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English 11
Second Quarter
Greek and Latin Vocabulary


 Lesson Six
  
 1.  SOMNOLENT-  Drowsy; sleepy
 2.  SOPORIFIC-  Causing sleep or fatigue
 3.  SOPOR-  Sleep; drowsiness 
 4.  LANGUID-  Lacking energy; weak
 5.  LANGUISH-  To waste away
 6.  LANGUOR-  Lack of physical or mental energy
 7.  VIGILANT-  On the alert; watchful
 8.  VIGILANTE-  Someone who takes law enforcement into his/her own hands
 9.  ACQUIESCE-  To give in
10. REQUIEM-  A song or religious service for the dead or lost
11. QUITTANCE-  A repayment; compensation

Lesson Seven

 1.  FORTUITOUS-  Happening by a lucky accident or chance; fortunate
 2.  FORTUITY-  Chance or accident
 3.  AUSPICES-  Protection or support; patronage
 4.  AUSPICIOUS-  Followed by favorable circumstances
 5.  PREDESTINATION-  The belief that one's fate has been determined in
      advance by a higher power
 6.  DESTINE-  Intend for a specific end or purpose
 7.  CONSORTIUM-  A group of companies or institutions
 8.  CONSORT-  To keep company; associate
 9.  PROPITIOUS-  Lucky; favorable
10. PROPITIATE-  To soothe or satisfy; to appease

Lesson Eight

 1.  IMPORTUNE-  To urge or beg without end
 2.  IMPORTUNATE-  Extremely demanding; insistent
 3.  RAPPORT-  A positive relationship
 4.  INSUFFERABLE-  Impossible to bear; intolerable
 5.  PREFERENTIAL-  Giving or showing an advantage to one over another
 6.  CONFERMENT-  The act of bestowing; a formal offer
 7.  PERIPHERY-  The outermost part or boundary
 8.  EUPHORIA-  A feeling of great happiness or well-being
 9.  CONGESTED-  Overcrowded; too tightly packed
10. GESTATE-  To conceive and develop in the mind or body
11. GESTICULATE-  To make gestures for emphasis

Lesson Nine

 1.  SOLIPSISM-  The theory that the self is the only reality
 2.  DESOLATE-  Deserted and lonely
 3.  SOLILOQUY-  A literary or dramatic speech spoken by a solitary character
 4.  MONOTONOUS-  Unvarying; lacking in variety
 5.  MONOSYLLABIC-  Having only one syllable
 6.  MONOTONE-  Sameness of sound, style, manner, or color
 7.  DIVULGE-  To make public
 8.  VULGAR-  Of the common people
 9.  POLYMATH-  A person with knowledge of many subjects
10. HOI POLLOI- The common people, the masses
11. POLYGLOT-  A person with knowledge of several languages

Lesson Ten

 1.  TOTALITARIAN-  Having to do with a government in which one person,
      group, or party controls everything
 2.  TOTALITY-  Completeness
 3.  HOLISTIC-  Concerning the whole rather than parts
 4.  CATHOLIC-  Covering a broad range; universal
 5.  CONSUMMATE-  Perfect or ideal, especially in skill or accomplishment
 6.  SUMMATION-  Accumulation; total result
 7.  TRENCHANT-  Sharply effective or insightful
 8.  TRUNCATE-  To cut short in the middle
 9.  PARCEL-  To divide into parts and distribute
10. PARSE-  To examine or analyze
11. REPARTEE-  Quick, witty conversation

Second Quarter
Greek and Latin Roots


Lesson Six

SOMN-   
SOPOR- 
LANG-             
VIGIL-           
QUIES-                  


         
Latin SOMNUS, “sleep”
Latin SOPOR, “sleep,” 
Latin LANGUERE, "to be weak, be faint"
          
Latin VIGIL, “watchful”
Latin QUIESCERE, QUIETUS, “to rest
”
Lesson Seven

FORT-
AUSP-               
DEST-
SORT-
PROPIT-

    
            
Latin FORTUITUS, “happening by chance”
Latin AUSPEX, “bird watcher, fortune-teller”
Latin DESTINARE, DESTINATUM, “to determine”
             
Latin SORS, SORTIS, “chance, lot, fate”
Latin PROPITIUS, "favorable"
Lesson Eight

PORT-
FER-
PHER, PHOR-      
GEST-     



Latin PORTARE, PORTATUM, “to carry”
Latin FERRE, “bear, carry”
Greek PHOREIN,
 "to carry, to bring" 
Latin
GERERE, GESTUM, "to bear, carry"
Lesson Nine

SOL-                 
MONO-         
VULG-                
POLY, POL- 
             
          


Latin SOLUS, “alone”
Greek MONOS, “one”
Latin
VULGUS, “crowd”
Greek POLUS, “many”
Lesson Ten

TOT-                 
HOL-        
SUM-         
TRUNC, TRENC-
PART- 
               
                    

Latin TOTUS, “whole”
Greek HOLUS, “whole”
Latin SUMMUS, "highest, most"
Latin TRUNCARE, TRUNCATUM, "to cut"
Latin PARS, PARTIS, "part"
 

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