Roots Week 8 Flashcards
-ist
a person who / one who specializes in
tort- / tor- / troque
twist
-gen / -gene / gener-
origin / birth / produce / kind
anarchist
a person who believes that it is better to be without a government
antagonist
a person who struggles against or competes with another; adversary
atheist
a person who is without a belief in God or gods
philanthropist
a person who loves mankind by supporting charitable causes through donations
populist
a person who appeals to the interests or prejudices of the ordinary people
contortionist
a person who performs the action of twisting together their bodies
extort
to twist out by force, threat, or intimidation
torment
the state of being twisted; distress; to afflict with a suffering
torque
to twist; a force that produces a twisting movement
tort
a twisted or wrongful act; wrong; injury
tortuous
characterized by having many twists and turns; winding, crooked, evasive
gene
the functional unit of heredity which produces and transmits one or more traits
generation
the group of individuals that is the result of being born in the same period, usually 30 years; the act or process of producing
genetics
the science of hereditary, origins, and variations of organisms
indigenous
characterized by being born in a particular country or region; native
oxygen
an odorless gas that was thought to be essential in producing acids
