10th Grade Roots & Words + Units 6-10 Vocab

Cata-

To fall

Cataract

(n.) a very large waterfall; opacity of the lens or capsule of the eye, causing partial or total blindness

Catalyst

(n.) anything that brings about some change or changes without being directly affected itself

Catastrophe

(n.) a great and sudden calamity; disaster

Catapult

(n.) an ancient military machine for hurling large stones, arrows, or other missiles

Terr-

Land

inter

(v.) to bury; to put into the ground

terrestrial

(adj.) of or pertaining to the earth or its inhabitants

subterranean

(adj.) situated or operating beneath the earth's surface; underground

Tempor-

Time

temporal

(adj.) pertaining to, concerned with, or limited by time; of this life only; earthly

contemporary

(adj.) belonging to the same period of time, (n.) a person of the same time or age

extemporaneous

spoken or done without preparation; impromptu

Salut-

health

salutary

(adj.) beneficial; good for the health

salutation

(n.) a polite expression of greeting or good will

sanitarium

(n.) establishment for treatment of the sick or convalescent, especially those who require a long time to be cured

Mis-

wrongness

misogynist

(n.) one who hates women

misalliance

(n.) improper or unsuitable union or relationship

miscreant

(n.) evildoer or villain

Prim-

first

primordial

(n.) happening first in a sequernce of time; original

primogeniture

(n.) the right of the first-born to inherit estate from parents

primate

(n.) member of biological classification including monkeys apes, and man

prima donna

(n.) a leading female opera singer, a temperamental performer

Gender-

kind

genre

(n.) type or variety, especially of art forms

gender

(n.) the category of maleness or femaleness

generic

(adj.) relating to an entire group or class; general

Radic-

root

radical

(adj.) arising from or going to the root or source; fundamental

eradicate

(v.) to remove all traces of; destroy completely; eliminate

Quies-

Quiet, rest

quisecent

(adj.) inactive or still, quiet and motionless

accquiescence

(n.) passive assent or agreement without protest

requiem

(n.) any hymn, composition, or service for the dead

Tang, Tact-

to touch

tangent

(adj.) in contrast; touching, (n.) a sudden digression or change of course

contingent

(adj.) depending on something not certain; conditional; possible; unexpected

tactile

(adj.) perceptible to the sense of touch; tangible

contagious

(adj.) spreading by direct or indirect contact; catching

Can, Cen-

light

incendiary

(adj.) causing fire: inflammatory

incensed

angered; infuriated; enraged

incandescent

(adj.) emitting visible light; shining brightly

Mania-

madness

monomaniacal

(adj.) pathologically obsessed with one idea

pyromania

(n.) uncontrollable impulse to start fires

kleptomania

(n.) an obsessive impulse to steal

Proto-

first

protoplasm

(n.) a complex, jelly-like substance constituting the living matter of plant and animal cells

prototype

(n.) an original type or form which serves as a model for later stages

protagonist

(n.) the leading character in any literary form

protocol

(n.) etiquette observed by diplomats and heads of state

Soph-

wisdom

sophomoric

(adj.) immature and overconfident

philosophic

(adj.) wise: thoughtful

sophistry

(n.) faulty reasoning

Path-

suffering

apathetic

(adj.) uninterested; listless

empathy

(n.) process of entering fully into another's feelings or motives

pathos

(n.) a quiality that arouses pity, sympathy, tenderness, or sorrow

antipathy

(n.) hatred or ill-will

pathological

(adj.) pertaining to disease or disorder

Par-

equal

parity

(n.) equality

disparage

(v.) to belittle; to reduce in rank or esteem

comparative

(adj.) involving comparison; relative

Pater-

father

patriarch

(n.) male leader of a family or tribe

expatriate

(v.) to banish from his native land, (n.) an expatriated person

patricide

(n.) act of murdering one's father; one who murders his family

CId, Cis-

to cut

excision

(n.) removal by cutting

genocide

(n.) systematic, planned annihilation of a racial, political, or cultural group

incisive

(adj.) cutting; penetrating

suicide

(n.) act of killing oneself; one who kills himself

Sacr, Secr -

sacred

consecrate

(v.) to make, declare, or set aside as sacred

sacrosanct

(adj.) regarded as sacred

sacrilegious

(adj.) disrespectful or irreverent toward anything sacred

desecrate

(v.) to abuse the sacredness of

Sim-

same

simultaneous

(adj.) happening or existing at the same time

simile

(n.) a figure of speech in which 2 unlike things are compared, using "like" or "as"

verisimilitude

(n.) the appearance of truth or reality

Abscond

(v.) depart secretly and hide, especially to avoid prosecution

Alias

(n.) assumed name

Anonymous

(adj.) supplied or written by one whose names is not known or is withheld

Cache

(n.) safe place for hiding and storing treasure, supplies, etc

Canard

(n.) false, deliberately made up report or story

Collusion

(n.) secret agreement for a deceitful purpose; conspiracy

Con

(v.) swindle, after first gaining the confidence of the victim; trick; coax

Connive

(v.) cooperate secretly with someone for a deceitful purpose; conspire

Covert

(adj.) covered over; secret; surreptitious

Cryptic

(adj.) having or appearing to have a hidden meaning; baffling; mysterious

Duplicity

(n.) double-dealing; hypocritical deception

Facade

(n.) false front; artificial or superficial appearance

Feign

(v.) make a false show of; pretend; simulate; counterfeit