Greek and Latin Roots and Scholarly Words

Altruistic

Showing selfless concern for the well-being of others; unselfish.

Ambivalent

Having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something or someone.

Discern

To perceive or recognize something clearly or distinctly. To differentiate.

Disdain

intense dislike

Disparage

To degrade someone or speak in a derogatory manner.

Disparity

A noticeable difference or inequality between two or more things

Affable

friendly

Contrite

very apologetic

incorrigible

not able to be changed or reformed

Recant

to withdraw or take back a statement or belief.

Trepidation

a feeling of fear or anxiety about something that may happen.

Anti

against or opposite

ambi

both or around

Archeo

ancient primative

aud or audio

sound or relating to hearing

bi

two

Carn or carne

flesh or relating to meat

Cent

one hundred

co or com

together with

chrome or chrom

color or relating to color

dis

apart or not

man or manu

hand or related to hands

spec

see to look

ject

throw or to throw something

sect

cut or seperate

port

carry

graph

writting or related to writting

cred

believe

Mal, male

bad abnormal worse

flect or flex

to bend

Rupt

to break

di

two or twice

dors

back

dys

ill or bad

eco

habitat or enviornment

endo or en

within or inner or in

exo

outside

homo

the same

hypo

sub under or less

gastro

relating to the stomach

inter

between or among

banal

common ordinary

benign

not causing harm

exacrabate

to agrivate

furitive

secretly

gregarious

sociable and outgoing