Latin roots 5, 6, 7 ,8
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 bicentennial | a celebration of a two hundreth anniversary; a, happening once in a period of two hundred years or lasting two hundred years. |
| centenarian | a person who has lived to be one hundred years old |
| centurion | a roman officer commanding one hundred men; related to the military mind, especially as it favors military solutions for handling social problems. |
| clamorous | characterized by continuous loud and complaining voices; noisily complainingl insistent |
| consice | covering much in few words; brief and to the point. |
| concordance | a condition of harmony or agreement; an alphabetical index indicating reference passages, as fom a writer's works. |
| cordial | of the heart; warm and friendly; amiable |
| discordant | harsh or inharmonious; clashing |
| genocide | the systematic extermination of an ethnic group. |
| incisive | keenly penetrating; cutting into |
| porclamation | an official statement or announcement that informs or honors |
| reclaim | to claim again, to restore to former importance or usefulness |
| benediction | the invocation of a divine blessing, as at the close of a religious service; a blessing or state of blessedness |
| concourse | a running or flowing together; a broad public walway or hallway; a crowd or throng |
| concurrent | occurring at the same time; meeting or acting together |
| corporal | related to the physical body |
| corpulent | very stout; fleshy and obese; fat |
| credbility | the quality of being believable or trustworthy. |
| credulity | the (naive) willingness to believe too easily without proof |
| cursory | done in a superficial or hast manner |
| dictum | an authoritative saying or maxim |
| incorporate | to from into one body or functioning unit; to combine seveal different things into a whole |
| incredulous | not believing, skeptical, or doubting |
| indicative | characteristic of or very much like; suggestive |
| augment | to make greater, as in strength; to enlarge |
| brackish | having an unpleasant (somewhat salty) taste; nauseating |
| chortle | to chuckle and snort with delight; to laugh with satisfaction |
| corrode | to eat into or gradually wear away, as by rust or a chemical action |
| defer | to postpone or yield (to); to give in to |
| deplore | to regret very strongly; to view as unfortunate |
| didactic | intending to teacher; usually in a methodical way. |
| fetid | having a rotten smell; stnking |
| idyllic | romantically picturesque, especially as related to rural life seen as peaceful and innocent. |
| purport | to claim or profess, often falsely |
| sinister | seeming to promise evil or misfortune; mean |
| viable | able to sustain life, that which can survive; workable and thus likely to continue. |
| aqueduct | a large pipe or other conduit made to bring water from a great distance. |
| conducive | tending to lead, help, assist, or result in |
| definitive | completely accurate, reliable, and authoritative; decisive or conclusive. |
| fidelity | faithfulness to one's promises or obligations; steadfast faithgulness; teachnological faithfulness |
| fiduciary | an individual who holds something in trust for another; a trustee |
| finale | a "grand" conclusion, as of a performance; the last scene of a play. |
| finite | limited or bordered by time or by any measurement; measurable |
| flexuous | winding in and out; bending or wavering |
| inducement | anything used or given to persuade or motivate; an incentive |
| inflection | a slight change in tone or modulation of voice, as in point of emphasis. |
| perfidious | characteristic of one who would intentionally betray a faith or trust; treacherous. |
| traduce | to speak falsely of; to slander or defame; to disgrace another's good name; to vilify |
| affluent | flowing, as with wealth and riches; prosperous; a flowing stream, as a tributary. |
| confluence | a coming or flowing together, as of rivers or ideas; a place of joining. |
| confound | to perplex, confuse, amaze, or bewilder |
| effusive | pouring forth in an meotional way; unrestrained or overly demonstrative |
| forte | one's special area of accomplishment or performance; one's strong point. |
| fortify | to make stronger; to strengthen; to establish defenses, as against an oncoming enemy. |
| fortitude | strength of character; patient courage, as during a long struggle. |
| fraternize | to associate or socialize in a brotherly fashion; to be friendly with |
| fratricide | the killing of one's own brother; someone who commits such an act |
| mellifluous | as if flowing with honey or sweetness, like the tones of a honeyed voice. |
| profusion | a pouring forth, as of great numbers; plentifulness; an abundance |
| superfluous | (flowing) beyond what is needed; in excess of a sufficiency. |
| centi | hundred |
| clam, claim | to cry out |
| cord, cour | heart |
| cide(e), cis(e) | to kill, cut |
| corp(or) | body |
| cur(r), curs, course | to run, to flow |
| dic(t) | to speak, to say |
| cred | to believe, to trust |
| fed(er), fid(e) | faith, trust |
| flect, flex | to bend |
| duc(t), duce | to lead |
| fin(e) | end, limit |
| fort, forc | strong |
| frater(n), fratr | brother |
| fus, fund, found | to pour, to melt |
| flu(x), fluct | to flow, flowing |
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