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Comes from the Latin word for “do, go, lead, drive.”

Unit 2.1. AG. Comes from the Latin word for “do, go, lead, drive.”. Unit 2.1. Related Words. Agitate (v): 1. To move something with an irregular, rapid, violent action. 2. To stir up or excite. Litigate (v): To carry on a lawsuit by judicial process. Unit 2.1. Related Words.

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Comes from the Latin word for “do, go, lead, drive.”

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  1. Unit 2.1 AG Comes from the Latin word for “do, go, lead, drive.”

  2. Unit 2.1 Related Words • Agitate (v): 1. To move something with an irregular, rapid, violent action. 2. To stir up or excite. • Litigate (v): To carry on a lawsuit by judicial process.

  3. Unit 2.1 Related Words • Prodigal (adj): Recklessly or wastefully extravagant; spendthrift. • Synagogue (n): The center of worship and communal life of a Jewish congregation; temple.

  4. Unit 2.1 An agenda is a list of things to be done. An agent is usually someone who does things on behalf of another, just as an agency is an office that does business for others. Notes

  5. Unit 2.2 VEN / VENT A Latin verb meaning “come.”

  6. Unit 2.2 Related Words • Advent (n): A coming or arrival; a coming into use. • Provenance (n): Origin or source

  7. Unit 2.2 Related Words • Venturesome (adj): Inclined to seek out risk or danger; bold, daring, adventurous. • Venue (n): 1. The place where a trial is held. 2. The locale of an event.

  8. Unit 2.2 To intervene in a case or an argument is to “come between” the 2 opponents. An avenue is a street, or originally an access road by which to “come toward something.” Notes

  9. Unit 2.3 CAP/CEP/CIP A Latin verb meaning “take, seize.”

  10. Unit 2.3 Related Words • Reception (n): 1. The act of receiving. 2. A social gathering where guests are formally welcomed. • Incipient (adj): Starting to come into being or to become evident.

  11. Unit 2.3 Related Words • Perceptible (adj): Noticeable or able to be felt by the senses.

  12. Unit 2.3 Related Words • Susceptible (adj): 1. Open to some influence; responsive. 2. Able to be submitted to an action or process.

  13. Unit 2.3 Capture, which is what a captor does to a captive, has the same meaning. Captivate once meant literally “capture,” but now means only to capture mentally through charm or appeal. Notes

  14. Unit 2.4 FIN From the Latin word for “end” or “boundary.”

  15. Unit 2.4 Related Words • Affinity (n): 1. Sympathy; attraction. 2. Relationship. • Definitive (adj): 1. Authoritative and final. 2. Specifying perfectly or precisely.

  16. Unit 2.4 Related Words • Infinitesimal (adj): Extremely or immeasurably small. • Finite (adj): Having definite limits.

  17. Unit 2.4 Final describes last things, and a finale or a finish is an ending. But its meaning is harder to trace in some of the other English words derived from this root. Notes

  18. Unit 2.5 JAC/JEC This Latin verb means “throw” or “hurl.”

  19. Unit 2.5 Related Words • Adjacent (adj): 1. Near, neighboring. 2. Sharing a common boundary or border. • Conjecture (v): To guess.

  20. Unit 2.5 Related Words • Dejected (adj): Downcast, depressed. • Trajectory (n): The curved path that an object makes in space, or that a thrown object follows as it rises and falls to earth.

  21. Unit 2.5 To reject something is to throw (or push) it back. To eject something is to throw (or drive) it out. To object is to throw something in the way of something else. Notes

  22. Unit 2.6 TRACT From the Latin verb for “drag or draw.”

  23. Unit 2.6 Related Words • Detract (v): To decrease the importance, value, or effectiveness of something.

  24. Unit 2.6 Related Words • Protracted (adj): Drawn out, continued, or extended. • Retraction (n): A taking back or withdrawal; a denial of what one has previously said.

  25. Unit 2.6 Related Words • Intractable (adj): Not easily handled, led, taught, or controlled.

  26. Unit 2.6 Notes Something attractive draws us toward it. A tractor drags other vehicles behind it, with the help of the traction of its wheels.

  27. Unit 2.7 DUC Comes from the Latin verb meaning “to lead.”

  28. Unit 2.7 Related Words • Conducive (adj): Tending to promote, encourage, or assist; helpful. • Deduction (n): 1. Subtraction. 2. The reaching of a conclusion by reasoning.

  29. Unit 2.7 Related Words • Induce (v): 1. Persuade, influence. 2. Bring about. • Seduction (n): 1. Temptation to wrong, especially temptation from the opposite sex. 2. Attraction or charm.

  30. Unit 2.7 Duke means basically “leader.” The Italian dictator Mussolini was known simply as “IL Duce.” But such words as produce and reduce also contain the root, even though their meanings show it less clearly. Notes

  31. Unit 2.8 SEC / SEQU From Latin, this root means “to follow.”

  32. Unit 2.8 Related Words • Consequential (adj): 1. Resulting; 2. Important. • Execute (v): 1. To carry out or perform; 2. To put to death legally or formally.

  33. Unit 2.8 Related Words • Obsequious (adj); Excessively submissive, obedient, or flattering. • Sequential (adj): 1. Arranged in order or in a series; 2. Following in a series.

  34. Unit 2.8 A sequel follows the original novel, film, or TV show. The second follows the first. But a non sequitur is a conclusion that does “not follow” from what was said before. Notes

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