Latin Vocabulary 5

1. Latin Vocabulary 5 Roots, definitions, synonyms, antonyms, sentences, and related words

2. corona • coron, coroll – • crown; wreath • corona – • n. a hazy light that appears to surround the moon or another celestial body • pl. n. coronas adj. coronal

3. corona • When swimming at night, one can see a beautiful rainbow corona around the moon, making it look like a halo surrounding it. • During a solar eclipse, when the moon is directly between the sun and the earth, the corona is the only visible part of the sun.

4. corona Related Words: • corollary • corollate • coronary • coronation • coroner • coronet

5. fidelity • fid– • faith • fidelity – • n. faithfulness to obligations or duties; the degree to which an electronic device accurately reproduces its effect • Synonyms: adhesion, allegiance, attachment, commitment, constancy, dedication, devotedness, devotion, faith, faithfulness, fastness, fealty, loyalty, piety, steadfastness, troth • Antonyms: disloyalty, faithlessness, falseness, falsity, inconstancy, infidelity, perfidiousness, perfidy, treachery, unfaithfulness

6. fidelity • Even though Samuel had already completed the course online, he participated in class and behaved himself with great fidelity, inspiring the other students to do their best, as well. • In spite of their sad station wagon and lack of funds, DJ Kenny Golden insisted on installing a stereo system with high fidelity to produce the full effect one only finds in a professional studio.

7. fidelity Related Words: • affidavit • bona fide • confidant • confide • diffident • fiduciary • infidel • infidelity • perfidy

8. indoctrinate • doct, doc – • teach • indoctrinate – • v. to fill with a certain set of teaching or instruction; brainwash • v. indoctrinates, -ed, -ing n. indoctrination • Synonyms: educate, teach, instruct, lesson, school, train, tutor

9. indoctrinate Indoctrination can be good or bad depending on the teacher who is educating the student. Before World War II in Germany, Hitler and his government propaganda machine indoctrinated the public to believe that the Jews were less than human.

10. indoctrinate Related Words: doctor doctorate doctrine docent docile document documentary

11. mercenary • merc – • goods; trade; pay • mercenary – • n. & adj. one who serves or works merely for material gain pl. n. mercenaries • Synonyms: acquisitive, avaricious, avid, coveting, covetous, grabby, grasping, greedy, money-grubbing, rapacious

12. mercenary Mercenaries, or hired guns, protected the powerful business owner as he travelled through dangerous countries with cash to pay off local officials. I love the gorgeous crystal vases and sculptures in Bradio’s Design Shop, but the proprietor is simply mercenary and focused only on the money she’s making rather than the beauty of the pieces her husband acquires.

13. mercenary Related Words: merchant merchandise mercantile market mark-up

14. innate • nat – • born; birth • innate – • adj. existing in a person since birth, as with an inherent characteristic adv. innately n. innateness • Synonyms: built-in, constitutional, constitutive, essential, hardwired, immanent, inborn, inbred, indigenous, ingrain, ingrained (also engrained), inherent, integral, intrinsic, native, natural • Antonyms: adventitious, extraneous, extrinsic

15. innate Beavers building dams and houses near streams and creeks is an innate skill attributable to their genetic makeup. My niece has such a beautiful voice, and it must be an innate ability because she has had no training and sings like a professional at age thirteen.

16. innate Related Words: native nativity neonatal perinatal postnatal prenatal

17. ignominy • nom, nomin, nomen – • name; noun • ignominy – • n. loss of one’s good name; great personal shame and dishonor • adj. ignominious adv. ignominiously n. ignominiousness • Synonyms: discredit, disesteem, dishonor, disrepute, disgrace, infamy, obloquy, odium, opprobrium, reproach, shame • Antonyms: esteem, honor, respect

18. ignominy As soon as the soccer ball left his foot, James knew his role in this game would be his most ignominious goal since earned the other team a point. Frequently being forced to wear an ignominious bunny suit, Hank dropped out of Rush week before he ever pledged to a fraternity.

19. ignominy Related Words: binomial cognomen denomination misnomer monomial nom de guerre nom de plume nomenclature nominate onomatopoeia polynomial

20. malnutrition • nutra – • nourish • malnutrition – • n. condition resulting from inadequate diet or from inability to absorb or metabolize nutrients. Food intake may be insufficient to supply calories or protein or deficient in one or more essential vitamins or minerals • adj. malnutritional

21. malnutrition Sadly, malnutrition can stunt a child’s growth and inhibit him developing to his full genetic height simply due to lack of nutritious food. Meth amphetamines increase the risk of malnutrition because the user does not eat regular meals with healthy ingredients and because the drugs suppress appetite and cause the user to reprioritize to put drug use ahead of food.

22. malnutrition Related Words: nutrient nutrition nutritious nourish

23. advocate • voc, vok – • to call; to voice • advocate – • n. & v. to speak or write in favor of something; or one who advocates v. advocates, -ed, -ing n. advocacy, advocator adj. advocatory • Synonyms: exponent, apostle, backer, booster, champion, expounder, espouser, friend, herald, promoter, proponent, protagonist, supporter • Antonyms: adversary, antagonist, opponent

24. advocate Often meeting with Bradley’s teachers and administrators, Cheryl was a staunch advocate for her son since he required extra help with test-taking and extended time for reading. I always advocate for using sunscreen and staying out of the sun since I have see the results of melanoma.

25. advocate Related Words: convocation equivocal evocative invocation irrevocable provoke revoke vocabulary vocation vociferous

26. eradicate • radic, radix – • root • eradicate – • v. to get rid of completely; exterminate v. eradicates, -ed, -ing n. eradication adj. eradicable , eradicative n. eradicator • Synonyms: abolish, black out, blot out, cancel, clean (up), efface, annihilate, erase, expunge, exterminate, extirpate, liquidate, obliterate, root (out), rub out, snuff (out), stamp (out), sweep (away), wipe out

27. eradicate By vaccinating at least 95% of sub-Saharan Africa, the Red Cross hopes to eradicate polio so it will never again cause children to suffer. Soldiers of previous centuries would be aghast to know that we have bombs that have eradicated entire cities like in Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

28. eradicate Related Words: radical radicalism radicalize radicand radish radix

29. gregarious • greg – • flock • gregarious – • adj. tending to live in flocks or groups; sociable n. gregariousness adv. gregariously • Synonyms: boon, companionable, extroverted (also extraverted), convivial, outgoing, sociable, social • Antonyms: antisocial, introverted, nongregarious, reclusive, unsociable

30. gregarious Thinking that we would need to help Tracy feel comfortable among so many new people, our family was surprised when Josh’s new wife was the most gregarious person at the family dinner. Though the teacher’s gregariousness was perfect for her 7th grade students, she found that seniors thought she was silly.

31. gregarious Related Words: aggregate congregate desegregate egregious segregate

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

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

34. Root Review du, duo – two; second medi – middle scrib, script – write vers, vert – turn -ject – to throw • 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

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

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