Latin Roots Part 2

grat

pleasant, thank, favor

congratulate (v.)

express one’s pleasure to another person at that person’s success

gracious (adj.)

pleasant; courteous; kindly (ant. ungracious)

grateful (adj.)

feeling or expressing gratitude; thankful; obliged (ant. ungrateful)

gratify (v.)

give or be a source of pleasure or satisfaction

gratis (adv.)

without charge or payment; free

gratitude (n.)

thankfulness (ant. ingratitude)

gratuitous (adj.)

1. given freely
2. unwarranted

gratuity (n.)

present of money in return for a favor or service; tip

ingrate (n.)

ungrateful person

ingratiate (v.)

establish (oneself) in the favor or good graces of another

mor (mort)

death

immortal (adj.)

1. not subject to death
2. not subject to oblivion (being forgotten); imperishable

immortality (n.)

1. eternal life
2. lasting fame

moribund (adj.)

dying; near death

mortal (adj.)

1. destined to die
2. human
3. causing death; fatal

mortal (n.)

human being; person; individual

mortality (n.)

1. death rate
2. mortal nature

mortician (n.)

undertaker

mortification (n.)

shame; humiliation; embarrassment

mortify (v.)

embarrass; shame; humiliate (literally, “make dead”)

mortuary (n.)

funeral home

rigor mortis (n.)

stiffness of the body that sets in several hours after death

corp

body

corporal (adj.)

bodily, as corporal punishment

corporation (n.)

body authorized by law to act as a single person and to have rights and duties

corps (n.)

1. organized body of persons
2. branch of the military, as the Marine Corps

corpse (n.)

dead body

corpulent (adj.)

bulky; obese; very fat

corpus (n.)

general collection or body of writings, laws, etc.

corpuscle (n.)

1. blood cell
2. minute particle

corpus delicti (n.)

1. fact providing that a crime has been committed
2. body of the victim in a murder case

esprit de corps (n.)

spirit of a body of persons; group spirit

habeas corpus (n.)

1. writ (order) requiring a detained person to be brought before a court to investigate the legality of that person’s detention
2. right of a citizen to secure court protection against illegal imprisonment

incorporate (v.)

combine so as to form one body

duc (duct)

lead, conduct, draw

aqueduct (n.)

artificial channel for conducting water over a distance

conducive (adj.)

tending to lead to; contributive; helpful

conduct (v.)

lead; guide; escort

deduction (n.)

1. taking away; subtraction
2. reasoning from the general to the particular

duct (n.)

tube or channel for conducting liquid, air, etc.

ductile (adj.)

1. able to be drawn out or hammered thin
2. easily led; docile

induce (v.)

lead on; move by persuasion

induct (v.)

admit (“lead in”) as a member; initiate

induction (n.)

1. ceremony by which one is made a member; initiation
2. reasoning from the particular to the general

seduction (n.)

enticement; leading astray into wrongdoing

traduce (v.)

(literally, “lead along” as a spectacle to bring into disgrace); malign; slander; vilify; calumniate

viaduct (n.)

bridge for conducting a road or railroad over a valley, river, etc.

secut (sequ)

follow

consecutive (adj.)

following in regular order; successive

consequence (n.)

1. that which follows logically; result
2. important, as a person of consequence

execute (v.)

1. follow through to completion; carry out
2. put to death

inconsequential (adj.)

of no consequence; trivial; unimportant

non sequitur (n.)

statement that does not follow from previous statements

persecute (v.)

oppress; harass; annoy

prosecute (v.)

1. follow to the end or until finished
2. conduct legal proceedings against; sue

sequel (n.)

something that follows; continuation; consequence; outcome

sequence (n.)

the following of one thing after another; succession; orderly series

sequential (adj.)

arranged in a sequence; serial

cur (curr, curs)

run

concur (v.)

1. agree; be of the same opinion
2. happen together; coincide

concurrent (adj.)

running together; occurring at the same time; simultaneous

current (adj.)

now in progress; prevailing

current (n.)

flow

curriculum (n.)

course of study in a school or college

cursive (adj.)

running or flowing (said of handwriting)

cursory (adj.)

running over hastily; superficially done, as a cursory glance

discursive (adj.)

wandering (“running”) from one topic to another; rambling; digressive

excursion (n.)

going (“running”) out or forth; expedition

incur (v.)

1. meet with something undesirable
2. bring upon oneself

incursion (n.)

1. rushing into
2. hostile invasion; raid

precursor (n.)

forerunner; predecessor

recur (v.)

happen again

gress (grad)

step, walk, go

aggressive (adj.)

disposed to attack; militant; assertive; pushing

egress (n.)

means of going out; exit

graduation (n.)

1. change by steps or stages
2. act of grading

grade (n.)

step; stage; degree; rating

gradient (n.)

1. rate at which a road, railroad track, temperature, voltage, etc., rises or falls
2. slope; inclination

gradual (adj.)

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

graduate (v.)

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

graduated (adj.)

arranged in regular steps, stages, or degrees

progressive (adj.)

going forward to something considered better

regressive (adj.)

disposed to move backward; retrogressive

retrograde (adj.)

1. going backward
2. becoming worse

retrogression (n.)

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

transgress (v.)

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

ped

foot

biped (n.)

two-footed animal

centipede (n.)

(literally, “hundred-legged” creature); wormlike animal with one pair of legs on most of its segments

expedite (v.)

1. facilitate
2. accelerate or speed up

impede (v.)

hinder; obstruct; block

impediment (n.)

1. hindrance; obstacle
2. defect

millipede (n.)

(literally, '“thousand-legged” creature); wormlike animal with two pairs of legs on most of its segments

pedal (n.)

lever acted on by the foot

pedestal (n.)

1. support or foot of a column or statue
2. foundation

pedestrian (n.)

person traveling by foot

pedestrian (adj.)

commonplace, as a pedestrian performance; unimaginative; dull

velocipede (n.)

1. child’s tricycle
2. early form of bicycle

tact (tang)

touch