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Week 2 Latin Roots
Latin Roots
10
English
12th Grade
08/23/2011

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CAP

[CIP-, CEP-, CAPT-, CEPT-]

Definition

take[to take, seize]

 

  • captivate- to attract or win over(to be taken)
  • contraception- prevention(to take against)
  • percieve- to sense, feel(to take through)
  • susceptible- able to undertake
  • accept- to recieve(to take to)
  • anticipate- to foresee(to take before)
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CAPIT

[CIPIT]

Definition

head

  • capitulate- arrange under headings; surrender
  • capitain- someone at the head of something
  • precipitate- to cause to happen(head first)
  • decapitate- to take the head off(head off)
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BEN

[BON]

 

Definition

good,well

  • benediction- blessing(to speak well)
  • beneficent- one who does well(to do well)
  • benison- blessing(to say well)
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MAL

 

Definition

bad,ill

  • malicious- intending ill
  • maldeveloped- badly developed
  • malediction- curse(to speak badly)
  • malign/malignant- bad(to beget)
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VIR

Definition

man

  • virile,virility- manly, energetic; masculinity
  • triumvirate- consisting of three men
  • virago- ill-tempered, loud wife
  • virilism- female disorder resulting in masculine features
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VER

Definition

truth

  • veracity, veracious- truthfulness; truthful
  • verdict- judgement(to say the truth)
  • verily- trutly
  • verity- truth
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VOR

Definition

eat

  • voracity, voracious- greedily eating(to eat)
  • omnivorous- one whose diet is not limited(to eat everything)
  • piscivorous- to eat fish
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CED

[CESS]

Definition

move, withdraw

  • cede- to yield
  • ancestor- one from whom another is descended(to move before)
  • intercede, intercession- to move between
  • secede, secession- to move without
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CORPOR

Definition

body

  • corporeal- relating to the physical body
  • corporation- a company
  • corps- organized branch of the military
  • corpulent- obese
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CARN

Definition

meat, flesh

  • carnivorous- to devour meat
  • carnage- a slaughter
  • carnal- relating to the body, sensual
  • carnival- a fair, festival, season of merry-making(to lift meat)
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