English 9
First Quarter
Greek and Latin Vocabulary
Lesson One
1. CIRCUMSPECT- Careful; mindful of rules and consequences
2. ELUCIDATE- To make clear by explaining
3. IMPROVISE- To create without any forethought or preparation
4. INVIDIOUS- Hateful or spiteful
5. LUCID- Easy to understand; clear
6. PHOSPHORESCENT- Giving off light without heat
7. PHOTOGENIC- Attractive in pictures or photographic
8. PHOTOTROPIC- Tending to grow or move toward light
9. PROSPECT- That which is expected
10. PROVIDENTIAL- Happening by good fortune
11. SPECTER- A ghost or phantom
12. TRANSLUCENT- Allowing light to pass through
Lesson Two
1. AFFABLE- Easy to converse with
2. DICTUM- A formal or authoritative statement
3. EDICT- An official order
4. ENUNCIATE- To pronounce or articulate
5. INDICT- To charge with a crime; accuse
6. INEFFABLE- Unutterable; indescribable
7. INFANTILE- Childish; immature
8. INVOKE- To call on for support
9. PRONOUNCEMENT- A declaration of opinion; judgment
10. PROVOCATIVE- Causing disturbance or excitement
11. RENOUNCE- To reject by declaration
12. REVOKE- To make invalid; deactivate
Lesson Three
1. ABSTAIN- Not to do something; refrain
2. CONFOUND- To confuse and frustrate
3. DEPLETE- To use up; waste
4. IMPLEMENT- To put into action; execute
5. INFUSE- To inject; to fill up something or someone
6. INHIBIT- To get in the way of; hinder
7. PROHIBIT- To stop one from doing something; prevent
8. REPLETE- Filled up with
9. RETINUE- A group that attends an important person
10. SUFFUSE- To fill up from within; to spread throughout
11. SUSTAIN- To support for an extended period of time
12. TENACIOUS- Stubbornly persistent; determined
Lesson Four
1. ADEPT- Skilled; expert at
2. APTITUDE- Skill or suitability for
3. DISPOSITION- Attitude or mood
4. EFFIGY- A figure constructed in mockery
5. FIGMENT- Something invented or imaginary
6. FORMATIVE- Occurring at the time of most influence
7. IMPOSE- To forcibly place upon
8. INEPT- Unskilled; clumsy.
9. MISINFORMATION- Untrue or wrong information
10. POSIT- To put forth; place
11. PREFIGURE- To look like or predict a later thing or event
12. REFORM- To bring back to rightness; order, or morality
Lesson Five
1. AGENDA- Plan of action; purpose
2. ALLEGATION- Claim of wrongdoing, charge
3. DELEGATE- To divide up; especially responsibilities
4. DILATE- To widen
5. DISPEL- To scatter about, break up
6. EXACTING- Demanding perfection; strict
7. LEGACY- Body of ideas, achievements, and morals; example
8. PROACTIVE- Seeking to solve a problem before it occurs
9. PROPEL- To cause to move towards; push
10. RELATIVE- Dependent upon
11. REPULSION- Desire to avoid; disgust
12. SUPERLATIVE- Excellent; above all others
1. CIRCUMSPECT- Careful; mindful of rules and consequences
2. ELUCIDATE- To make clear by explaining
3. IMPROVISE- To create without any forethought or preparation
4. INVIDIOUS- Hateful or spiteful
5. LUCID- Easy to understand; clear
6. PHOSPHORESCENT- Giving off light without heat
7. PHOTOGENIC- Attractive in pictures or photographic
8. PHOTOTROPIC- Tending to grow or move toward light
9. PROSPECT- That which is expected
10. PROVIDENTIAL- Happening by good fortune
11. SPECTER- A ghost or phantom
12. TRANSLUCENT- Allowing light to pass through
Lesson Two
1. AFFABLE- Easy to converse with
