Greek Roots Unit 16-18

rad

root

und

wave

pend

to hang, to weigh

plic

to fold

tort

twist

verg

to bend, to turn toward

cliv

slope

sin

curve

sult, ult, sil

to jump, to leap

ject

to throw, to cast

disseminate(ant.)

to pull together, avoid the spread of information

inexplicable(ant.)

clear, easy to understand

acclivity(ant.)

decline

flourish(ant.)

to be unsuccessful

converge(ant.)

deviate

resilient(ant.)

gives up easily

irradicable(ant.)

easy to destroy

expendable(ant.)

necessary

florid(ant.)

simple and boring

distort(syn.)

twist, warp

insinuate(syn.)

suggest

exultant(syn.)

thrilled, happy

subjective(syn.)

personal

disseminate(syn.)

spread, diffuse

eradicate(syn.)

get rid of

contort

to twist, wrench, or bend severely out of shape

eradicate

to destroy, to get rid of

seminal

fundamentally influential; important

diverge

to branch out; to go different ways

implicit

implied or understood but not directly expressed

resilient

able to recover readily; persistent

germinate

to cause to grow

desultory

moving or jumping from one thing to another

redound

to have an effect

inundate

to flood

acclivity

a climbing slope; a hill

germinal

occurring in the earliest stage of development

deracinate

to uproot; to remove from one’s homeland

subjective

varying according to personal opinion or perspective

impending

about to occur

exultant

marked by great joy or jubilation

deracinated

uproot from one’s homeland

appended

to add as a supplement; to attach

interjected

to insert between other elements

insinuating

to suggest in an indirect or subtle fashion

undulated

to move in a wavelike fashion; to ripple

converges

to come together; to gather; to meet