Latin Vocabulary 9

1. Latin Vocabulary 9 Roots, definitions, synonyms, antonyms, sentences, and related words

2. arboreal • arbor – • tree • arboreal – • adj. resembling a tree; living in trees • adv. arboreally

3. arboreal • All of my favorite vacations have been arboreal and have allowed me to have solitude in nature and enjoy the serenity of the woods and the sounds and smells found there. • The black-crested gibbon, an endangered species found in China, Laos, and Vietnam, uses arboreal locomotion to move around, as his means of motion is through the trees.

4. arboreal Related Words: • arbor • arboreous • arborescent • arboretum • Arbor Day • arborist

5. fortitude • –forc, fort – • strength • fortitude – • n. strength of mind that allows one to endure pain or adversity with courage • Synonyms: backbone, constancy, fiber, grit, grittiness, guts, intestinal fortitude, pluck, spunk • Antonyms: spinelessness

6. fortitude • Through fortitude, Representative Gabby Giffords endured months of recovery and continues to work through physical therapy and speech therapy to overcome the traumatic brain injury she suffered at a madman’s hands. • Courage and dauntless tenacity are some of the important aspects of fortitude, and may we all have enough of both when facing great challenges.

7. fortitude Related Words: • fortress • fortify • comfort • effort • perforce • reinforce • forte • fortissimo • forceful • enforcement • fortification • fort

8. conglomerate • glob/o, globi, glom – • round; ball-shaped; spherical; cluster • conglomerate – • n/v. a corporation made up of a number of different companies in diversified fields; a collected mass; a cluster • adj. conglomerative n. conglomeration, conglomerator v. conglomerates, -d, -ing • Synonyms: empire; cluster, collect, concentrate, assemble, congregate, convene, converge, forgather (or foregather), gather, meet, rendezvous • Antonyms: break up, disband, disperse, split (up)

9. conglomerate • Media conglomerations are anathema to the freedom of information American have become accustomed to because when a small group controls the information received by the masses, then that small group intensifies its power and decreases the likelihood of a free press acting in the best interests of the public. • A sedimentary conglomerate is made up of pieces of rock of varied size and material balled up and cemented together through a chemical and geological process.

10. conglomerate Related Words: • globate • globe • globule • globose • globular • global • agglomeration • hemoglobin

11. monolingual • lingu – • language; tongue • monolingual – • adj. able to use only one language

12. monolingual • A declining study of foreign languages and an overwhelming sense that the world will learn English leads to the monolingual approach that has recently become the American way. • The map of the U.S. shows where English is spoken in the Unites States, and our monolingual trends are actually increasing.

13. monolingual Related Words: • bilingual • linguist • linguistics • multilingual • sublingual • trilingual

14. elude • lud, lus – • to play • elude – • v. to escape from or avoid skillfully v. eludes, -d, -ing • Synonyms: avoid, dodge, duck, escape, eschew, evade, finesse, get around, scape, shake, shirk, shuffle (out of), shun, weasel (out of)

15. elude • The cuddly white snow rabbit tried to elude his predator, but the bobtail feline was to quick and too voracious to let his meal get away. • Through several elusive jukes and twists, the wide end elusively slipped out of the defenders grasp.

16. elude Related Words: • allude • collude • delude • disillusion • illusion • interlude • postlude • prelude

17. perfunctory • per – • through; thoroughly; wrong • perfunctory – • adj. done in a routine manner, without interest, care, or enthusiasm adv. perfunctorily n. perfunctoriness • Synonyms: apathetic, casual, complacent, disinterested, incurious, insensible, insouciant, nonchalant, indifferent, pococurante, unconcerned, uncurious, uninterested • Antonyms: concerned, interested

18. perfunctory • In spite of the fact that Jamie’s mom asked the doctor for a thorough investigation, the doctor gave only a perfunctory glance at Jamie’s mottled and distended abdomen. • When I cook, it is a perfunctory gesture, but when my husband prepares a meal, he plans, chops, organizes, flavors, glazes, and produces a gastronomical delight.

19. perfunctory Related Words: • impermeable • percolate • perennial • perfect • perfidy • perforate • perjury • permeate • perplex • persecute • perspective • perspire • pervade • perverse

20. quadriplegia • quadr, quadra, quadric, quadru – • four • quadriplegia – • n. paralysis affecting all four limbs of the body (both arms and both legs) • adj. & n. quadriplegic

21. quadriplegia • Spinal injuries that occur above the shoulders will likely result in quadriplegia rather than paraplegia. • Through motor neurone disease, Stephen Hawking has been nearly completely paralyzed, seemingly quadriplegic, but he went on to become one of the most brilliant and renowned theoretical physicists in history.

