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Greek and Latin Roots 2. 89-100. Pendo , pensum Latin hang down, weigh, consider, judge. Pensive – weighing things in one’s mind; thoughtful; reflective Suspend(sub – under) – to hand down under; temporary stop an act - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Greek and Latin Roots 2

89-100

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Pendo, pensum Latinhang down, weigh, consider, judge

• Pensive – weighing things in one’s mind; thoughtful; reflective

• Suspend(sub – under) – to hand down under; temporary stop an act

• Suspense – state of mental uncertainty while awaiting a decision or outcome

• Expensive(e, ex – out) – entailing great expense; much weighing out

• Expend – to weigh out; to pay out; to use up

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Hyper Greekabove, overly, beyond

• Hyperbole(ballein – throw) – throw beyond; exaggerate

• Hyperactive(ago – do, act) – displaying excessive physical energy

• Hypercritical – overly critical; carping

• Hyperventilate(ventus – wind) – to breathe extremely fast and deeply

• Hypertrophy(trophe – nutrition) – excessive growth or development of a body part from over-nutrition or overuse

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Super Latinon top, above, over

• Super – situated above or upon; higher in rank or quality

• Insuperable(in – not) – incapable of being overcome or surmounted

• Supervise(video – see) – to oversee

• Survive(vivo - to live) – live over or beyond a threat of death

• Supersonic(sonic – sound) – faster than the speed of sound

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Sub Latinunder, below, beneath

• Subscription(scribere – to write) – sign one’s name on a document in approval or agreement with the contents

• Subordinate(ordere – to order) – to place below in rank or order

• Suburb(urbs – city) – smaller district outside a larger city or town

• Submarine(mare – sea) – ship which goes underwater in the ocean

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Rumpo, Ruptum Latinbreak, burst, split

• Abrupt(ab – from) – broken off without preparation or warning

• Bankrupt(banca – bench) – reduced to financial ruin

• Corrupt(con – with) – change from good to bad morals, manners or actions

• Disrupt(dis – apart) – break apart; throw into disorder

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Pax, Pacis Latinpeace

• Peace – freedom from war or civil disobedience, lack of disturbance

• Appease( ad – to) – to bring to peace by negotiating with an aggressor and giving something in return for it

• Pacifist – one who declines to fight and seeks peace by other means

• Payment – what must be given in exchange for goods or services

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Hypo Greekunder, below

• Hypodermic(dermis – skin) – under the skin

• Hypochondria(chondros – cartilage of the breastbone) – excessive worry about one’s health

• Hypocritical(krinein – distinguish, separate) – pretending to hold publicly approved values, but not practicing them

• Hypoallergenic(allos – other; genos – kind) – designed to prevent an allergic response by containing few irritating substances

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Specto, Spectatum Latinto look at, see

• Inspect – to look carefully at or over; to view or examine formally

• Spectator – person who looks on or watches; observer

• Spectacles – eyeglasses• Spectacle – public display on a

large scale; an impressive sight• Speculate – to wonder; to buy

or sell stocks at the risk of a loss expecting to make a profit

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Vox, Vocis Latinvoice

• Voice – sound made by humans through the mouth

• Vowel – a voiced sound made by air passing through the throat

• Advocate(ad – to, toward) – one who speaks toward or pleads the cause of another; a lawyer

• Evoke(e, ex – out) – to call out, summon, bring out

• Vocabulary – the range of words used by a particular person or group

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Loquor, Locutus Latinspeak

• Loquacious – talkative• Eloquent(e, ex – out of) – marked

by forceful and fluent expression• Colloquial(cum – with) –

conversational; informal speech• Soliloquy(solus – alone) – the act

of talking to oneself; a dramatic monologue that voices inner thoughts

• Ventriloquism(ventr, venter – belly) – speaking so that the voice seems to come from somewhere else

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Felix, Felicis Latinhappy

• Felicity – the quality or state of being happy

• Felicia – a girl’s name• Felix – a boy’s name• Felicitations – happy

greetings• Felicitous – happily apt or

appropriate; pleasantly suitable

• Felicify(facio – make) – to render or make happy

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Fides Latinfaith, trust

• Fidelity – strict observance of promises; loyalty; accuracy of sound or image recording

• Bona fide(bonus – good) – in good faith; genuine

• Confide – to trust to the charge or knowledge of another

• Affidavit – written declaration or oath before an authorized official

• Fiance(m) or fiancee(f) – someone who had pledged faith to another; engaged to be married

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