Latin Roots: Pedis, Pes-Plus, Pluris Flashcards

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Pellere, pulsus

Compel

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Definition: to drive, driven
Compel: to force someone to do something

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Pedis, ped

Expedition

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Definition: foot
Expedition: a journey taken with specific purpose

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Pendere, pensare, pendulus

Compendium

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Definition: to weigh, hang, weight
Compendium: a group of things gathered into one cohesive presentation

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Petere

Impetuous

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Definition: to rush at, seek
Impetuous: describing someone who acts quickly and carelessly

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Placare, placidus, placere

Placate

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Definition: to soothe, gentle, to please
Placate: to give in to demands in order to pacify or calm someone

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Plaudere, plauseum

Plaudit

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Definition: to clap, applaud
Plaudit: applause

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Plenus

Replenish

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Definition: full
Replenish: to refill with important items

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Plere, pletum

Expletive

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Definition: to fill
Expletive: a syllable, word, or phrase uttered in situations of distress

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Plicare, plicatum, plicit, ply

Implicate

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Definition: to fold
Implicate: to suggest or prove that someone or something is involved to or connected to someone or something else

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Plus, pluris

More

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Definition: more
Plurality: the state of being plural

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