Vocab # 5. "All roots lead to Rome"

[VAMPIRE13] 2008-9-24 4:39:14 [外语]
 

Vocab list # 5

“All roots lead to Rome” Latin roots.

 

  1. interrupt [verb] : to stop a person from speaking for a short period by something you say or do, or to stop something from happening for a short period.

Rupt = break

    1. rupture [verb] : to burst, break or tear.
    2. Abrupt [adj] : describes something that is sudden and unexpected, and often unpleasant.
  1. patricide [noun] : the crime of killing your own father.

Cide = cut down, kill

    1. homicide [noun] : an act of murder.
    2. exorcise [verb] : to force an evil spirit to leave a person or place by using prayers or magic.
  1. stringent (strict) [adj] L having a very severe effect, or being extremely limiting.

String (strict) = draw tight

    1. restrict [verb] : to limit the movements or actions of someone, or to limit something and reduce its size or prevent it from increasing.
    2. Constrict [verb] : to become or to make something tighter and narrower.
  1. voracious [adj] : very eager for something, especially a lot of food.

Vora = devour, eat.

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  1. convivial (vit) [adj] : friendly and making you feel happy and welcome.

Viv (vit) = alive, life

    1. revive [verb] : to come or bring something back to life, health, existence, or use.
    2. vitality [noun] : energy and strength.
  1. retort (tors) [very] : to answer someone quickly in an angry or funny way.

Tort (tors) = twist

    1. torture [noun] : the act of causing great physical or mental pain in order to persuade someone to do something.
    2. Torsion [noun] : the act of twisting, the force which causes twisting, or the state of being twisted.
  1. fractious (frag) [adj] : easily upset or annoyed, and tending to complain.

Fract (frag) = break

    1. infraction [noun] : when someone breaks a rule or law.
    2. Fragile [adj] : easily damaged, broken or harmed.
  1. evict (vine) [verb] : to force someone to leave somewhere.

Vict (vine) = conquer

    1. convict [verb] : to decide officially in a court of law that someone is guilty of a crime.
    2. Invincible [adj] : impossible to defeat or prevent from doing what is intended.

 

  1. omniscient [adj] : having or seeming to have unlimited knowledge.

Omni =  all, very

    1. omnipotent [adj] : having unlimited power; able to do anything.
    2. Omnivorous [adj] : naturally able to eat both plants and meat.
  1. genuflect (flex) [verb] : to bend one or both knees as a sign of respect to God, especially when entering or leaving a Catholic church.

Flect (flex) = to bend

    1. flexible [adj] : able to bend or be bent easily without breaking.
    2. deflect [verb] : to change direction.
  1. tenacious [adj] : holding tightly onto something, or keeping an opinion in a determined way.

Ten = hold

    1. retentive [adj] : if you have a retentive memory or brain, you can remember things easily.
    2. tenant [noun] : a person who pays rent for the use of land or a building.
  1. admonish (monit) [verb] : to tell someone that they have done something wrong.

Moni (monit) = to warn

    1. Monitor [noun]: a device with a screen on which words or pictures can be shown.
    2. Premonition [noun]: a feeling that something, especially something unpleasant, is going to happen.
  1. mandatory [adj] : describes something which must be done, or which is demanded by law.

Mand = command

    1. remand [verb] : to send someone accused of committing a crime away from the court until their trial begins.
    2. Mandate [noun] : the authority given to an elected group of people, such as a government, to perform an action or govern a country.
  1. credulous [adj] : too willing to believe what you are told, easily deceived.

Cred = believe

    1. incredulous [adj] : not wanting or not able to believe something, and usually showing this.
    2. credence [noun] : acceptance, support or belief that something is true.
  1. perfidious [adj] : unable to be trusted, or showing a lack of loyalty.

Fid = faith, trust

    1. confederacy [noun] : a union of states or people who have combined together for a particular purpose, usually related to politics or trade.
    2. fidelity [noun] : honest or lasting support, or loyalty, especially to a sexual partner.