English Final (13-16)

manus (root)

hand

emancipate

to free from restraint

manacle

a device for confining hands, hand cuffs

mandate

a formal order from a higher court; an authoritative command, order, or injuction

manifest

clearly apparent to sight or understand; obvious

manipulate

to use or handle skillfully; to manage with devious skill, or to adjust to suit one’s purpose

dextra (root)

right hand

dexterity

skill in the use of the hands or body

ambidextrious

able to use either hand equally well

digitus (root)

finger

digital

relating to a finger or a unit to measure (3/4 inch)the breadth of a finger

flecto, flectere, flexi, flexum (root)

to bend

deflect

to turn aside, to swerve

genuflect

to bend knee in a kneeling or half-kneeling position to express revernce or respect

inflection

an alteration of pitch or tone of voice

reflection

the act or condition or being thrown back

rapio, rapere, rapui, raptum (root)

to snatch

rapacious

excessively grasping or greedy

rapt

giving one’s complete attention, overcome with emotions, completely filled with joy

surreptitious

done secretly without approval

plico, plicare, pilcavu, plicatum (root)

to fold

complicity

participation with another in an act that is or seems to be decietful

duplicity

decietfulness in speech or coduct

explicate

to make clear, to explain thoroughly, often in literary context

explicit

definite, stated in detail

exploit

a notable or heroic deed, to make use of selfishly or unethically, to publicize

imply

to indicate indirectly

ploy

a tactice intended to frustrate, embarrass, or gain an advantage over an opponent

ply

to use a tool or weapon viciously, to offer something persistently

supplicate

to ask humbly or earnestly for, as in praying, to beseech

prehendo, prehendere, prehendi, prehensum (root)

to catch

apprehend

to arrest to grasp mentally

comprise

to consist of; to contain

entrepeneur

a person who organized, operate, and assumes the risk for business ventures

impregnable

strong enough to resist attack of capture, as a fortress; not to be outweighed or over come in argument

reprehend

toreprimand, reporve, or express disapproval

reprisal

an action or act of retaliation against someone for injuries recieved

Pes, Pedis (root)

foot

expedient

appropriate to a purpose or useful in achieving a goal, a means to an end

expedite

to help or hurry the progress of something, of business, to perform business quickly

impede

to hinder; to block the way of

pedigree

a line or list of ancestors, especially of a distinguished kind, a recorded line of descent showing pure breeded animals

pedometer

a device that counts steps taken

Pous, podos (root)

foot

antipodes

any two places on opposite sides of the earth, something that is the exact opposite of or contrary to something else

podiatry

the study and treatment of foot ailments

podium

an elevated platform for an orchestra conductor or lecturer; a dais

gradior, gradior, gressum (root)

to step, to walk

aggression

the act or habit of launching attacks; invasion; hostile action or behavior

degradation

reduction of rank or status, especially in office of dignity, lowering of moral or intellectual character, disgrace, dishonor

digress

to stray away from the main topic in writing or speaking; to turn aside

gradation

a systematic progression through a series of stages

gradient

an incline or slope; the rate of incline

regress

to go back; to return to a former or less developed condition

ambulo, ambulare, ambulavi, ambulatum (root)

to walk around

ambulatory

able to walk about, pertaining to walking, a place for walking; an arcade

preamble

the preliminary statement in speech or writing; an introductory part

calcitro, calcitrare, calcitravi, calcitratum (root)

to kick

recalcitrant

stubbornly resistant to authority or guidance, hard to manage

sto, stare, steli, statum (root)

to stand

statio, stationis (root)

a standing, a standing position

sisto, sistere, steti, statum (root)

to cause to stand, to put, to place

constituent

serving as a necessary part of a whole, a voter of a district represented by an elected official

desist

to cease doing something; to forbear; to abstain

destitute

altogether lacking, poverty stricken

interstice

intervening space; a crevice

obstinate

very stubborn, unflexible, difficult to control or subdue

oust

to force out of a position

restitution

Restoration of a thing to its proper owner of its original state, repayment or repair for injury or damage

restive

uneasy, restless, unruly

stance

the posistion of the body and feet while standing, an emotional or mental attitude

static

at rest, unmoving, pretatining to electrical charges

subsist

to exist, to be, to be sustained; to live