Latin Roots #5 10/24/14
Roots and Derivatives
- cent(i): Hundred, century
- cid(e): Cut, kill, homicide
- clam, claim: Cry out, declare, clamor
- cord, cour: Heart, accord
Word List for Latin Roots #5
- bicentennial: Related to a celebration of a two hundreth anniversary; 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: 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 complainin; insistent.
- concise: Covering much in few words: brief and to the point.
- concordance: A condition of harmony or agreement; an alphabetical index indicating reference passage, as from a writer's works.
- cordial: Of the heart; warm and friendly; amiable. M
- discordant: Harsh or inharmonious: clashing.
- genocide: The systematic extermination of an ethnic group.
- incisive: Keenly penetrating; cutting into.
- proclamation: An official statementor announcement that informs or honors.
- reclaim: To claim again; to restore to former importance or usefulness.
No comments:
Post a Comment