Greek/Latin Roots Units 13-15

cend, cens

to burn

flam

flame

fulm, fulg

lighting, storm and 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

to show; to warn

trit

to rub away; to wear; to crush

leni

smooth

moll

soft

rud

rough

cend, cens (example words)

incendiary, incense

flam (example words)

inflammatory, flamboyant

fulm, fulg (example words)

fulminate, refulgent

luster, lustr (example words)

luster, illustrious, illustrative

flagr (example words)

flagrant, conflagration

sema, semio (example words)

semantic, semiotic

digm, dict (example word)

paradigm

omin (example words)

ominous, abominable, abomination

phras (example words)

phraseology, metaphrase, paraphrase

monstr (example words)

demonstrative, remonstrate

trit (example words)

detrimental, contrite, trite, detritus, attrition

leni (example words)

lenient, lenitive

moll (example word)

mollify

rud (example words)

rudiment, rudimentary

flamboyant (antonym)

plain

illustrious (antonym)

unknown

incense (antonym)

mollify

inflammatory (antonym)

innocuous

rudimentary (antonym)

advanced

trite (antonym)

original

abominable (definition)

loathesome, disagreeable

contrite (definition)

feeling regret and sorrow; penitent

demonstrative (definition)

openly expressive of emotions

detritus (definition)

debris; junk

flagrant (definition)

noticeably bad or offensive

incense (definition)

to infuriate, to make passionately angry

inflammatory (definition)

arousing anger or strong emotion

lenitive (definition)

easing pain or discord

luster (definition)

a brilliance; a brightness

metaphrase (definition)

an exact translation, restatement

mollify (definition)

to soothe the feelings of; to appease

paradigm (definition)

a pattern or model

refulgent (definition)

brilliantly illuminated; shining

remonstrate (definition)

to protest or object

rudiment (definition)

a basic idea or principle

semiotic (definition)

of or relating to signs or symbols

trite (definition)

boring because of overuse or repetition

attrition (sentence)

The high teacher _________ in the school led the principal to seek new employees at the local college.

conflagration (sentence)

It took firefighters from three towns nearly nine hours to control the _____________ at the storage company.

detrimental (sentence)

Physicians are divided as to whether the drug is ___________ to the patient's nervous system or not.

flagrant (sentence)

The team protested that the referee was ignoring the ________ fouls committed by the other team

fulminate (sentence)

Fred publicly _________d against the lack of pollution controls on local construction companies, which finally caught the attention of the local media.

illustrative (sentence)

Karen hoped that the violence and looting currently raging in the streets of the capital were not ____________ of the general state of the city.

lenient (sentence)

Millie liked to stay over at Fran's house because Fran's parents were _______ about bed times.

ominous (sentence)

When the _______ gray clouds began to roll accross the plains, the farmhands ran to find shelter.

paraphrase (sentence)

A short __________ of the play was provided in the program for audience members who weren't familiar with the work.

phraseology (sentence)

Kim's ___________ was a good indication that she had spent years in boarding school.

rudimentary (sentence)

Even a __________ book on the French language contains some information on art and culture, so I was surprised that my advanced book had nothing to say on the subject.

semantic (sentence)

If we judge the poem strictly on the ________ basis, rather than noting its emotional and sensory impact, it will seem yo make no sense.

attrition (definition)

a lowering in number

conflagration (definition)

a large fire

detrimental (definition)

causing damage or harm; injurious

flagrant (definition)

noticeably bad or offensive

fulminate (definition)

to attack with words; denounce

illustrative (definition)

descriptive; representative

lenient (definition)

not strict; generous

ominous (definition)

menacing; threatening

paraphrase (definition)

a summary that is not word-for-word

phraseology (definition)

the way in which something is expected

rudimentary (definition)

underdeveloped; very basic or simple

semantic (definition)

having to do with the meaning of words or language