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Latin | English |
|---|---|
| monos |  one |
| monologue | a long speech made by one performer or by one person in a group |
| monarch | a person who rules a kingdom or empire; a king or queen, emperor or empress |
| monarch | a large black and orange American butterfly |
| monogram | a design composed of letters, usually the first letter of a name |
| monopoly | exclusive control of the trade in some item or service |
| monopoly | sole ownership or control of anything |
| monolith | a large block of stone |
| monolith | a large organization that acts as a single unit |
| unus | one |
| unanimous | being in complete agreement |
| unilateral | one-sided; done by or affecting one person, group, or country, etc..., and not another |
| duo | two |
| duplex- root | twofold |
| duplex | a dwelling with two living units |
| duplicate | to make an identical copy or double of something; to repeat |
| bi | two |
| bilateral | having two sides |
| bilateral | made between two persons or groups |
| bipartisn | involving two political parties |
| bisect | to divide into two equal parts |
| tri | three |
| tres | three |
| trilogy | a group of three literary or musical works that have a related theme |
| trisect | to divide into three parts |
| triumirate | a group of three, especially in authority |
| quadrant | a quarter of a circle or of its circumference; an early machine for measuring altitudes; any of the four parts of an area divide by perpendicular lines |
| quartet | a musical composition for four voices or instruments |
| quartet | a set of four, especially of four musicians |
| quatrain | a stanza or group of four lines of poetry |
| decem | ten |
| decimate | to destroy a large part of |
| decimate | to kill one in every ten |
| decathlon | an athletic contest in which each contestant takes part in ten events |
| centum | hundred |
| bicentennial | a two-hundredth anniversary; happening every 200 years |
| centenary | pertaining to a 100-year period; a centennial |
| centigrade | referring to a thermometer scale of 100 degrees where water freezes at 0˚ and boils at 100˚ |
| pan | all |
| pandemonium | uproar |
| panacea | a cure-all for diseases or troubles |
| omnis | all |
| omnipotent | having unlimited power; all-powerful |
| omnipresent | present everywhere |
| omnivorous | feeding on both plants and meat; devouring everything especially intellectually |
| holos | whole |
| catholic | universal; including most things |
| Catholic | referring to the Roman Catholic church |
| holocaust | a great destruction, especially by fire |
| Holocaust | murder by the Nazis of over six million Jews and millions of other people in World War 2 |
| totus | whole |
| totalarian | referring to a form of government in which one person or party holds absolute control |
| claudo, claudere, clausi, clausum | to close |
| cloister | a covered walk along the inside walls of a building, usually looking out on a courtyard; a monastery or similar place of religious seclusion; to seclude as in a monastery |
| preclude | to prevent; to make impossible |
| recluse | a person who avoids mixing with people |
| incipio, incipere, incepi, inceptum | to begin |
| inception | the beginning of something |
| incipient | in its early stages; begininning |
| nihil | nothing |
| annihilate | to destroy completely |
| nihilism | the total rejection of religious or moral beliefs |
| nego, negare, negavi, negatum | to deny |
| negate | to disprove; to nullify;to rule out; to cancel; to repeal |
| renegade | one who deserts a group, cause, faith, etc,; am outlaw |
| renegade | like a renegade traitorous |
| vanus | empty |
| vacuous | empty |
| vacuous | empty, especially of meaning or purpose |
| vanity | conceit, especially about one's appearance ; something worthless or useless; a dressing table |
| vaunt | to boast, to brag about; a boast |
| aperio, aperire, aperui, apertum | to open |
| aperture | an opening, especially one that admits light |
| overt | done or shown openly |
| mikros | small |
| microbe | an organism invisible to the naked eye, especially one that causes disease |
| microcosm | a miniature world; something that resembles something else on a very small scale |
| minuo, minuere, minui, minutum | to lessen |
| minuscule | extremely small |
| minutia | a small or trivial detail |
| tenuo, tenuare, tenuavi, tenuatum | to make thin |
| tenuis | thin |
| attenuate | to make slender or small; to weaken; to reduce in force or value |
| tenuous | thing in form; flimsy; having little substance or validity |
| satis | enough |
| satiate | to satisfy an appetite fully; to gratify excess |
| impleo, implere, implevi, impletum | to fill |
| plenus | full |
| comply | to do as one is asked or ordered |
| implement | a tool or utensil; to carry out; to put into effect |
| replete | well-stocked or abundantly supplied; completely filled, utterly satisfied |
| copia | plenty |
| copious | plentiful; in large amounts |
| makros | large |
| macrocosm | the universe; any great whole |
| magnus | great |
| magnanimous | noble and generous, especially in forgiving, not petty |
| magnate | a wealthy, influential person, especially in business |
| magnitude | greatness of importance or size; the degree of brightness of a star |
| megas | great |
| megalomania | a form of mental illness in which a person has exaggerated ideas of his or her own importance; an obsessive idea to do things in a grand scale |
| poly | many |
| polygamy | the system of having more than one spouse at a time |
| polygon | a flat shape with many straight sides |
| ante | before |
| antebellum | of a period before a war, especially the American Civil War |
| antecedent | a thing or event that precedes;preceding going before |
| antecedent | the noun to which a pronoun refers |
| anterior | coming before in a position or time |
| avant-garde | ahead of the times, especially in the arts; a group that is ahead of the times |
| vanguard | the foremost position especially of an army or fleet; leaders of a movement, fashion, etc. |
| pre | before |
| precept | a command; a rule of conduct |
| predestination | the belief that what happens in human life has already been determined by some higher power |
| preempt | to take possession of something before anyone else can do so |
| premonition | a warning in advance |
| preposterous | absurd; contrary to nature or reason |
| pretentious | showy; pompous; claiming unjustified distinction |
| primus | first |
| premier | first in time or importance; a prime minister or head of state |
| primate | an archbishop or bishop who ranks highest among others; a member of the order of animals that includes monkeys; apes, and humans |
| prime | first in rank, excellence, quality, importance, or time; chief, most important |
| primeval | belonging to the first ages; ancient |
| primordial | primeval; original; fundamental |
| post | after |
| posterior | situated behing or at the back |
| posterity | future generations; a person's descendants |
| posthumous | occurring or continuing after death, especially a work published after the author's death or a child born after the father's death |
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