Vocab From Latin And Greek Roots Unit 5 & 6

hum and terr

hum and terr

ground, earth

stell and astr

star

neb, nimb

cloud

celes

sky

curse, course

to run

celer

fast, swift, quick

vola

to fly

mov

to move

fug

to flee

humility

n. lack of pride; modesty

exhume

v. to remove from the ground; dig up

stellar

adj. excellent; outstanding

astronomical

adj. enormous; immense

nebulous

adj. not definite; vague

nimbus

n. a cloud

celestial

adj. having to do with the sky or heavens

terrestrial

adj. earthly; of or from land

inter

v. to put into the ground; to bury

subterranean

adj. beneath the ground

excursion

n. a brief pleasure outing

discourse

n. exchange of words; conversation

accelerated

adj. made faster

volatile

adj. changing often; unpredictable

immovable

adj. impossible to move or change

mobile

adj. moving; able to move

demote

v. to lower in rank or authority

fugitive

n. someone who is running away or escaping

refuge

n. protection or safety

subterfuge

n. trick; act of deception