vocab from latin & greek roots level xii

ag, act

to drive; to do

cogent

strong & to the point; convincing

exigent

urgent; pressing

assay

to test; to analyze

intransigent

refusing to compromise

cit

to stir up; to rouse

incite

to stir up; to provoke

resuscitate

to bring back to consciousness

solicitous

showing care or worry

turb

to disturb

perturb

to make worried or upset

turbulent

very excited or upset

turbid

cloudy; confused

alacr

lively

alacrity

an enthusiastic quickness

celer

quick

celerity

speed or quickness

gen

race; type; kind

degenerate

a person with low moral standards & behavior

engender

to bring about; to produce

genre

a kind or type of art

nasc, nat

to be born

cognate

related to or coming from the same source

innate

natural; present from birth

nascent

in the act of being born; growing

fig, fict

to shape

transfigure

to change the form or appearance of

fictive

not real

feign

to make up or invent; to pretend

par, per

to give birth; to produce

parturient

about to bring forth or give birth; pregnant

repertory

the range of works an artist can produce or perform

veh

to drag; to carry

vehement

strongly emotional; fierce & passionate

inveigh

to attack strongly in words; to talk or write bitterly against

mis

to send; to put

surmise

to draw a conclusion based on little or no information; to guess

demise

the end of existence; death

remit

to make less or weaker; to forgive or pardon

bol, blem

to throw; to cast

emblematic

standing for another thing

diabolical

of or like a devil; very wicked or cruel

hyperbole

an exaggeration for effect

od

road; way; coming

episodic

happening in parts or segments

methodical

orderly & regular

synod

a council, especially of churches or church officials

past

to feed (especially flocks or herds)

pastoral

having to do with the country

repast

a meal; food & drink for a meal

greg

herd; flock

aggregate

gathered into a whole; total

egregious

standing out sharply as wrong or bad

gregarious

liking to be with other people

agri

field

agrarian

having to do with farming

peregrination

the act of traveling about; a journey

frui

to enjoy; to harvest

fruition

the fulfillment of an effort or desire

fruitless

yielding no positive results

rus

country

rustic

having to do with the countryside; rural

col

herdsman

bucolic

having to do with country life or farms

id

form; shape; little work of verse

idyllic

simple & pleasant

cond

(latin) to hide; to put away

abscond

to leave in a hurry, especially to escape the law

recondite

difficult to understand; hidden from understanding

crypt

(greek) to hide

cryptic

hard to understand; having a secret meaning

apocryphal

coming from an unreliable source; untrue

ert (aperire)

(latin) to uncover

ert (operire)

(latin) to cover

aperture

an opening or a hole

overt

public; unhidden; open

covert

done in a hidden or secret manner

text

(latin) to weave; to cover

context

the circumstances or setting surrounding an event

subtext

the hidden or underlying meaning of something

pretext

a stated reason for doing something; an excuse

mor, mur

(latin) delay

moratorium

a formal delay; a suspension

demure

modest & shy

demur

to express unwillingness to do something; to object

temp

(latin) time

extemporaneous

done without planning; improvised

temporal

having to do with finite time or everyday life

temporize

to put off making a decision; to stall

dies

(latin) day

diurnal

happening or active during the day

sojourn

a short stay or visit

adjourn

to formally bring to an end

chron

(greek) time

anachronism

something that seems to be out of its proper time

chronicle

to tell or write the history of

synchronous

happening at the same time as

psych

(greek) soul; mind

psyche

the mind, especially as the center of a person’s being

psychosomatic

having an effect on the body, but mental or emotional in origin