Latin Vocab Units 6-10

Final

gress (grad)

step; walk; go

tact (tang)

touch

cent

hundred

pro

before; instead of

ped

foot

sta

stand; in place

bi

two

trans

across; beyond

aggressive

disposed to attack; militant; assertive; pushing

egress

means of going out; exit

gradatation

change by steps or stages

grade

step; stage; degree; rating

gradient

rate at which a road, railroad track, temperature, voltage, rises or falls

gradual

step-by-step; proceeding by small stages or degrees

graduate

complete all the steps of a course and receive a diploma or degree

graduated

arranged in regular steps, stages, or degrees

progressive

going forward to something considered better

regressive

disposed to move backward; retrogressive

retrograde

going backward

retrogression

act of going from a better to a worse state; deterioration

transgress

step beyond the limits or barriers; go beyond; break a law; violate

biped

two footed animal

centipede

wormlike animal with one pair of legs on most of its segments

expedite

facilitate

impede

hinder; obstruct; block

impediment

hindrance; obstacle

millipede

wormlike animal with two pairs of legs on most of it segments

pedal

lever acted on by the foot

pedestal

support or foot of a column or statue

pedestrian

person traveling on foot

pedestrian `

commonplace; unimaginative; dull

velocipede

child's tricycle

contact

touching or meeting; association; connection

contiguous

touching; in physical contact; adjoining

contigent

dependent on something else

intact

untouched or uninjured; kept or left whole

intangible

not capable of being perceived by the sense of touch

tact

sensitive mental perception of what is appropriate on a given occasion

tactful

having or showing tact; diplomatic

tactile

pertaining to the sense of touch

tangible

tangent

touching at only one point

tangent

line or surface meeting a curved line or surface at one point; but no intersecting it

tangential

merely touching; slightly connected; digressive

prehend

seize; grasp

vert (vers)

turn

intro

inside of

contro

against

e

out of; from

ject

throw; cast

ob

against; toward

extro

outside of

inter

between; among

de

down; from; away

apprehend

seize or take into custody

apprehensive

quick to understand or grasp

comprehensible

able to be grasped mentally; understandable

comprehensive

including (seizing) very much; extensive

prehensile

adapted for seizing

reprehend

find fault with; rebuke; reprimand; censu

reprehensible

deserving of censure; culpable

abject

sunk or cast down to a low condition; downtrodden; deserving contempt; wretched

conjecture

guess; supposition; inference

dejected

downcast; discouraged; depressed

eject

throw out; expel; evict

inject

force; introduce (inject a liquid or a remark)

interject

throw in between; insert; interpose

object

protest; disapprove

project

thrust or throw forward; plan

projectile

body to be shot or otherwise "thrown forward"

reject

discard; refuse to take

subject

force to undergo something unpleasant or inconvenient; expose; make liable to

advert

turn attention; refer

aversion

feeling of repugnance toward something with a desire to turn away from it; strong dislike; antipathy

avert

prevent; avoid

controversy

dispute; debate; quarrel

convert

transform

diversion

entertainment; amusement

divert

turn aside

extrovert

someone "turned outward" (social, outgoing)

inadvertently

without turning one's mind to the matter at hand; carelessly; unintentionally

incontrovertible

not able to be "turned opposite" or disputed; not open to question

introvert

someone "turned inward" (shy, diffident)

introvert

turn i

invert

turn upside down

obverse

side turned toward the observer; therefore, the front of a coin, medal

perverse

turned away from what is right or good; corrupt; wrongheaded

pervert

turn away from right or truth; give a wrong meaning

revert

return; go back

versatile

able to turn with ease from one thing to another; adaptable

verse

line of poetry

vertigo

condition in which one feels that one's surroundings are turning about; dizzine

mis (miss, mit)

send

fer

bearing

odor

odor

auri

gold

locut (loqu)

speak; talk

proli

offspring

coni

cone

circum

around