Greek and Latin Roots Unit 4-6 WORDS

Plaint

A lament or complaint

Sopor

Sleep; drowsiness

Malinger

To pretend to be sick in order to avoid something

Languish

To waste away

Vigilant

On the alert; watchful

Malign

To speak of maliciously; insult

Peccant

Violating a moral law; sinful

Malaise

A sense of unease; depression

Requiem

A song or religious service for the dead or lost

Pejorative

Negative and critical; insulting

Bacchanal

A drunken party or celebration

Elegy

A song or poem memorializing something or someone

Peccadillo

A small sin or fault

Jocular

Of relating to joking

Negate

To cancel the effect of; nullify

Festoon

To drape or adorn festively

Languor

[Noun] lack of physical or mental energy

Impeccable

[Adj] having no flaws

Soporific

[Adj] causing sleep or fatigue

Fete

[Verb] to honor with a banquet or feast

Bacchic

[Adj] Of or relating to a wild celebrationg

Jocose

[adj] Cheerful, merry

Elegiac

[Adj] mourning that which is lost or past; sorrowful

Negligent

[Adj] Not properly attentive

Vigilante

[Noun] someone who takes the law enforcement into their own hands #batman

Quittance

[Noun] a repayment; compensation