Friday, October 10, 2014

Latin Roots #4

Roots and Derivatives

  1. bon, boun (good): bonus, bounty, bountiful, bonify, bon voyage, bonhomie 
  2. capit, capt (head, chief, leader): capital, captain, capitalize, decapitate, per capita, capitol
  3. carn(i) (flesh): carnal, carnality, carnival, carnation, carnify
  4. ced(e), ceed, cess (go, yield, surrender): recede, proceed, success, concede, exceed, proceddion
Word List
  1. accession-the attainment of a certain rank or dignity; an increase by means of something added; the act of becoming joined
  2. bona fide-in good faith; genuine
  3. bonanza-a sudden and unexpected source of money or riches; a windfall 
  4. bounteous- inclined to be generous; plentiful and abundant
  5. capitulation-a surrendering, usually upon prearranged terms or conditions; a final giving up
  6. carnage-a great slaughter, as in a battle
  7. carnivorous-flesh-eating, as an animal
  8. incarnate-literally, in the flesh; in bodily form; personified; flesh-colored
  9. intercede-to act on another's behalf; to meditate
  10. precedent-a previous act or decision taken as a valid model; having gone before
  11. recapitulation-a brief repetition; a summary, as of what has already been said
  12. reincarnation-a thing that is reborn, or comes back into being, although perhaps in a different (bodily) form

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