Vocabulary for the College-Bound Student Latin Roots 1-15

abrupt

1. broken off; lacking in continuity; steep
2. sudden; quick and unexpected

corrupt (adj.)

changed ("broken to pieces") from good to bad; vicious

corrupt (v.)

change ("break to pieces") from good to bad; debase; pervert; falsify

disrupt

break apart; cause disorder

erupt

burst or break out

incorruptible

inflexibly honest; incapable of being corrupted or bribed

interrupt

break into or between; hinder stop

rupture

1. break; breaking
2. hostility

genocide

deliberate extermination of a racial or cultural group

astringent (adj.)

1. drawing (the tissues) tightly together
2. stern; austere

astringent (n.)

substance that shrinks the tissues and checks flow of blood

boa constrictor

snake that "constricts" or crushes its prey in its coils

constrict

draw together; render narrower; shrink

restrict

keep within limits; confine

stricture

1. adverse criticism; censure
2. restriction

stringent

strict; rigid; severe

unrestricted

1. not confined within bounds; free
2. open to all

devour

1. eat greedily or ravenously
2. seize upon and destroy

omnivore

person or animal that eats everything

omnivorous

1.eating everything, both plant and animal substances
2. avidly taking in everything, as an _____ reader

voracious

1. greedy in eating
2. insatiable, as a ___ appetite