English 11
Fourth Quarter
Greek and Latin Vocabulary
Lesson Sixteen
1. IMPLICIT- Implied or understood but not directly expressed
2. INEXPLICABLE- Difficult or impossible to explain
3. DIVERGE- To branch out; to go different ways
4. CONVERGE- To come together; to gather; to meet
5. ACCLIVITY- A climbing slope; a hill
6. DECLIVITY- A downward slope; a dip
7. PROCLIVITY- A natural tendency towards
8. CONTORT- To twist, wrench, or bend severely out of shape
9. DISTORT- To misshape; misrepresent
10. SINUOUS- Curving or twisting
11. INSINUATE- To suggest in an indirect or subtle fashion
Lesson Seventeen
1. DESULTORY- Moving or jumping from one thing to another
2. RESILIENT- Able to recover readily; persistent
3. EXULTANT- Marked by great joy or jubilation
4. EXPENDABLE- Not necessary; dispensable
5. IMPENDING- About to occur
6. APPEND- To add as a supplement; to attach
7. SUBJECTIVE- Varying according to personal opinion or perspective
8. INTERJECT- To insert between other elements
9. UNDULATE- To move in a wavelike fashion; to ripple
10. INUNDATE- To flood
11. REDOUND- To have an effect
Lesson Eighteen
1. DISSEMINATE- To scatter; to spread
2. SEMINAL- Fundamentally influential; important
3. FLORID- Overly decorated; showy
4. FLOURISH- To thrive; to prosper
5. DERACINATE- To uproot; to remove from one's homeland
6. IRRADICABLE- Impossible to destroy
7. ERADICATE- To destroy; get rid of
8. GERMINATE- To cause to grow
9. GERMINAL- Occurring in the earliest stage of development
10. GERMANE- Related to a subject or topic; relevant
Lesson Nineteen
1. DECORUM- Appropriateness of behavior or conduct
2. DECOROUS- Proper; mannerly
3. ADORN- To decorate; heighten the beauty of
4. SUBORN- To convince someone to lie or commit a crime
5. ORNATE- Heavily decorated; intricate
6. FORMULAIC- Done according to an overused method; trite
7. FORMALITY- Something done only for show or ceremony
8. FORMULATE- To come up with; devise
9. INORDINATE- Too abundant; excessive
10. ORDAIN- To formally order; command
11. PREORDAINED- Determined in advance
Lesson Twenty
1. MUNIFICENT- Generous; giving
2. REMUNERATE- To compensate; pay
3. COMMUNAL- Shared by the people of a community; public
4. EXCOMMUNICATE- To exclude from membership in a group
5. INCOMMUNICADO- Unable or not allowed to communicate with others
6. APPRECIABLE- Able to be measured or perceived
7. APPRAISE- To evaluate; estimate the quality, amount, size, and other
features of
8. MERITORIOUS- Deserving reward or praise
9. DEMERIT- A fault or flaw
10. MERETRICIOUS- Seemingly true, but actually false
1. IMPLICIT- Implied or understood but not directly expressed
2. INEXPLICABLE- Difficult or impossible to explain
3. DIVERGE- To branch out; to go different ways
4. CONVERGE- To come together; to gather; to meet
5. ACCLIVITY- A climbing slope; a hill
6. DECLIVITY- A downward slope; a dip
7. PROCLIVITY- A natural tendency towards
8. CONTORT- To twist, wrench, or bend severely out of shape
9. DISTORT- To misshape; misrepresent
10. SINUOUS- Curving or twisting
11. INSINUATE- To suggest in an indirect or subtle fashion
Lesson Seventeen
1. DESULTORY- Moving or jumping from one thing to another
2. RESILIENT- Able to recover readily; persistent
3. EXULTANT- Marked by great joy or jubilation
4. EXPENDABLE- Not necessary; dispensable
5. IMPENDING- About to occur
6. APPEND- To add as a supplement; to attach
7. SUBJECTIVE- Varying according to personal opinion or perspective
8. INTERJECT- To insert between other elements
9. UNDULATE- To move in a wavelike fashion; to ripple
10. INUNDATE- To flood
11. REDOUND- To have an effect
Lesson Eighteen
1. DISSEMINATE- To scatter; to spread
2. SEMINAL- Fundamentally influential; important
3. FLORID- Overly decorated; showy
4. FLOURISH- To thrive; to prosper
5. DERACINATE- To uproot; to remove from one's homeland
6. IRRADICABLE- Impossible to destroy
7. ERADICATE- To destroy; get rid of
8. GERMINATE- To cause to grow
9. GERMINAL- Occurring in the earliest stage of development
10. GERMANE- Related to a subject or topic; relevant
Lesson Nineteen
1. DECORUM- Appropriateness of behavior or conduct
2. DECOROUS- Proper; mannerly
3. ADORN- To decorate; heighten the beauty of
4. SUBORN- To convince someone to lie or commit a crime
5. ORNATE- Heavily decorated; intricate
6. FORMULAIC- Done according to an overused method; trite
7. FORMALITY- Something done only for show or ceremony
8. FORMULATE- To come up with; devise
9. INORDINATE- Too abundant; excessive
10. ORDAIN- To formally order; command
11. PREORDAINED- Determined in advance
Lesson Twenty
1. MUNIFICENT- Generous; giving
2. REMUNERATE- To compensate; pay
3. COMMUNAL- Shared by the people of a community; public
4. EXCOMMUNICATE- To exclude from membership in a group
5. INCOMMUNICADO- Unable or not allowed to communicate with others
6. APPRECIABLE- Able to be measured or perceived
7. APPRAISE- To evaluate; estimate the quality, amount, size, and other
features of
8. MERITORIOUS- Deserving reward or praise
9. DEMERIT- A fault or flaw
10. MERETRICIOUS- Seemingly true, but actually false
Fourth Quarter
Greek and Latin Roots
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Lesson Sixteen
PLIC- VERG- CLIV- TORT- SIN- |
Latin PLICARE, PLICATUM, “to fold” Latin VERGERE, “to bend, to turn toward” Latin CLIVUS, “slope” Latin TORQUERE, TORTUM, “twist” Latin SINUS, "curve" |
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Lesson Seventeen
SULT, ULT, SIL- PEND- JECT- UND- |
Latin SALIRE, SULTUM, “to jump, to leap” Latin PENDERE, PENSUM, “to hang, to weigh” Latin JACERE, JECTUM, “to throw, to cast” Latin UNDA, “wave” |
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Lesson Eighteen
SEM- FLOR- RAD- GERM- |
Latin SEMEN, SEMINIS, “seed,” SEMINARE, SEMINATUM, "to sow" Latin FLOS, FLORIS, “flower” Latin RADIX, RADICIS, “root” Latin GERMINARE, GERMINATUM, “to sprout, to grow" |
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Lesson Nineteen
DECOR- ORN- FORM- ORD- |
Latin DECOR, “beauty, appropriateness, order” Latin ORNARE, ORNATUM, “to embellish, decorate, equip” Latin FORMA, “form, order” Latin ORDINARE, ORDINATUM, “to organize, put in order” |
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Lesson Twenty
MUN- PREC, PRAIS- MERIT, MERE- |
Latin MUNUS, MUNERIS, “payment, gift, resource, public work” Latin PRETIUM, “price," PRETIARE, PRETIATUM, "price, appraise, value" Latin MERERE, MERITUM, “to earn, to deserve” |
