Latin Vocabulary 7

1. Roots, definitions, synonyms, antonyms, sentences, and related words Latin Vocabulary 7

2. carnage • carn, carni – • flesh; meat • carnage – • n. bloody slaughter of many people, as in battle • Synonyms: bloodbath, butchery, massacre, death, holocaust, slaughter

3. carnage • The 9.0 earthquake that struck eighty miles from the city of Sendai, Japan, in 2011 and the resulting tsunami left carnage up to six miles inland. • During the American Civil War, the relatively new technology of photography recorded the carnage of the dead after battle.

4. carnage Related Words: • carnal • carnation • carnival • carnivore • carnivorous • incarnate • incarnadine • reincarnate • reincarnation

5. secluded • clud, clus – • to close • secluded – • adj. to keep apart from social contact with others • n. seclusion, secludedness adv. secludedly • Synonyms: cloistered, covert, hidden, isolated, quiet, remote, retired, secret, sheltered

6. secluded • Henry David Thoreau moved to Walden Pond to use the seclusion there to work on a book honoring his deceased brother. • Many people like to visit cities on their vacations, but I prefer secluded places surrounded by nature.

7. secluded Related Words: • conclude • conclusive • exclude • exclusive • include • inclusive • malocclusion • occlude • preclude • recluse

8. erroneous • err – • astray; wander • erroneous – • adj. mistaken; derived from error adv. erroneously n. erroneousness • Synonyms: false, inaccurate, incorrect, inexact, invalid, off, unsound, untrue, untruthful, wrong • Antonyms: accurate, correct, errorless, exact, factual, precise, proper, right, sound, true, valid, veracious

9. erroneous • In spite of his mother explaining the tooth fairy, the twelve-year-old still chose to erroneously believe in the mythical creature who exchanges money for teeth. • Over eighty percent of drivers think they are better than average, but mathematically, that has to be erroneous.

10. erroneous Related Words: • errant • error • erratic • aberrant • aberation

11. irrevocable • in, ir, ig, im, il – • not; without • irrevocable – • adj. not able to be called back or undone adv. irrevocably n. irrevocableness, irrevocability • Synonym: unalterable

12. irrevocable • Tattoos are pretty much irrevocable since they are not completely removable. • As the young couple argued, both of them shouted and insulted each other, and no matter how much they apologized, the hurtful words were irrevocable.

13. irrevocable Related Words: • ignoble • ignominy • illicit • immaculate • immediate • impotent • incognito • indescribable

14. juncture • junct, join, jug – • to join • juncture – • n. a critical point in time or convergence of events • Synonyms: connection, junction, joint, point

15. juncture • Finishing high school and starting college is one of the most important junctures of your young life; choices you make now will impact the success or failure of the next few years. • The point at which the Internet became fast and available on smart phones is a very important juncture in the developing communications world.

16. juncture Related Words: • adjunct • conjunction • injunction • junction • subjunctive

17. placate • plac, pac, peac – • peace; please; appease • placate – • v. to reduce the anger of by making concessions v. placates, -ed, -ing n. placation adv. placatingly adj. placatory • Synonyms: appease, assuage, conciliate, disarm, gentle, mollify, pacify, propitiate • Antonyms: anger, enrage, incense, inflame (also enflame), infuriate, ire, madden, outrage

18. placate • Giving a baby her pacifier may placate her just long enough to get her back to sleep. • Attempts to placate Hitler before and during WWII were well-intentioned but unsuccessful since Neville Chamberlain’s policy of appeasement did not result in lasting peace.

19. placate Related Words: • pacific • please • appease • placid • pacifier • pacification • implacable • PaxRomana

20. comportment • port – • to carry • comportment – • n. behavior; manner of carrying or conducting oneself v. comport, -s, -ed, -ing • Synonyms: actions, address, bearing, comportment, conduct, demeanor, deportment

21. comportment • Pygmalianby George Bernard Shaw later became My Fair Lady, in which Professor Henry Higgins wagers that he can transform a common girl, Eliza Doolittle, into a lady who can easily belnd in with high society with diction and comportment lessons. • One’s comportment in a job interview includes vocal control, posture, eye contact, manner of walking, and firmness of handshake.

22. comportment Related Words: • deport • export • import • portable • porter • portmanteau • rapport • report • support • transport

23. apprehend • –prehend, prehens – • to seize • apprehend – • v. 1.to take into custody; • 2. to become aware of v. apprehends, -ed, -ing adj. apprehensive adv. apprehensively n. apprehension • Synonyms: arrest, collar, nab, pick up, pinch, pull in, restrain, run in, seize; appreciate, comprehend, catch, catch on (to), cognize, conceive, cotton (to or on to), decipher, discern, get, grasp, grok, intuit, perceive, recognize, register, see, seize, sense, understand • Antonyms: discharge; miss

24. apprehend • Notice the photos of the young woman every time she was apprehended; you can see the dramatic results of meth. • For those who live near a prison, an APB on an escaped prisoner is a serious threat, and authorities will be on high alert until he is apprehended and taken back into custody.

25. apprehend Related Words: • prehensile • comprehend • incomprehensible • reprehensible • apprehensive

26. revitalize • re – • again; against; back • revitalize – • v. to restore to vitality; make lively again v. revitalizes, - d, -ing n. revitalization • Synonyms: freshen, recharge, recreate, refresh, regenerate, rejuvenate, repair, restore, resuscitate, renew, revive, revivify

27. revitalize • With just one heavy rainfall, the Mojave Desert is revitalized and where there was nothing, a sea of flowers blooms. • Urban revitalization is increasingly the product of artists and young entrepreneurs who bring renovation and business back to the city center.

28. revitalize Related Words: • reignite • rebellion • recalcitrant • recede • recess • recite • recluse • rehydrate • reject • repel • repulsive • revert • reverse

29. impervious • via , vi – • journey; road; way • impervious – • adj. not capable of being penetrated adv. imperviously n. imperviousness • Synonyms: impenetrable, impermeable, tight • Antonyms: penetrable, permeable, pervious

30. impervious • Thanks to technological advances, some of the new fabrics used in outerwear are impervious to rain and hold heat better than other light-weight fabrics. • Superman is impervious to bullets unless Kryptonite is in close proximity.

31. impervious Related Words: • viable • viaduct • trivia • trivial • deviant • deviate • obvious • pervious • trivialize

32. 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

33. 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

34. 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

35. 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

36. 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

37. 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

38. 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