Latin Roots

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act, ag, ig (to do, to move, to drive)

activate, agitate, navigate, transaction, agency, litigation

3. am (at) (to love):

amateur, amour, amorist, amatory, enamored, amity, paramour

4. anim (life, spirit, soul):

animal, animation, animosity, animus, animadversion

5. anni, annu, enni (year):

anniversary, semiannual, biennial, bicentennial, annuity

6. aqua, aque (water):

aquatic, aqueduct, aquarium, aqualung, subaqueous, aquamarine

7. arm (arm, weapon):

army, alarm, disarm, armaments, armory, armor, armipotent

8. art (art, craft, skill):

artistic, artificial, inarticulate, artmobile, article, artificer

1. amiable:

(a) generally pleasant, friendly, and nice to be around

2. equanimity:

(n) calmness or evenness

3. inalienable:

(a) that which cannot be taken away or transferred to someone else

4. magnanimous:

(a) showing a kind of nobleness of mind and spirit; high-minded; free from pettiness

5. reactionary:

(a) characterized by ideas suggesting a desire to move backward, especially in matters related to

politics

(n) a person with such ideas

6. amorous:

(a) suggestive of love, lovemaking, or sexual desire

7. aqueous:

(a) life, of, or formed by water; watery

8. armature: (n)

equipment or clothing for battle, or any protective covering; an armlike extension

9. artifice: (n)

cunning ingenuity, clever or sly trickery

10. armistice: (n)

a temporary suspension of hostilities by mutual agreement, as a truce preliminary to a peace treaty

11. artisan: (n)

a person skilled at a craft, usually a handicraft

12. superannuated: (a)

worn out, or retired, from age and years of use or hard work; obsolete or outdated

Latin Roots and Vocabulary Words 3-4

1. aud(it) (to hear):

audience, auditorium, audition, audiovisual, audiophile, audible

2. avi (bird):

aviation, aviculture, aviatrix, avifauna, aviator

3. bell(i) (war):

rebellion, rebel, belligerent, postbellum, bellicosity

4. ben(e) (good, well):

benefit, benevolent, benediction, benefice, benison, beneficial

5. bon, boun (good):

bonus, bounty, bountiful, bonify, boon, bon voyage, bonhomie

6. capit, capt (head, chief, leader):

capital, captain, capitalize, decapitate, per capita, capitol

7. carn(i) (flesh, meat):

carnal, carnality, carnival, carnation, carnify, carnivore, chili con carne

8. ced(e), ceed, cess (to go, to yield):

recede, proceed, success, concede, exceed, procession, unprecedented

1. antebellum: (a)

before the war, especially the American Civil War; typical of how things were before any war

2. audit:

audience,auditorium,audition,audiovisual,audiophile,audible;the process of making an examination of or attending a class in order to examine it(n)

3. bellicose: (a)

eager to fight or quarrel; hostile

4. belligerency: (n)

the condition of warlike hostility; a hostile action

5. benign: (a)

not malignant; gracious and kindly; good-natured

6. benefactor: (n)

a person who gives another (financial) help; a patron

7. accession: (n)

the attainment of a certain rank or dignity; an increase by means of something added; the act of becoming joined

8. capitulation: (n)

a surrendering, usually upon prearranged terms or conditions; a final giving up

9. bona fide: (a)

in good faith; genuine

10. incarnate: (a

literally, in the flesh; in bodily form; personified; flesh-colored

11. intercede: (v)

to act on another's behalf; to mediate

12. recapitulation: (n)

an act or instance of summarizing and restating the main points of something.

cent(i) (hundred):

century, centipede, centennial, centigrade, centimeter, sesquicentennial

cide(e), cis(e) (to kill, to cut):

homicide, incision, suicide, scissors, circumcise, excision

clam, claim (to cry out, to declare):

clamor, explain, proclaim, disclaim, claimant, acclaim

cord, cour (heart):

accord, courage, encouraged, cordiform, cordate, concordant

corp(or) (body):

corpse, corporation, corps, corpuscle, corporeal, corpus, corset

cred (to believe, to trust):

credo, credit, discredit, credence, credentials, accreditation

cur(r), curs, course (to run, to flow):

flow): current, excursion, discourse, concur, recourse, curriculum, recurrent

dic(t) (to speak, to say):

diction, indication, edict, jurisdiction, dictionary, addict, interdiction

centenarian:

a person who has lived to be one hundred years old

clamorous:

