Latin and Greek Roots 1-30
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Suffrage | The right to vote. |
| Tutelage | The state of being under a guardian or a tutor. |
| Espionage | The act or practice of spying. |
| Amorous | Pertaining to love. |
| Amateur | A person who engages in a study, sport, or other activity for pleasure rather than for benefit or professional reasons. |
| Amiable | Having or showing pleasant, good-natured personal qualities. |
| Ambidextrous | Able to use both hands equally. |
| Ambivalent | Having mixed feelings about someone or something. |
| Anarchy | A state of society without government or control. |
| Anachronism | Something or someone that is not in its correct historical chronological time, especially a thing or person from the past. |
| Anathema | A person or thing accursed or consigned to damnation or destruction; an object of intense dislike. |
| Antecedent | Prior to. |
| Antebellum | Before or existing before the war, especially the American Civil War. |
| Anthropology | The science that deals with the origins, physical and cultural development, biological characteristics, and social customs and beliefs of mankind. |
| Misanthrope | A hater of humankind. |
| Antipathy | An opposition in feeling. |
| Antagonize | To make hostile or unfriendly. |
| Antithesis | The opposite. |
| Stationary | Not moving or movable. |
| Binary | Consisting or involving two. |
| Bibliophile | A person who loves and collects books. |
| Bibliography | A complete or selective list of works compiled upon some common principle, as authorship, subject, place of publication, or printer. |
| Captivity | The state or period of being held, imprisoned, enslaved, or confined. |
| Encapsulate | To place in or as if in a capsule. |
| Chronicle | A factual written account of important or historical events in the order of their occurrence. |
| Chronological | Arranged in the order of time. |
| Homicide | The killing of a human being by another human being. |
| Incision | A cut, gash, or notch. |
| Incisive | Penetrating; remarkably clear and direct. |
| Circumnavigate | To go or maneuver around. |
| Circumstantial | Of the nature of a circumstance. |
| Recognize | To identify from knowledge or appearance. |
| Incognito | Having one's identity concealed. |
| Cognition | The act or process of knowing. |
| Complex | Complicated and intricate. |
| Commensurate | Having the same measure. |
| Descend | To pass from higher to lower in any scale or series. |
| Denounce | To condemn or censure openly or publicly. |
| Disenfranchise | To deprive someone of the right to vote. |
| Divulge | To disclose or reveal. |
| Erratic | Unpredictable. |
| Extraneous | Irrelevant. |
| Extrapolate | To infer from something that is known. |
| Infringe | To commit a breach or infraction of. |
| Tempus Fugit | Time flies. |
| Egregious | Extraordinary in a bad way. |
| Inept | Without skill in a particular task. |
| Impassable | Not passable. |
| Irresolute | Doubtful. |
| Intercede | To speak on behalf of someone. |
| Cynicism | Doubtful of other people's motives. |
| Intramural | Involving students within the same school. |
| Introspective | The process of looking into oneself. |
| Dictionary | A reference book containing an alphabetical list of words with information about them. |
| Concerted | Planned or performed in cooperation with others. |
| Nutritious | Some thing that provides nourishment. |
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