Roots and Derivatives
- cent(i) (hundred): century, centennial, centigrade, centimeter
- cid(e), cis(e) (cut, kill): homicide, incision, suicide, scissors, circumcise
- clam, claim (cry out, declare): clamor, exclaim, proclaim, disclaim
- cord, cour (heart): accord, courage, encouraged, cordiform, cordate
Word List
- bicentennial a, n: (related to) a celebration of a two hundredth anniversary; a, happening once in a period of two hundred years or lasting two hundred years -In 1976, the United States held it's bicentennial celebration.
- centenarian n: a person who has lived to be one hundred years old -I met a centenarian at my mom's work, he was one hundred and seven years old.
- centurion n, a: a Roman officer commanding one hundred men; a, related to the military mind, especially as it favors military solutions for handling social problems -The old centurion was able to tell his men about the times he was in war.
- clamorous a: characterized by continuous loud and complaining voices; noisily complaining insistent -The clamorous voices of the girls in PE class were starting to irritate me.
- concise a: covering much in few words; brief and to the point -He made a very concise speech, but it had a lot of meaning to it.
- concordance n: a condition of harmony or agreement; an alphabetical index indicating reference passages, as from a writer's works -We had a concordance on who would take the trophy home.
- cordial a: of the heart; warm and friendly; amiable -Everyone at the meeting was cordial and no body made anyone feel left out.
- discordant a: (sounding) harsh or inharmonious; clashing -She gave a discordant threat after he had got in a fight with her son.
- genocide n: the systematic extermination of an ethnic group -Hitler's killing is an example of genocide.
- incisive a: keenly penetrating; cutting into -The movie had many incisive scenes.
- proclamation n: an official statement or announcement that informs or honors -We had a proclamation before basketball season started.
- reclaim v: to claim again; to restore to former importance or usefulness -I am planning to reclaim my old room and make it into a little workout room.
Roots and Derivatives
- bon, boun (good): bonus, bounty, bountiful, bonify, boon, bon voyage, bonhomie
- capit, capt (head, chief, leader): capital, captain, capitalize, decapitate, per capita, capitol
- carn(t) (flesh): carnal, carnality, carnival, carnation, carnify
- ced(e), ceed, cess (go, yield, surrender): recede, proceed, success, concede, exceed, procession, unprecedented
Word List
- accession n: the attainment of a certain rank or dignity; an increase by means of something added; the act of becoming joined -The Navy will soon have the accession, so pray that you get in.
- bona fide a: in a good faith: genuine -He had a bona fide look on his face as he walked on stage to give his presentation.
- bonanza n: a sudden and unexpected source of money or riches; a windfall -A bonanza sometimes happens to the poor people in movies.
- bounteous a: inclined to be generous; plentiful and abundant -After going to school most of his life, he is a bounteous man.
- capitulation n: a surrendering, usually upon prearranged terms or conditions: a final giving up
- carnage n: a great slaughter, as in a battle -There was a carnage in Iraq over food.
- carnivorous a: flesh-eating, as an animal -As they were walking in the dark woods, they saw a carnivorous creature beside the river.
- incarnate a: literally. in the flesh: in bodily form; personified; flesh-colored -The incarnate body was lying beside the road.
- intercede v: to act on another's behalf: to meditate -It is mostly Japanese people that intercede.
- precedent n, a: a previous act or decision taken as a valid model; a, having gone before -Her precedent was a great idea after all.
- recapitulation n: a brief repetition: a summary, as of what has already been said -Our teacher was getting annoyed because of his recapitulation.
- reincarnation n: a thing that is reborn, or comes back into being, although perhaps in a different (bodily) form -There are many people who believe in reincarnation.
