Roots Pg. 258-259 Flashcards
Sed, Sess
To sit
Sedentary inactive
Session meeting
Sent, Sens
To think, to feel
Consent agree
Resent show indignation
Sensitive showing feeling
Sequi, Secut, Seque
To follow
Consecutive following in order
Sequence arrangement
Sequel that which follows
Solv, Solut
To loosen
Absolve free from blame
Dissolve morally lax
Absolute complete (not loosened
Somn
Sleep
Insomnia inability to sleep
Somnolent sleepy
Soph
Wisdom
Philosopher lover of wisdom
Sophisticated worldly wise
Spec, Spect
To look at it
Spectator observer
Aspect appearance
Circumspect cautious (looking around)
Spir
Breathe
Respiratory pertaining to breathing
Spirited full of life (breath)
String, Strict
Bind
Stringent strict
Constrict become tight
Stricture limit, something that restrains
Stru, Struct
Build
Constructive helping to build
Construe analyze
Tang, Tact, Ting
To touch
Tangent touching
Contact touching with, meeting
Contingent depending upon
Tempor
Time
Contemporary at same time
Extemporaneous impromptu
Temporize delay
Ten, tent
To hold
Tenable able to held
Tenure holding of office
Retentive holding; having a good memory
Term
End
Interminable endless
Terminate end
Terr
Land
Terrestrial pertaining to earth
Subterranean underground
Therm
Heat
Thermostat instrument that regulate heat
Diathermy sending heat through body tissues
Tors, Tort
Twist
Distort twist out of true shape or meaning
Torsion act of twisting
Tortuous twisting
Tract
Drag, pull
Distract pull away
Intractable stubborn, unable to be dragged
Attraction pull, drawing quality
Trud, Trus
Push, Shove
Intrude push one’s way in
Protrusion something sticking out
Urb
City
Urban pertaining to a city
Urbane polished, sophisticated
Suburban outside of a city
Vac
Empty
Vacuous lacking content, empty-headed
Evacuate compel to empty an area
Vad, Vas
Go
Invade enter in a hostile fashion
Evasive not frank; eluding
Veni, Vent, Ven
To come
Intervene come between
Prevent stop
Convention meeting
Ver
True
Veracious truthful
Verify check the truth
Verisimilitude appearance of truth