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Vocabulary Unit 4
Latin and Greek Roots
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12th Grade
09/11/2010

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Cards

Term

Latin: grex, gregis "herd, flock" (adj.)

AGGREGATE

Definition

Combined

Gathered into a whole; total

Term

 Latin: ager "field" (adj.)

AGRARIAN

Definition

Agricultural

Having to do with farming

Term

Greek: kolos "herdsman" (adj.)

BUCOLIC

Definition
Having to do with country life or farms
Term

 Latin: grex, gregis "herd, flock" (adj.)

EGREGIOUS

Definition
Standing out sharply as wrong or bad
Term

 Latin: frui, fruitus "to enjoy, to harvest" (n.)

FRUITION

Definition
Fulfillment of an effort or desire
Term

 Latin: frui, fruitus "to enjoy, to harvest" (adj.)

FRUITLESS

Definition

In vain

Yielding no positive results

Term

 Latin: grex, gregis "herd, flock" (adj.)

GREGARIOUS

Definition

Social

Liking to be with other people

Term

 Greek: eidos "form, shape, little work of verse" (adj.)

IDYLLIC

Definition
Simple and pleasant
Term

 Latin: pascere, pastus "to feed (especially flocks or herds)" (adj.)

PASTORAL

Definition
Having to do with the country
Term

 Latin: ager "field" (n.)

PEREGRINATION

Definition

Journey

The act of traveling about

Term

 Latin: pascere, pastus "to feed (especially flocks or herds)" (n.)

REPAST

Definition

Feast

A meal; food and drink for a meal

Term

 Latin: rus, ruris "country" (adj.)

RUSTIC

Definition

Rural

Having to do with the countryside

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