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• 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): liberty, delivery, liberation, deliverance, liberator

Vocab. Words

• 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): 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) 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

Latin Roots and Vocabulary Words 11/12

Roots

• Liter (letter): literature, literacy, alliteration, illiterate, litterateur, literalism

• Loc (place): location, locale, locus, dislocate, locomotion, locality, localize

• Locut, loqu (to speak, to talk): elocution, eloquent, soliloquy, grandiloquent, interlocutor

• Luc, lum[en] (light, to shine): lucid, illuminate, luminous, translucent, illumination

• Man(u) (hand): manual, manicure, manacles, manuscript, manipulation, maneuver, manufacture,

manifesto

• Mater(n), matr (mother): maternal, matricide, alma mater, maternity, matrimony, matron,

matrilineal

• Medi (middle, between): medium, mediocre, medieval, Mediterranean, immediate, median,

intermediate

• Mem(or) (to remember): memorial, memory, memento, memoirs, memorize, in memoriam

Vocab. Words

• Allocate (v): to put aside for a specific purpose, as money or time

• Circumlocution (n): using many more words than necessary to make a point; evasiveness

• Colloquy (n): a formal conversation or discussion, usually on a serious topic; a conferenced

convened to discuss a specific subject

• Elucidate (v): to shed some light on a subject, as through clear expression

• Literati (n): collectively, the educated, or well-lettered, members of society; scholarly people

• Localism (n): an expression or manner typical to a specific region

• Loquacious (a): too talkative; excessively wordy; fond of one’s own voice

• Luminary (n): any particularly brilliant, famous, or well-known person; a celebrity

• Pellucid (a): presented in such a way that understanding is clear and easy; showing maximum

clarity

• Matriculate (v): to enroll, as in college or university – which then becomes one’s alma mater

• Matrix (n): any kind of mold, form, or casting from which things are produced

• Mediocrity (n): the condition of being ordinary; a state of moderate or low quality

• Memorabilia (n): a collection of all sorts of objects or information, as from the past

• Memorandum (n): a short note (intended to jog the memory)