Vocabulary from Classical Roots Book D, Lesson 5

alliteration

(n) Repetition of initial consonant sounds

circumscribe

1. (v) to draw a circle around

2. (v) to confine, to limit

conscription

(n) a military draft

ignominious

(adj) shameful; disgraceful

literal

1. (adj) in accordance with the explicit meaning or primary meaning of a word or pharse, not its metaphorical meaning

2. (adj) word for word; verbatim

3. (adj) concermed mainly with facts; unimaginitive

literate

1. (adj) able to read and write

2. (adj) knowlegable, educated

nomenclature

(n) system of naming, especially in the arts or sciences

obliterate

(v) too destroy completely

onomatopoeia

(n) a word that imitates the sound it represents

proscribe

1. (v) to condemn, denounce

2. (v) to prohibit; to forbid

pseudonym

(n) a fictitious name

subscribe

1. (v) to pledge to pay for something or to contribute to something; to place an order by signing

2. (v) to express consent or agreement; to assent

transcribe

1. (v) make an exact written copy of

2. (v) to make a sound recoding for later reproduction

3. (v) to arrrange music for an instrument different from the one first composed for

LITTERA

Latin root meaning "letter"

SCRIBO, SCRIBERE, SCRIPSI, SCRIPTUM

Latin root meaning "to write"

ascribe

(v) to attribute to a particular cause, source, or origin

ONOMA

Greek root meaning "name"

acronym

(n) a word composed of the first letters or parts of a name or series of words

NOMEN

Latin root meaning "name"