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Vocabulary Unit 3
Latin and Greek Roots
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12th Grade
09/11/2010

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Term

Latin: mittere, misum "to send, to put" (n.)

DEMISE

Definition
The end of existence; death
Term

Greek: ballein "to throw, to cast" (adj.)

DIABOLICAL

Definition
Very wicked or cruel
Term

 Greek: ballein "to throw, to cast" (adj.)

EMBLEMATIC

Definition

Symbolic

(Standing for another thing)

Term

Greek: hodos "road, way, coming" (adj.) 

EPISODIC

Definition
Happening in parts or segments
Term

 Greek: ballein "to throw, to cast" (n.)

HYPERBOLE

Definition
Exaggeration used for effect
Term

 Latin: vehere, vectum "to drag, to carry" (v.)

INVEIGH

Definition
To condemn; attack strongly in words
Term

 Greek: hodos "road, way, coming" (adj.)

METHODICAL

Definition
Orderly and regular
Term

 Latin: mittere, misum "to send, to put" (v.)

REMIT

Definition

To make less or weaker;

To forgive or pardon

Term

 Latin: mittere, misum "to send, to put" (v.)

SURMISE

Definition

A hypothesis

(To draw a conclusion based on little or no information)

Term

Greek: hodos "road, way, coming" (n.) 

SYNOD

Definition
A council of churches or church officials
Term

Latin: vehere, vectum "to drag, to carry" (adj.)

VEHEMENT

Definition

Strongly emotional; fierce and passionate

Intense

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