GREEK & LATIN ROOT WORDS: UNIT

9

12th Grade

JUDJudgment

Latin

JUDICIOUS

Having or showing good judgment

The cow was judicious when it came

to eating its brethren [delicious

veal…]. D0$$. Word.

ADJUDICATE

To settle a dispute or

argument

Boss Hog adjudicated the

town policy on moonshine

in the city limits. -

VestMaster

MOR

Law, custom, habit, humor

Latin

AMORAL

Not concerned about morality

Beware the amoral chickens! They

will peck your eyes out with no

provocation!

MORES

Attitudes and behaviors that are so firmly

fixed that they are followed like laws

The farm children demonstrated a proper

understanding of social mores when they

chose not to birth the cow in front of

Brandon Minter. – Step Nanie

Gloomy, bad-tempered

The horse had a

morose attitude after he

saw the glue factory

truck.

MOROSE

PI

Law-abiding, pious, dutiful OR

atone

Latin

EXPIATE

To make up for doing wrong

Eyore II, the pasty-faced mule, was

forced to expiate for kicking the

farmer. – Step Nanie, Vestmaster

IMPIOUS

Lacking respect for what should be

worshipped

In Annabel’s Wish, the horse was impious

when it bit and attempted to consume Santa,

rejecting forever his offer of communication.

–Vest Master, 35 cent, D0$$

SACR

Holy, sacred

Latin

CONSECRATE

To set apart as holy; to give up to a

purpose

Farmer De-Wayne consecrated the

silo following a covert goat operation

to abscond with the grain. – Step Nanie

EXECRABLE

Very bad; hateful

The old gray mare who “ain’t what she used to be”

was execrable following the onset of cataracts;

even the glue factory denied her entrance. Curses

to the domineering jerks at the glue factory who

unnecessarily deem some animals not worth their

time or processing. –Step Nanie

SACROSANCT

So sacred or revered as to be off-

limits

The Muslim goat considered the hay

loft to be sacrosanct; sadly he would

never visit the promise land due to his

lack of opposable thumbs.