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English 11
First Quarter
Greek and Latin Vocabulary


 Lesson One
  
 1.  DISCOMFIT-  To embarrass and confuse 
 2.  EDIFICATION-  Improvement or enlightenment
 3.  MALFEASANCE-  Misconduct or wrongdoing, especially by a public official 
 4.  FEASIBLE-  Capable of being accomplished
 5.  SURFEIT-  Condition of being too full; overabundance
 6.  MAGNUM OPUS-  The greatest work of an artist, writer, or composer 
 7.  MODUS OPERANDI-  Manner of working
 8.  OPULENT-  Possessing or exhibiting great wealth; affluent
 9.  SYNERGY-  Power that results from the combination of two or more forces
10. LITURGY-  A pattern of prayer or worship
11. LETHARGY-  A state of sluggishness, inactivity, and apathy
12. LABORIOUS-  Requiring mental or physical effort
13. BELABOR-  1. To discuss in too much detail    2. To attack
14. ELABORATE-  To explain in greater detail

Lesson Two

 1.  STANCH-  To stop the flow of
 2.  STAUNCH-  Firm and steadfast
 3.  EXTANT-  Still in existence; not destroyed
 4.  RESTIVE-  1. Resisting authority; difficult to control    2. Restless; fidgety
 5.  APROPOS-  With regard to
 6.  DEPOSE-  To remove from office or power
 7.  STATIC-  Having no motion or change
 8.  ECSTASY-  Intense joy or delight
 9.  STASIS-  Condition in which there is no change
10. ENTITY-  A being
11. ESSENCE-  The most important ingredient; a crucial element
12. QUINTESSENTIAL-  Most typical, ideal, or important

Lesson Three

 1.  VERDURE-  Greenery; fresh and ripe vegetation
 2.  VERDANT-  Green; lush with vegetation 
 3.  VIRIDITY-  Lack of experience; innocence 
 4.  CANDID-  Open and sincere
 5.  CANDOR-  Frankness or sincerity of expression; openness
 6.  INCANDESCENT-  Shining brilliantly
 7.  PALLOR-  Extreme or unnatural paleness
 8.  PALLID-  Lacking color; dull
 9.  APPALL-  To fill with horror or disapproval
10. LIVID-  Enraged; furious
11. DENIGRATE-  To attack the character of; to mock

Lesson Four

 1.  PECCADILLO-  A small sin or fault
 2.  IMPECCABLE-  Having no flaws 
 3.  PECCANT-  Violating a moral law; sinful
 4.  PEJORATIVE-  Negative and critical; insulting
 5.  IMPAIR-  To cause to diminish, as in strength, value, or quality
 6.  MALIGN-  To speak of maliciously; insult
 7.  MALINGER-  To pretend to be sick in order to avoid something
 8.  MALAISE-  A sense of unease; depression
 9.  NEGLIGENT-  Not properly attentive
10. NEGLIGIBLE-  Unimportant; insignificant
11. NEGATE-  To cancel the effect of; nullify

Lesson Five

 1.  JOCOSE-  Cheerful; merry 
 2.  JOCULAR-  Characterized by joking
 3.  FESTOON-  To drape or adorn festively
 4.  FETE-  To honor with a banquet or feast
 5.  BACCHIC-  Of or related to a wild celebration
 6.  BACCHANAL-  A drunken party or celebration
 7.  PLAINTIVE-  Sorrowful; expressing or evoking mourning or sadness
 8.  PLAINT-  A lament or complaint
 9.  ELEGY-  A song or a poem memorializing something or someone
10. ELEGIAC-  Mourning that which is lost or past; sorrowful

First Quarter
Greek and Latin Roots


Lesson One

FAC-   
OPUS- 
OPUS-             
ERG-           
LABOR-                  

         

Latin FACERE, FACTUM, “to make, do”
Latin OPUS, OPERIS, “work,” 
Latin OPS, OPIS, "wealth, power, resource"
          
Greek ERGON, “work”
Latin LABOR, “work
”
Lesson Two

STA, STI-
POS-               
STAS, STAT-
ENT, ESS-

                

Latin STARE, STANTUM, “stand, stay”
Latin PONERE, POSITUM, “to put, place”
Greek STATOS, “standing”
             
Latin ESSE, “to be”
Lesson Three

VERD, VIRID-
CAND-
CAND-            
PALL-     
LIVID-
NIGR-
     



Latin VIRIDUS, “green”
Latin CANDIDUS, “white, pure”
Latin CANDERE, CANDITUM,
 "to glow, to burn" 
Latin
PALLERE, "to be pale"
Latin LIVIDUS, “bluish-black”
Latin NIGER, "black"
Lesson Four

PECC-                 
PEJ, PAIR-         
MAL-                
NEG- 
NEG-
                
          


Latin PECCARE, PECCATUM, “to sin, to be flawed”
Latin PEJOR, “worse”
Latin
MALUS, “bad”
Latin NEGARE, NEGATUM, “to deny”
Latin NEGLEGERE, "to neglect"

Lesson Five

JOC-                 
FEST, FET-        
BACCH-         
PLAINT- 
ELEG-               
                    

Latin JOCUS, “joke”
Latin FESTUS, “festive”
From the Roman god of wine and celebration BACCHUS
Latin PLANGERE, PLANCTUS, “to lament”
Greek ELEGOS, "song of lament"
 

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