2. DICTUM- A formal or authoritative statement
3. EDICT- An official order
4. ENUNCIATE- To pronounce or articulate
5. INDICT- To charge with a crime; accuse
6. INEFFABLE- Unutterable; indescribable
7. INFANTILE- Childish; immature
8. INVOKE- To call on for support
9. PRONOUNCEMENT- A declaration of opinion; judgment
10. PROVOCATIVE- Causing disturbance or excitement
11. RENOUNCE- To reject by declaration
12. REVOKE- To make invalid; deactivate
Lesson Three
1. ABSTAIN- Not to do something; refrain
2. CONFOUND- To confuse and frustrate
3. DEPLETE- To use up; waste
4. IMPLEMENT- To put into action; execute
5. INFUSE- To inject; to fill up something or someone
6. INHIBIT- To get in the way of; hinder
7. PROHIBIT- To stop one from doing something; prevent
8. REPLETE- Filled up with
9. RETINUE- A group that attends an important person
10. SUFFUSE- To fill up from within; to spread throughout
11. SUSTAIN- To support for an extended period of time
12. TENACIOUS- Stubbornly persistent; determined
Lesson Four
1. ADEPT- Skilled; expert at
2. APTITUDE- Skill or suitability for
3. DISPOSITION- Attitude or mood
4. EFFIGY- A figure constructed in mockery
5. FIGMENT- Something invented or imaginary
6. FORMATIVE- Occurring at the time of most influence
7. IMPOSE- To forcibly place upon
8. INEPT- Unskilled; clumsy.
9. MISINFORMATION- Untrue or wrong information
10. POSIT- To put forth; place
11. PREFIGURE- To look like or predict a later thing or event
12. REFORM- To bring back to rightness; order, or morality
Lesson Five
1. AGENDA- Plan of action; purpose
2. ALLEGATION- Claim of wrongdoing, charge
3. DELEGATE- To divide up; especially responsibilities
4. DILATE- To widen
5. DISPEL- To scatter about, break up
6. EXACTING- Demanding perfection; strict
7. LEGACY- Body of ideas, achievements, and morals; example
8. PROACTIVE- Seeking to solve a problem before it occurs
9. PROPEL- To cause to move towards; push
10. RELATIVE- Dependent upon
11. REPULSION- Desire to avoid; disgust
12. SUPERLATIVE- Excellent; above all others
First Quarter
Greek and Latin Roots
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Lesson One
PHOT/PHOS LUC- SPEC/SPECT- VID/VIS- |
Greek PHOT, PHOS, “light” Latin LUX, LUCIUS, “light” Latin SPECERE, SPECTUM, “to look at” Latin VIDERE, VISUM, “to seek, to look” |
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Lesson Two
NUNC/NOUNC-VOC/VOK FA- DIC/DICT- |
Latin NUNTIARE, NUNTIATUM, “to announce” Latin VOCARE, VOCATUS, “to call” Latin FOR, FARI, “to speak” Latin DICERE, DICTUM, “to say, to tell” |
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Lesson Three
HIB/HAB- FUS/FOUND-TEN/TAIN/TIN- PLE- |
Latin HABERE, HABITUM, “to have, hold” Latin FUNDERE, FUSUM, “to pour out” Latin TENERE, TENTUM, “to hold” Latin PLERE, PLETUM, “to fill” |
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Lesson Four
FORM- APT/EPT- POS/PON- FIG- |
Latin FORMARE, FORMATUM, “to form, to establish” Latin APTARE, APTUM, “to fit” Latin PONERE, POSITUM, “to put, place” Latin FINGERE, FICTUM, "to shape" |
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Lesson Five
LEGA- ACT/AG- PULS/PEL- LAT- |
Latin LEGARE, LAGATUM, “to appoint, to send on a mission, to charge with” Latin AGERE, ACTUM, “to do, act” Latin PELLERE, PULSUM, “to push" Latin LATUM, “brought, carried" |
