Vocabulary

Vocabulary

1.  aequus (Latin):  Equal.  Examples:  equal, equation, equitable.

2.  ago, acta (Latin):  Do, things done.  Examples:  agent, enact, transact.

3.  anthropos (Greek):  Man, Human Being.  Examples:  Anthropology, misanthrope

4.  ars (Latin):  Art.  Examples:  Artist, artifact.

5.  brevis (Latin):  Short.  Examples:  brevity, abbreviate.

6.  canto (Latin): Sing.  Examples:  chant, cantor.

7.  caput (Latin):  head.  Examples:  Captain, decapitate.

8.  cline (Latin):  to lean, bend.  Examples:  incline, decline.

9.  Cognito (Latin): know.  Examples:  recognize, incognito.

10.  Copia (Latin):  plenty.  Examples:  cornucopia, copy, copious.

Second Term

11.  Credo (Latin):  believe.  Credible, incredulous.

12.  Culpa (Latin):  blame.  Culpable, culprit.

13.  Dominus (Latin):  a lord, master.  Dominate, dominion.

14.  duco (Latin):  Lead.  Abduct, introduce.  

15.  fido (Latin):  to trust, believe.  Confide, infidel.

16.  fundo/fusum (Latin):  pour, thing poured.  Effusive, Transfusion.

17.  genus (Latin):  Kind, origin.  Generic, congenital.

18.  holos (Greek):  Whole.  Holistic, Catholic.

19.  jungo (Latin):  Join.  junction, conjugal.

20.  Lego/lectum (Latin):  Read, things read.  Intellect, intelligible 

21.  locus (Latin):  A place.  Local, dislocate.

22.  loquor (Latin):  To speak.  Eloquent, loquacious.   

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