Etymology Latin Test 1
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150 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 vocal (vok) | voice |
| diction (dict) | say |
| dedicate (dicat) | proclaim |
| loquacious (loqu) | speak |
| location (locat) | place |
| garrulous (garrul) | talk |
| equality (equ) | equal |
| benediction (ben) and (dict) | good and say |
| benign (ben) | good |
| malediction (mal) and (dict) | bad and say |
| soliloquy (sol) | self |
| magnify (magn) | great |
| sonic (son) | sound |
| verbal (verb) | word |
| languid (langu) | faint |
| veracity (ver) | truth |
| voracious (vor) | eat |
| virile (vir) | man |
| omnivore (omn) and (vor) | all and eat |
| multiply (multi) | many |
| paucity (pauci) | few |
| brevity (brev) | short |
| corporation (corpor) | body |
| carnival (carn) | flesh |
| cordial (cord) | heart |
| captain (capit) | head |
| incipient (cip) | take |
| pedal (ped) | foot |
| manipulate (man) | hand |
| dentist (dent) | tooth |
| expedition (ped) | foot |
| binocular (bi) and (ocular) | two and eye |
| visibility (vis) | see |
| divisive (div) | separate |
| inspection (spect) | look at, examine |
| audit (aud) | hear |
| disgust (dis) and (gust) | not and taste |
| gestation (gest) | carry |
| palpitate (palp) | touch |
| tangible (tang) | touch |
| tacit (tac) | silent |
| detect (tect) | cover |
| plummet (plumb) | lead |
| Ferris Wheel (ferr) | iron |
| discern (cern) | separate |
| discriminate (crim) | crime |
| omniscient (omn) (sci) | all and know |
| insipid (sip) | taste |
| sage (sag) | wise |
| affable (fa) | speak |
| fatuous (fatu) | foolish |
| prefix (fix) | fasten |
| manufacturing (fact) | do, make |
| quasi-governmental (quasi) | semi |
| animation (anim) | life |
| vitamin (vita) | live |
| mordant (mord) | bite |
| morbid (morb) | illness |
| parity (para, par) | prepare |
| torpor (torp) | numbness |
| mores (mor) | custom |
| mortality (mort) | death |
| miracle (mir) | wonder |
| inquisitive (quis) | seek |
| petulant (pet) | attack |
| oration (ora) | mouth |
| inexorable (ora) | mouth |
| depreciate (preci) | price |
| lucrative (lucr) | gain |
| fiscal (fisc) | purse |
| merchant (merc) | trade |
| putative (put) | cut |
| ratio (ratio) | reason |
| probity (prob) | cut |
| arbitrate (arbit) | judge |
| jurisprudence (juris, prud) | law |
| judiciary (judic) | judge |
| credible (cred) | believe |
| negate (neg) | deny |
| infidelity (fid) | faith |
| federal (fed) | league |
| dubious (dub) | doubt |
| vacillate (vacill) | waver |
| ossify (oss) | bone |
| inscription (script) | write |
| illiterate (lit) | letter |
| litigation (litig) | dispute |
| astringent (stringu) | bind |
| pungent (pung) | point |
| pugnacious (pug) | fight |
| ambulatory (ambul) | walk |
| digression (gress) | step |
| migratory (migr) | move |
| recession (re, ced) | withdraw |
| errant (err) | wander |
| curator (cur) | care |
| fugitive (fug) | flee |
| latency (late) | hide |
| elation (lat) | wide |
| legislative (legis, lative) | carry |
| mobility (mob) | move |
| convene (ven) | come |
| incumbent (cumb) | recline |
| decline (cline) | lean, incline |
| divergent (verg) | bend |
| projectile (ject) | throw |
| mixture (mixt) | mix |
| pending (pend) | hang |
| impending (pend) | hang |
| expend (pend) | pay |
| expansionist (ex, pand) | spread |
| impassive (pass) | spread |
| oppose (pos) | put |
| extensive (tens) | stretch |
| retention (tent) | to keep |
| constrain (strain) | to control |
| adhesive (hes) | stick |
| temptation (tempt) | trial |
| incoherent (her, hes) | stick |
| contemporaneous (temp) | time |
| annuity (annu) | year |
| modicum (mod) | measure |
| ordination (ord) | order |
| sequential (sequ) | follow |
| linear (lin) | line |
| norms (norm) | rule |
| totalitarian (tot) | whole |
| uniform (uni) | one |
| tertiary (tert) | third |
| millennium (mill) | thousand |
| decimate (deci) | ten |
| integrity (integ) | whole |
| octopus (oct) | eight |
| triangulation (angul) | angle |
| numerator (numer) | number |
| decimal point (deci) | ten |
| quartile (quart) | fourth |
| deflect (flect) | bend |
| invert (vert) | turn |
| implicate (plic) | fold, twist |
| torque (torqu) | twist |
| sinuous (sinu) | bend |
| insinuate (sinu) | bend |
| rotation (rot) | wheel |
| volition (vol) | wish |
| volatility (volat) | fly |
| spiral (spir) | coil |
| implicit (plic) | twist |
| explicit (plic) | twist |
| spirit (spir) | breathe |
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