Latin Roots #7 Flashcards
Antebellum
Before the war, especially the civil war
Bellare, bellum
To wage war, war
Bene
Well
Benevolence
The tendency to do good or give generously
Bonus, bon
Good
Bon voyage
Farewell, set off by commas or separate from sentence
Brevis
Short, brief
Breviary
A book of prayers, hymns, etc, used throughout the day
Cadere
Fall
Recidivism
Tendency to fall back into bad habits or behavior (crimes)
Caedere, cide
To cut, kill
Incisor
The pointed canine teeth
Canere, cantare, cantus
To sing
Recant
To take back a statement, usually of faith or strong opinion
Capere, captum, cip, cept
To take, hold, contain
Incipient
Beginning to exist, as in incipient stage
Caput, capitis
Head
Chapter
A main division of a book, a phase in ones life
Carnis
Flesh
Incarnate
Having bodily and human nature