Greek and Latin Root Words Units 13-16
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48 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Affluent | wealthy and privileged; well-to-do |
| Superfluous | additional to what is necessary; extra |
| Mellifluous | sweetly flowing or sounding |
| Leaven | to make less heavy or serious |
| Levity | lack of seriousness; jolly |
| Alleviate | to make less painful or dangerous |
| Elapse | to slip away; go by |
| Collapse | complete failure and ruin |
| Relapse | a falling back into an old illness or bad habit |
| Recede | to move back or away from |
| Concession | something given up or yielded |
| Cede | to surrender |
| Inconsequential | having no effect or importance |
| Consecutive | following in order |
| Execution | the way something is done |
| Courier | one who carries and delivers |
| Incur | to bring about |
| Recurrent | happening repeatedly |
| Gradualism | a policy which involves taking slow, measured actions |
| Regress | to go back to a less mature or less positive state |
| Digress | to move away from the topic at hand; ramble |
| Amble | to casually walk; stroll |
| Ambulatory | able to walk |
| Preamble | a passage or speech which introduces another longer passage or speech |
| Injunction | an order which legally prevents something |
| Enjoin | to order to do; place a command upon |
| Rejoinder | an answer; a reply |
| Impartial | having no bias or favor |
| Partisan | believing and acting on the ideas of political party or group |
| Impart | to give away; share |
| Inclusive | containing all; not keeping any out |
| Inconclusive | providing no clear answer or solution |
| Preclude | prevent from happening |
| Precise | Accurate; definitie |
| Indecisive | unable to make choices |
| Incision | a cut made in order to get inside something |
| Metabolism | the process through which an organism changes food into energy |
| Metamorphosis | change in form; transformation |
| Metaphorical | symbolic rather than literal |
| Inalienable | not able to be taken away |
| Alienate | to make hostile |
| Alias | a name that is not one's true name |
| Alteration | a change or modification |
| Alternate | to go hack and forth; change from one thing to another |
| Altercation | a fight or dispute |
| Simulate | to mimic; imitate |
| Dissemble | to conceal the truth; to deceive |
| Semblance | rough likeness of |
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