The Greek & Latin Roots of English by Tamara M. Green

Author:Tamara M. Green [Green, Tamara M.]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Tags: Language Arts & Disciplines, Linguistics, General, Vocabulary, Etymology
ISBN: 9781442233287
Google: GA0WBAAAQBAJ
Amazon: B00M3VXFBA
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2014-07-16T16:00:00+00:00

Latin Word English Meaning

claudo-claudere-clausum close

in compounds, -cludo-cludere-clusum

spondeo-spondēre-sponsum pledge, promise

limen, liminis threshold

medium, medii middle; in the open; public

nuntio-nuntiare-nuntiatum announce

imago, imaginis copy, likeness

NAME _______________________________________________________________________

A. Answer each question or fill in the blanks with the literal meaning of the italicized word. Make sure that the sentence is grammatically correct. If you are unsure of the meaning, check your unabridged dictionary.

1. Empirical knowledge comes from __________.

2. The teacher said I was a paradigm of good behavior, a __________to be followed.

3. A systemic infection affects the __________of the body.

4. When I was absolved of the crime, I was __________ __________any blame.

5. A significant event __________ __________on history.

6. When asked to moderate her voice, she began to speak in __________tones.

7. She gave me a schematic drawing of the machine, so that I could see its __________.

8. An impecunious person has __________ __________.

9. What is the connection between a herd of cows and money? ____________________

10. Tangible results are__________ __________.

11. A mercenary individual is interested only in __________.

12. What is the literal meaning of topography? __________ __________What is its current usage? __________

13. Our tactile sense is stimulated by __________.

14. An adherent __________ __________his beliefs.

15. New York City may be called an emporium because it is a __________ of ideas.

16. In a conflation of accounts of an event, the details have been __________ __________.

17. What is the difference in meaning between appropriate (verb) and appropriate (adjective)? __________________________________________________

18. A lucrative business is one that shows a __________.

19. We now use the word mediocre in a pejorative way. What is its literal meaning? __________ What is its current usage? ______________________________________________________

20. You defrauded me of my life savings when you took them __________ me by__________.

21. What is the literal meaning of despondent? __________ __________What is its current usage? __________ Can you figure out how it came to take on this usage? _____________________________________________________________________

22. When medical science looks for the etiology of a disease, it is seeking its __________.

23. What are two different usages of cultivate? __________; __________

24. Subliminal advertising influences us by going __________ __________ of our consciousness.

25. What is the literal meaning of the term macroeconomics? ____________________What is its current usage? ______________________________

26. Where is Utopia? ____________

B. Everywhere I turn …

What are the literal meanings and current usages of each of the following words?

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