Greek/Latin Roots - Units 13-15

cend, cens

to burn

flam

flame

fulm, fulg

lightning storm, flash

luster, lustr

to make bright

flagr

to burn

sema, semio

sign

digm, dict

a showing, comparison

omin

sign, warning

phras

to show, to tell

monstr

show, warn

trit

to rub away, to wear, to crush

leni

smooth

moll

soft

rud

rough

ant. for flamboyant

plain

ant. for illustrious

unknown

ant. for incense

mollify

ant. for inflammatory

innocuous

ant. for rudimentary

advanced

ant. for trite

original

abominable

adj. loathsome; disagreeable

contrite

adj. feeling regret and sorrow; penitent

demonstrative

adj. openly expressive of emotions

detritus

n. debris, junk

flagrant

adj. noticeably bad or offensive

flamboyant

adj. intended to attract attention; showy

lenitive

adj. easing pain or discord

luster

n. brilliance; brightness

metaphrase

n. an exact translation or restatement

mollify

v. to soothe the feelings of; to appease

paradigm

n. a pattern or model

refulgent

adj. brilliantly illuminated, shining

remonstrate

v. to protest or object

rudiment

n. a basic idea or principle

semiotic

adj. relating to signs or symbols

trite

adj. boring because of overuse or repetition

attrition

n. a lowering in number

conflagration

n. a large fire

detrimental

adj. causing damage or harm; injurious

fulminate

v. to attack with words; denounce

illustrative

adj. descriptive

lenient

adj. not strict, generous

ominous

adj. menacing, threatening

paraphrase

n. a summary that is not word for word

phraseology

n. the way in which something is expressed

rudimentary

adj. underdeveloped; very basic or simple

semantic

adj. having to do with the meaning of words or language