Latin Roots 2
Terms
undefined, object
copy deck
- nihil
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nothing
annihilate: reduce to nothing
nihilism: belief that life has no meaning. - scrib
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write
scribble:
inscribe: - pend
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weigh/hang
pendulum
- fer
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carry
transfer: carry to another place - vid/vis
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see
visual
video - grad
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go/step
gradual: go in degrees or phases - ten/tin
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hold;
tenet: belief held as true. - pel/puls
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move
impel: to urge or propel
- sed/sess
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sit
sedate
sedentary - alt
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high
altitude - ann/enn
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year
annual: yearly
perennial: every year
anniversary - brev
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short
abbreviation - multi
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many
multiply
multitudinous - centr
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center
centrist: one who holds a central viewpoint - omni
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all
omniscient: all-knowing - dors
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back
dorsal: back fin on a fish - term
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final
terminal - magni
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large
magnify - med
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middle
median - dict
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to say
dictate:
dictator: do what he says - fin
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limit
finish
- duct
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lead
aquaduct: canal - nomim/nomen
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name
misnomer: wrong name
nomenclature: system of naming things - fact
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to make
factory:
manufacture: - funct
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perform
functional: able to be used - ject
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throw
reject: to throw aside; discard - plac
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pleasure
placate: calm someone by giving in
complacent: unperturbed by surrounding events