Vocabulary Flashcards for Latin Roots and Terms

A set of vocabulary flashcards based on Latin roots and their meanings to aid in learning and exam preparation.

sect

To cut.

pugn

To fight.

repugnant

Causing distaste or aversion.

impugn

To attack or oppose as false or lacking integrity.

pugilistic

Having to do with boxing.

-cide/-cis

To kill or cut down.

parricide

The murder of a close kinsman.

concise

Marked by brevity of expression or statement.

sci-

Knowledge.

prescient

Knowledge of events before they take place.

omniscient

Knowing everything.

lu, luc

Light.

luminous

Of or relating to light or luminous flux.

lucid

Clear to the understanding; intelligible.

pellucid

Admitting maximum passage of light without distortion.

translucent

Permitting the passage of light.

litera

Letter.

cord

Heart.

accord

Agreement, conformity, harmony.

concord

A state of agreement or harmony.

discord

Lack of agreement or harmony.

frang, fract, -fringe

To break or shatter.

infringe

To encroach upon in a way that violates law or the rights of another.

refraction

Deflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave.

solv

To loosen or untie.

solvent

Able to pay all legal debts; something that dissolves or disperses.

absolve

To set free from an obligation or the consequence of guilt (or sin).

dissolution

Lacking restraint, especially in morals or lifestyle.

resolve

To find an answer or solution to.

prehend, prehens

To seize or grasp.

prehensile

Adapted for seizing or grasping.

apprehensive

Viewing the future with anxiety or alarm.

reprehensible

Worthy or deserving of censure or blame.

rid/ris

To laugh.

risible

Arousing laughter; capable of being laughed at.

deride

To laugh at contemptuously.

derision

Cruel, contemptuous laughter.

nasc/nat (nee)

Born or birth.

nascent

Being born or coming into existence.

renascent

coming into existence again, reborn

renaissance

Rebirth of knowledge or culture in Europe.

natal, prenatal

Relating to a baby, or before a baby.

nation, national, nature

Related to people or the environment.

innate

Born with.

pat/pass/pat

To suffer or experience.

pugnacious

belligerent, combative