret manner

context

the circumstances or setting surrounding an event

subtext

the hidden or underlying meaning of something

pretext

a stated reason for doing something; an excuse

cond (CONDERE, CONDITUM- Latin); crypt (KRYPTEIN- Greek)

hide, put away; to hide