(a) characterized by continuous loud and complaining voices; noisily complaining; insistent

concordance:

a condition of harmony or agreement; an alphabetical index indicating reference passages, as from a writer’s works

discordant:

sounding harsh or inharmonious; clashing

incisive:

keenly penetrating; cutting into

concourse:

(n) a running or flowing together; a broad public walkway or hallway; a crowd or throng

corporal:

(a) related to the physical body

credulity:

(n) the naïve willingness to believe too easily without proof

cursory:

(a) done in a superficial or hasty manner

dictum:

(n) an authoritative saying or maxim

Duc(t), duce (to lead):

conduct, reduce, education, abduct, deductive, ductile

Fedter), fid(e) (faith, trust):

federal, confidence, affidavit, infidel, bona fide, confide

Fin(e) (end, limit):

finish, confine, define, infinity, affinity

Flect, flex (to bend):

defelct, reflex, reflector, flexibility, genuflect, flexor

flu(x), fluct (to flow, flowing):

fluid, influx, flush, fluctuate, influence, influenza, fluent

fort, fore (strong):

fortress, forceful, reinforce, comfortable, effortlessly

frater(n), fratr (brother):

fraternity, fraternal, fraternalism, friar

fus, fund, found (to pour, to melt):

transfusion, funnel, refund, fountain, confusion, foundry, fusion

confluence:

(n) a coming or flowing together, as of rivers or ideas, a place of joining

confound: (v)

(v) to perplex, confuse, amaze, or bewilder

effusive: (a)

(a) pouring forth in an emotional way; unrestrained or overly demonstrative

fratricide:

(n) the killing of one’s own brother; someone who commits such an act

mellifluous:

(a) as if flowing with honey or sweetness; like the tones of a honeyed voice

superfluous: (a)

(a) beyond what is needed; in excess of a sufficiency

conducive: (a)

(a) tending to lead, help, assist, or result in

fidelity: (n)

(n) faithfulness to one’s promises or obligations; steadfast faithfulness; technological faithfulness

flexuous: (a)

(a) a winding in and out; bending or waving

10. perfidious: (a)

(a) a characteristic of one who would intentionally betray a faith or trust; treacherous

Grad, gress (to step, to walk):

gradual, progress, graduation, progression, congress, gradation

Grat, grac (pleasing, favor):

gratitude graceful, congratulate, disgrace, gratification

Greg (flock, herd, group):

congregation, segregation, congregate, desegregation

Host, hosp(it) (host, guest):

hostess, hospital, hospitality, hostage, hospitaler

Jac, ject, jet (to throw, to hurl, to lie):

adjacent, ejaculation, projection, injection, jetty, jetsam

Jud(ic) (judge, judgment):

judge, judgment, judgmental, judiciary, prejudiced

Junct, join, jug (to join, meet, or link):

juncture, joint, adjoin

Liber, liver (free):

(free): liberty, delivery, liberation, deliverance, liberator

Aggregation (n):

separate individuals joined in a group, often for a specific purpose; a mass composed of many parts

Degradation (n):

a major reduction in worth, quality, or standing; a deterioration, as of moral character

Digress (v):

to wander off the point or topic

Egregious (a):

standing out from others, but in a bad way; conspicuously bad; flagrant

Gregarious (a):

(of a person) fond of company; sociable

Ingratiate (v):

(v): to (try to) make oneself appear favorable or necessary to another; to bring into the good graces of

Inhospitable (a):

not inclined to be kind or friendly; barren and forbidding

Adjudicate (v):

to settle or rule upon, as in a court of law

Adjunct (n)

(n) a thing, usually of secondary importance, added to something else; (a) added or connected in a subordinate capacity

Conjecture (n):

a prediction, theory, or inference based on guesswork; (v): to form a point of view without proof

Injudicious (a):

displaying poor judgment; indiscreet; lacking wisdom

Jettison (v)

to throw something away, usually because it is no longer wanted; (n): the discarding of anything

Prejudicial (a)

producing prejudice; causing an unfavorable opinion without supporting

evidence; detrimental

Rejoinder (n):

a quick and clever answer; an appropriate reply, as to a smart question or

statement