Latin Vocabulary 10

1. Latin Vocabulary 10 Roots, definitions, synonyms, antonyms, sentences, and related words

2. anathema • ana – (Greek, but important) • up; back; again; against; throughout • anathema – • n. a person or thing intensely disliked: <this notion was anathema to most of his countrymen — S. J. Gould>; • a ban or curse solemnly pronounced by ecclesiastical authority and accompanied by excommunication • Synonyms: curse, ban, execration, imprecation, malediction, malison • Antonyms: benediction, benison, blessing

3. anathema • Since the healthy-living revolution has begun to impact children in a positive manner, fewer children today than years ago find broccoli an anathema. • Because the different parties in Congress seem unable to work together, the public finds Congress an anathema and prefers representatives that get something done while in office.

4. anathema Related Words: • anachronism • anagram • analogy • analyze • anapestic • anaphase • anaphora • anaphylaxis • anathema • anatomy

5. florid • flor, flori – • flower • florid – • adj. very flowery in style; elaborately decorated; tinged with red; fully developed; manifesting a complete and typical clinical syndrome • adv. floridly n. floridity, floridness • Synonyms: bedizened, ornate, fussy, gingerbread, gingerbreaded, gingerbready, overdecorated, overwrought, ruddy • Antonyms: austere, plain, severe, stark, unadorned

6. florid • When the young beauty kissed him unexpectedly, his face became florid, showing his embarrassment. • The florid language and decorations in ancient texts makes it intriguing to examine but challenging to comprehend.

7. florid Related Words: • cauliflower • efflorescence • flora • floral • florist • floret • floribunda • Florida • Florence • florin • flower

8. portfolio • foli – • leaf • portfolio – • n. a carrying case for loose papers; an itemized list of investments owned by a person or company; the contents of somebody's creative work • pl. n. portfolios

9. portfolio • Financial advisors often encourage young people to take more risks and use their portfolio to invest aggressively rather than moderately. • Upon graduation from the university, his parents gifted him with a luxurious and expensive portfolio to carry on his job interviews.

10. portfolio Related Words: • folio • folic acid • foliate • defoliation • exfoliate • bifoliate • foliage

11. homage • hom, homo, hominis – • man • homage – • n. expression of high regard : respect —often used with pay; • something that shows respect or attests to the worth or influence of another • Synonyms: accolade, citation, commendation, eulogium, eulogy, hymn, paean, salutation, tribute

12. homage • Knights and nobles paid homage to the king in a show of fealty and duty, but sometimes their homage was merely show. • The Japanese artist who painted the vase of flowers did so as an homage to the renowned artist Matisse.

13. homage Related Words: • ad hominem • bonhomie • hombre • homicide • homicidal • Homo sapiens • homunculus

14. ramification • ram, rami – • branch • ramification – • n. the result or consequence of a decision, act, or statement; the act or process of branching • pl. n. ramifications • Synonyms: consequence, outgrowth, branch, offshoot

15. ramification • Bonsai tree enthusiasts focus on ramification because the individual twigs and limbs within the tree both contribute to the tree’s health and beauty and encourage root growth to match the visible branching aboveground. • The ramifications of flooding and tornadoes are often mass destruction and copious debris.

16. ramification Related Words: • biramous • ramada • ramify • ramose • ramus

17. rupture • -rupt – • to break; burst • rupture – v/n. – • the act of breaking apart or bursting; a break in friendly relations; the tearing apart of a tissue • <rupture of the heart muscle> • <rupture of an intervertebral disk> • v. ruptures, -d, -ing • Synonyms: break, burst, hernia

18. rupture • The ruptured oil tanker was safely towed to port for repairs without spilling any of its precious cargo. • While ruptured capillaries in the eye look bad, a more painful and serious rupture is a rupture of one or more discs supporting the spine.

19. rupture Related Words: • abrupt • bankrupt • corrupt • disrupt • erupt • incorruptible • interrupt • uninterrupted

20. bisect • -sect – • to cut • bisect – • v. to cut apart into two equal parts n. bisection • adj. bisectional bisectionally • Synonyms: intersect, cross, cut

21. bisect • The astonishing and detailed display of a bisected cow interested the future biologist but infuriated her animal-loving roommate. • Bisecting fruit, or cutting it in half, is a beautiful way to display the colors, textures, and designs within, but fruit must be consumed within a few hours if left out.

22. bisect Related Words: • dissect • intersect • midsection • resection • sectarian • section • sector • transect • vivisection

23. intractable • –tract – • draw; pull • intractable – • adj. not easy to control, manage or relieve (as from pain) • n. intractability adv. intractably • Synonyms: balky, contrary, contumacious, defiant, incompliant, insubordinate, disobedient, obstreperous, rebel, rebellious, recalcitrant, recusant, refractory, restive, ungovernable, unruly, untoward, wayward, willful • Antonyms: amenable, biddable, compliant, conformable, docile, obedient, ruly, submissive, tractable

24. intractable • The dogs’ intractable behavior while we were gone forced us to put them in the basement when leaving them unattended. • After the accident, she had intractable pain in her neck and back, and the doctor said spinal surgery was too great a risk.

25. intractable Related Words: • abstract • attract • contract • detract • distract • extract • protact • retract • subtract • tractable • traction • tractor

26. veracity • ver – • true • veracity – • n. devotion to the truth; conformity with truth or fact pl. n. veracities • Synonyms: accuracy integrity, probity, truthfulness, honesty, verity • Antonyms: deceit, deceitfulness, dishonesty, lying, mendaciousness, mendacity, untruthfulness

27. veracity • I prefer to have friends for whom veracity is a character trait; I doubt that liars can be good friends. • The principal appreciated the honor student’s veracity when she explained how she changed her grade in INow.

28. veracity Related Words: • veracious • verdict • verify • veritable • veritas • verisimilitude • verity • voir dire

29. voluminous • volv, volu, volut – • roll; turn • voluminous – • adj. capable of filling volumes; • prolific in speech or writing; • having or marked by great volume or bulk • adv. voluminously n. voluminousness • Synonyms: big, biggish, boxcar, bulky, considerable, goodly, grand, great, handsome, hefty, hulking, husky, largish, outsized, oversize (or oversized), sizable, substantial, tidy, large • Antonyms: bantam, dinky, dwarf, dwarfish, little, puny, shrimpy, small, smallish, undersized

30. voluminous • The model’s hair is so voluminous that it is not representative of most women’s reality and must be greatly enhanced in the studio. • The dress’s voluminous sleeves made her feel like she was dressed for graduation in her cap and gown.

31. voluminous Related Words: • convoluted • devolve • evolution • involve • revolution • revolve • revolver • voluble • volume

32. Root Review • -rupt – • to break; burst • -sect – • to cut • –tract – • draw; pull • ver – • true • volv, volu, volut – • roll; turn • ana – • up; back; again; against; throughout • flor, flori – • flower • foli – • leaf • hom, homo, hominis – • man • ram, rami – • branch

33. 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

34. 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

35. 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

36. 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

37. 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

38. 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

39. 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

40. 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

41. 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