Vocabulary from Classical Roots D Lesson 2

Consecrate

1. To make or declare something sacred.

2. To dedicate something to a goal.

Execrate

To denounce as vile or evil; to curse; to detest.

Sacrament

Something considered to have sacred significance.

Sacrilege

Disrespect to something regarded as sacred.

Sacrosanct

Sacred (often used ironically).

Sanctimonious

Pretending to be righteous.

Sanction

1. Approval; support; permission.

2. (Usually plural) A penalty for breaking law or custom.

3. To approve; to encourage.

Sanctity

Godliness; holiness.

Sanctuary

A sacred place; any place of refuge.

Hierarchy

A group organized by rank.

Hieroglyphic

1. Written with pictures to represent sounds or meanings of words.

2. Hard to read

Expiate

To make amends for; to atone for.

Piety

Religious devotion; great respect toward something, especially parents.

Impious

Sacrilegious; profane; lacking appropriate reverence or respect.

Pittance

A meager portion of anything, especially an allowance or salary.

Sacer

L “sacred”

Sanctus

L “holy”

Hieros

G “Holy” “Sacred” “Supernatural”

Pio, Piare, Piavi, Piatum

L "to appease" "to purify"

Legere

To steal, to gather

Con

with

ex

from, out of

archy

to rule

glyph

To carve

Cracy

power

logos

word, study

a

not, without

every lesson 1 extra root is greek except

ac-ad, fy