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Vocabulary from Latin and Greek Roots

Vocabulary from Latin and Greek Roots. Unit 9. Root: Jud. Latin Judicium Judgment. Judicious. Adj. Having or showing good judgment Kathy was judicious when it came to time management; as a result, she always got her work done early. Synonym: wise Antonym: foolish. Adjudicate.

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Vocabulary from Latin and Greek Roots

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  1. Vocabulary from Latin and Greek Roots Unit 9

  2. Root: Jud • Latin • Judicium • Judgment

  3. Judicious • Adj. • Having or showing good judgment • Kathy was judicious when it came to time management; as a result, she always got her work done early. • Synonym: wise • Antonym: foolish

  4. Adjudicate • V. • To settle a dispute or argument • A third party was called in to advise the bank, but not to adjudicate the dispute legally.

  5. Root: Mor • Latin • Mos, Moris • Law, custom, habit, humor

  6. Amoral • Adj. • Not concerned about morality • Though a commonly held belief states that politicians must be amoral to succeed, Candidate Jeffers insists that leaders must know right and wrong above all else.

  7. Mores • N. • Attitudes and behaviors that are so firmly fixed that they are followed like laws • Tipping a server in a restaurant is perfectly in line with American mores but has no place in the customs of some other cultures. • Synonym: ethics

  8. Morose • Adj. • Gloomy, bad-tempered • The overcast sky made most of the children, who had been hoping to go to the beach, morose. • Synonym: sullen • Antonym: jolly

  9. Root: Pi • Latin • Pius = law-abiding, pious, dutiful • Piare, Piatum = atone

  10. Expiate • V. • To make up for doing wrong • Brian offended many people during his rise to power but expiated his insults by appointing some of these people to his cabinet. • Synonym: atone

  11. Impious • Adj. • Lacking respect for what should be worshipped • Who would be so impious as to question the absolute wisdom of the Emperor? • Synonym: irreverent • Antonym: devout

  12. Root: Sacr • Latin • Sacer, Sacris • Holy, sacred

  13. Consecrate • V. • To set apart as holy; to give up to a purpose • The leader of the tribe consecrated the ground to the spirits of Earth, air, water, and fire. • Synonym: bless • Antonym: profane

  14. Execrable • Adj. • Very bad; hateful • After one meal with my rowdy brothers, my grandmother declared she had never seen such execrable manners in all her life. • Synonym: heinous • Antonym: hallowed

  15. Sacrosanct • Adj. • So sacred or revered as to be off-limits • No political figure, living or dead, was considered sacrosanct by the controversial comedian.

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