VOCABULARY FROM CLASSICAL ROOTS Book C Chapter 15
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 pes, pedis | foot is |
| expedient | a means to an end; appropriate to a purpose or useful in achieving a goal |
| expedite | to help or hurry the progress of something; of buisness, to perform buisness quickly |
| impede | to hinder; block the way of |
| pedigree | a line or list of ancestors, especially of a distinguished kind; a recorded line of descent showing pure breeding of animals. |
| pedometer | a device that calculates distance traveled by counting the number of steps taken |
| expeditionary | relating to / constitution expedition |
| pedicab | rickshaw (car from the flinstones) |
| pied-a- terre | secondary or temporary lodging (a beach condo) |
| sesquipedalian | long and ponderous or a long word |
| pous, podos | foot us |
| antipodes | any two places on opposite sides of the earth; something that is the exact opposite of or contrary to something else |
| podiatry | the study and treatment of foot ailment |
| podium | an elevated platform for an orchestra conductor or lecturer; a dais |
| chiropody | study of the hands and feet |
| gradior, gradi, gressum | to step, to walk |
| aggression | the act or habit of launching attacks; invasion; hostile action or behavior |
| degredation | reduction in rank or status, especially of office or dignity; lowering of moral or intellectual character; disgrace, dishonor |
| digress | to stray from the main topic in writing or speaking; to turn aside |
| gradation | a systematic progression through a series of stages |
| gradient | an incline or slope; the rate of incline |
| regress | to go back; to return to a former or less developed condition |
| egress | the act of exiting |
| ingress | the act of entering |
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