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English 9
Fourth Quarter
Greek and Latin Vocabulary


Lesson Sixteen 

 1.  METABOLISM-  The process through which an organism changes food into energy
 2.  METAMORPHOSIS-  Changing in form; tramsformation
 3.  METAPHORICAL-  Symbolic rather than literal
 4.  INALIENABLE-  Not able to be taken away
 5.  ALIENATE-  To make hostile
 6.  ALIAS-  A name that is not one's true name
 7.  ALTERATION-  A change or modification
 8.  ALTERNATE-  To go back and forth; change from one thing to another
 9.  ALTERCATION-  A fight or dispute
10. SIMULATE-  To mimic; imitate
11. DISSEMBLE-  To conceal the truth; to deceive
12. SEMBLANCE-  Rough likeness

Lesson Seventeen

 1.  IMMORTALIZE-  To preserve in memory forever
 2.  MORBID-  Taking an unhealthy interest in unpleasant things
 3.  MORTIFY-  To cause extreme embarrassment
 4.  MORIBUND-  In a dying or deathlike state
 5.  NOXIOUS-  Harmful to physical or moral health
 6.  PERNICIOUS-  Causing damage; harmful
 7.  BIODEGRADABLE-  Able to be broken down naturally
 8.  SYMBIOTIC-  Mutually beneficial; supporting one another's life
 9.  ANTIBIOTIC- Causing the death of living organism, especially harmful ones
10. VIVACIOUS-  Cheerful and full of life
11. VIVID-  Making a strong impression on the senses; clear and sharp
12. REVIVAL-  The act or process of bringing back to life

Lesson Eighteen

 1.  INCOGNITO-  Disguised as someone other than oneself
 2.  COGNITIVE-  Relating to the  process of thought
 3.  COGNIZANT-  Aware
 4.  SOPHISTCATE-  One well-traveled/knowledgeable about culture, etiquette, fashion
 5.  SOPHISTRY-  Use of trickery and false logic in arguments
 6.  SOPHOMORIC-  Not highly developed; crude
 7.  NOMINAL-  In name only; not completely true
 8.  DENOMINATION-  Subcategory or subgroup
 9.  NOMENCLATURE-  Official system of naming
10. SYNONYMOUS-  Meaning the same as
11. ANONYMOUS-  Not revealing one's identity
12. ANTONYM-  A word that means the opposite of another word 

Lesson Nineteen

 1.  MATRON-  A married woman  
 2.  MATERNAL-  Having the qualities of a mother; motherly
 3.  MATRICULATE-  To enroll in a degree program; especially at a college
 4.  PATRONIZE-  To talk down to; condescend
 5.  PATERNAL-  Having the qualities of a father
 6.  PATRICIDE-  The murder of a father
 7.  EXPATRIATE-  A person living outside his or her native country
 8.  FILIAL-  Having to do with the son
 9.  AFFILIATE-  One related to or associated with
10. PROGENITOR-  The founder of a line or race
11. PROGENY-  Children or descendants
12. GENEALOGY-  The study of families and descendants

Lesson Twenty

 1.  MAGNITUDE-  Greatness of size, strength or importance  
 2.  MAGNATE-  An important, powerful person in business
 3.  MAGNETIC-  Attracting people of things
 4.  MAXIM-  A brief statement that conveys a general truth
 5.  DIMINISH-  To make smaller; to lessen
 6.  MINISCULE-  Tiny
 7.  MINUTE-  Extremely small; to lessen
 8.  MICROSCOPIC-  Done with attention to small details
 9.  MICROCOSM-  A small model of a larger pattern or place
10. MEGALOPOLIS-  A very large city
11. MEGALOMANIAC- 
One who believes him or herself to be all-powerful or indestructible

Fourth Quarter
Greek and Latin Roots


Lesson Sixteen

META-
AL-
ALTER-
SIMUL-


Greek META, "after, changed, beyond"
Latin ALIUS, "other, another"
Latin ALTER, "other"
Latin SIMULARE, SIMULATUM, "to imitate, to pretend, to appear to be"
Lesson Seventeen

MORT-
NEC/NOX/NIC-
BIO-
VIV-


Latin MORS, MOTIS, "death"
Latin NOCERE, NOXUM, "to hurt, kill," NEC, NEXIS, "death"
Greek BIOS, "life"
Latin VIVERE, VICTUM, "to live"
Lesson Eighteen

COGN-
SOPH-
NOMEN-
ONYM-


Latin COGNOSCERE, COGNITUM, "to know"
Greek SOPHOS, "wise"
Latin NOMEN, NOMINIS, "name"
Greek ONOMA, "name"
Lesson Nineteen

MATR-
PATR-
FIL-
GEN-


Latin MATER, "mother"
Latin PATER, "father"
Latin FILIUS, "son, child"
Latin GIGNERE, GENITUS, "give birth to, create"

Lesson Twenty

MAGN-
MAXIM-
MIN-
MICRO-
MEGA-


Latin MAGNUS, "large, great"
Latin MAXIMUS, "largest, greatest"
Latin MINOR, "less," MINUERE, MINUTUM, "to lessen"
Greek MICROS, "small"
Greek MEGALOS, "large"

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