Lessons 4-7 words disguised through French Flashcards
1
Q
Noel
A
nat- “be born”
2
Q
receive
A
re- + cip- “seize, take”
3
Q
deceit
A
de + -cept- “seize, take”
4
Q
naivete
A
(Nativitas) nat- “be born”
5
Q
voyage
A
via “road, way, journey”
6
Q
issue
A
ex + -ire “go”
7
Q
surfeit
A
fac-, fic-, etc. “make, do”
8
Q
nuisance
A
noc- “harm”
9
Q
chowder
A
cal- “be warm”
10
Q
vanish
A
van- “empty”
11
Q
convey
A
vi- “road, way, journey”
12
Q
perish
A
it- “go”
13
Q
chauffeur
A
cal- “be warm” + fic- “make, do”
14
Q
carnage
A
carn- “flesh”
15
Q
journey
A
diurn- “by day”
16
Q
redeem
A
empt- “buy”
17
Q
dismal
A
di- “day” + mal- “bad”
18
Q
adjourn
A
diurn- “by day”
19
Q
bounty
A
bon- “good”
20
Q
maltreat
A
mal- “bad” + tract- “drag, draw”
21
Q
portray
A
pro- “before” + tract- “drag, draw”
22
Q
assailant
A
ad- “toward” + sal- “jump”
23
Q
distrait
A
dis- “apart” + tract- “drag, draw”
24
Q
assault
A
as- “toward” + sal- “jump”
25
trace
trahere "drag, draw". Doublets: tract, trait
26
essay
ex- "out" + ag- "act"
27
verdict
ver "true" + dit "to say"
28
litigious
litem "lawsuit, quarrel, dispute" + agere "to do, drive"
29
chance
cad- "fall"
30
reconnoiter
cognit- "learn, understand"
31
chef
capit- "head"
32
menu
minus- "less, smaller"
33
destroy
stru- "build"
34
despise
spic- "look at, observe"
35
traitor
dit- "give"
36
decay
cad- "fall"
37
minuet
minu- "lessen"
