English 15-16

PES, PEDIS <L. "foot"

1. expedient (adj./n.)

   • Adj: Appropriate or useful for a goal

   • Noun: A means to an end

   • expediency, expediently

2. expedite (tr. v.)

   • Help or hurry progress

   • Do business quickly

   • expeditious, expeditiously

3. impede (tr. v.)

   • Hinder or block

   • impediment

4. pedigree (n.)

   • List of ancestors (esp. distinguished)

   • Line of descent showing pure breeding

5. pedometer (n.)

   • Device measuring distance by counting steps

POUS, PODOS <G. "foot"

6. antipodes (n.)

   • Two places on opposite sides of the earth

   • Exact opposites

   • antipodal, antipode

7. podiatry (n.)

   • Study/treatment of foot ailments

8. podium (n.)

   • Raised platform for conductor/speaker

   • (Also: any foot-like biological structure)

GRADIOR, GRADI, GRESSUM <L. "to step," "to walk"

9. aggression (n.)

   • Launching attacks/invasion

   • Hostile action or behavior

   • aggressive, aggressiveness

10. degradation (n.)

• Reduction in rank or dignity

• Lowering of moral character

• Disgrace/dishonor

• degrade, degraded

11. digress (intr. v.)

• Stray from the main topic

• digression, digressive

12. gradation (n.)

• Systematic progression through stages

13. gradient (n.)

• Incline/slope; rate of incline

14. regress (intr. v.)

• Go back; return to a less developed condition

• regress, regression, regressive

• NOTE: Related word = retrogress (suggests worse condition)

AMBULO, AMBULARE, AMBULAVI, AMBULATUM <L. "to walk around"

1. ambulatory (adj./n.)

   • Adj: Able to walk; related to walking

   • Noun: Place for walking (arcade, cloister)

   • ambulant, ambulate

2. preamble (n.)

   • Preliminary statement or introduction

CALCITRO, CALCITRARE, CALCITRAVI, CALCITRATUM <L. "to kick"

3. recalcitrant (adj.)

   • Stubbornly resistant

   • Hard to manage

   • recalcitrance, recalcitrantly

STO, STARE, STETI, STATUM / POSITIO, STATIONIS / SISTO, SISTERE, STETI, STATUM

4. constituent (adj./n.)

   • Adj: Necessary part of a whole

   • Noun: Voter represented by elected official

5. desist (intr. v.)

   • Cease, abstain (often with from)

6. destitute (adj.)

   • Lacking

   • Poverty-stricken

   • destitution

7. interstice (n.)

   • Small space or crevice between things

8. obstinate (adj.)

   • Very stubborn

   • Hard to control

   • obstinacy

9. oust (tr. v.)

   • Force out

   • ouster

10. restitution (n.)

• Restoration to proper owner/state

• Repayment or repair

11. restive (adj.)

• Uneasy; restless

• Unruly

• restiveness

12. stance (n.)

• Physical position of feet/body

• Mental or emotional attitude

13. static (adj./n.)

• Adj: 1. At rest/unmoving, 2. Electric charges

• Noun: Signal interference; disruptive comments

14. subsist (intr. v.)

• To exist

• To survive (used with on or by)

• subsistence