22. quadriplegia Related Words: • quadrangle • quadrant • quadratic • quadrennial • quadriceps • quadrilateral • quadrille • quadrillion • quadruped • quadruple • quadruplets

23. conspicuous • spect, spec, spic – • to look; to see • conspicuous – • adj. easily noticed; attracting special attention • adv. conspicuously n. conspicuousness • Synonyms: arresting, bodacious, bold, brilliant, catchy, commanding, noticeable, dramatic, emphatic, eye-catching, flamboyant, grabby, marked, noisy, prominent, pronounced, remarkable, showy, splashy, striking • Antonyms: inconspicuous, unemphatic, unflamboyant, unnoticeable, unobtrusive, unremarkable, unshowy Conspicuous consumption

24. conspicuous • Although they had to put in a great deal of effort, the young trio succeeded in dressing conspicuously even by Mardi Gras standards. • The gold-plated car was not only conspicuous, it was also an example of conspicuous consumption because of the wasteful nature of its decoration. Conspicuous consumption

25. conspicuous Related Words: • aspect • auspicious • circumspect • despicable • despise • inspect • perspective • prospect • retrospect • specimen • specious • spectacle Conspicuous consumption

26. transpire • spir/o – • breathe • transpire – • v. to take place or occur; become known; to give off vapor containing waste products through a membrane or pores, as the human body or from leaves • v. transpires, -d, -ing • Synonyms: be, befall, betide, chance, come, come about, come down, come off, cook, do, go down [slang], go on, hap, occur, pass, happen What transpired here?

27. transpire • The young man had a toy harpoon duct taped to his body, and everyone on the dock wondered what had transpired. • During the transpiration process, plants take in water through their roots, water spreads throughout the plant, water transpires from tiny pores on the underside of leaves, and the water droplets evaporate. and What transpired here?

28. transpire Related Words: • aspirate • aspire • conspire • inspire • perspire • respire • spirit • suspire What transpired here?

29. voracious • vor – • to eat • voracious – • adj. craving large amounts of food; ravenous • adv. voraciously n. voraciousness • Synonyms: edacious, esurient, gluttonous, greedy, hoggish, insatiable, piggish, rapacious, ravenous, swinish • Antonyms: apathetic, indifferent, uneager, unenthusiastic

30. voracious • The sumo wrestlers in training astounded the restaurant staff with their voracious appetites. • People who score the highest on the ACT and SAT are voracious readers who pick up a book in most of their spare moments.

31. voracious Related Words: • carnivore • canivorous • granivorous • herbivore • insectivore • omnivore

32. Root Review • per – • through; thoroughly; wrong • quadr, quadra, quadric, quadru – • four • spect, spec, spic – • to look; to see • spir/o – • breathe • vor – • to eat • arbor – • tree • –forc, fort – • strength • glob/o, globi, glom – • round; ball-shaped; spherical; cluster • lingu – • language • lud, lus – • to play

33. Root Review • mar, mari – • sea • matr, matri, mater – • mother • patr, patri, pater – • father • sol – • sun • terr, terra, terri – • earth; land • con, com – • together; with; completely • de – • away from, off; down; entirely; undo; reverse • ego – • self • gress, grad, gradi, grade - • to step or go • lun, luni – • moon

34. Root Review • plac, pac, peac – • peace; please; appease • port – • to carry • –prehend, prehens – • to hold, to seize • re – • again; against; back • via , vi – • journey; road; way • carn, carni – • flesh; meat • clud, clus – • to close • err – • astray; wander • in, ir, ig, im, il – • not; without • junct, join, jug – • to join

35. Root Review • intra, intro – • within; inward; inside; into • aqua – • water • –arium, -orium, -ary • a place for • leg, lex – • word; law; reading • avi – • bird • feder – • league; alliance • jur, just – • law; right; oath • agr/o, agri – • crop production; field • mort – • death • equ, equi – • equal • ann, enn – • year

36. Root Review • greg – • flock • nat – • born; birth • coron, coroll – • crown; wreath • voc, vok – • to call; to voice • doct, doc – • teach • radic, radix – • root • nom, nomin, nomen – • name; noun • merc – • goods; trade; pay • fid – • faith • nutra – • nourish

37. Root Review • ped – • foot • dorm – • sleep • pel – • to drive • e- • out • ocul – • eye • vit, viv, vivi – • life; breath, mind; soul • manu, mani – • hand • cogn– • knowledge • verb – • word • fus– • pour

38. Root Review • cede, ceed, cess – • to go; to yield • corp/o, corpor, corpus – • body • –locu, -loqu – • to speak, speech, talk, discourse • liter – • letter • duc, duct – • to lead • du, duo – • two; second • medi – • middle • scrib, script – • write • vers, vert – • turn • -ject – • to throw

39. Root Review • retro – • back; backward; behind • sub – • below; beneath; lower in rank; under; nearly • super – • above; over; beyond • trans – • across; through; change; beyond • ultra – • beyond; excessive • dict – • speech, to speak; proclaim (declare officially); word • mal – • bad; evil; ill; wrong • omni – • all • post – • after; behind • pre – • before; in front of

40. Root Review • cide – • to kill • cred – • belief; believe • extra, extro – • outside of; beyond • inter – • between; among • magn, magna, magni – • great; large • ambi, amphi – • both; on both sides; around • ante – • before • bell – • war • bene, bon – • good; well • circum – • around; surrounding