Unit 4 Flashcards
Herbi- plants
Vor- eat
Ous- having quality of
Adjective
Meaning: eating plants
Cows are herbivores.
Carni- flesh, meat
Vor- eat
Ous- having quality of
Adjective
Meaning: flesh-eating
The carnivorous animal was eating animal flesh.
Insecti- insects
Vor- eat
Ous- having quality of
Adjective
Meaning: eats insect
Some animals are Insectivors.
Vor- eat
Aci- desire
Ous- having quality of
Adjective
Meaning: wanting or devouring great quantities of food
He was very voracious.
Carn- flesh or meat
Age- activity or result of action
Noun
Meaning: great destruction of life/ slaughter
There was a massive carnage after the war.
Carn- flesh or meat
Al- quality, relation
Adjective
Meaning: relating to physical, especially sexual
He had a carnal desirer.
In- not
Carn- flesh or meat
Ate- kind of state
Adjective
Meaning:embodied in flesh: human form.
The dead mans body incarnated itself.
Re-again In- not Carn- flesh or meat Ation- action, resulting state Noun
Meaning:born again
King Tut was reincarnated.
Cred- to believe
Ence- quality or state
Noun
Meaning:belief or acceptance
Christians credence Jesus.
Cred- to believe
Ence- quality or state
Meaning: mental acceptance of something as true or real
Cred- to believe
U-
Lity-
Noun
Meaning: tendency to be ready to believe something is real or true
People have credulity about Jesus.
Cred- to believe
O-
Meaning: statement of the basic beliefs of a religious faith
The bible is a credo.
Af- to, toward, near, in addition
Fid- faith or trust
Avit-
Noun
Meaning; written statement
Everyone needs a affidavit.
Dif- not, opposite of
Fid-faith or trust
Ent-
Adjective
Meaning: shy because of a lack of self-confidence
I’m a diffident person.
Fid- faith or trust
Uci-
Ary- related to
Adjective
Meaning:trust
You have to fiduciary people.
Per- through
Fid- faith or truth
Y-
Noun
Meaning:untrustworthiness
Some people are perfidy.
Con- fully
Curr- to run
Ent-
Adjective
Meaning:existing, happening
The test was concurrent.
Curs- to run
Ory-
Adjective
Meaning: hasty
The customer was cursory!
Dis- not
Curs- to run
Ive- condition
Adjective
Meaning: changing from subject to subject
From biology to chemistry.
Pre- before
Curs- to run
Or-condition
Noun
Meaning: one that goes before and indicates the coming of another
Quad-four
Ru-
Ped- foot
Noun
Meaning: animal that has 4 feet
A dog is quadruped.
Ped- foot
I-
Gree- to gather
Noun
Meaning: record of descent of an animal, showing it to be purebred
A pedigree shows ancestors.
Im- near Ped- foot I- Ment- mind Noun
Meaning: a hindrance or obstruction in doing something
She had an impediment.
Ped- foot
Est- superlative
Rian-
Adjective
Meaning: lacking inspiration or excitement
She was very pedestrianly.
De- from
Flect- to bend
Verb
Meaning:cause to change direction
The wind caused a deflect.
Re-again
Flect- to bend
Ive- quality of
Adjective.
Meaning:providing a reflection
The glass showed a great reflective.
Gen- kind
U-
Flect- to bend
Verb
Meaning: to kneel on one knee
The guy proposed by genuflect.
In- toward
Flect- to bend
Ion- condition
Noun
Meaning: challenge in the pitch, tone, or loudness
The singer had a problem with inflection.
Post- after or behind
Er- action
Ior-
Adjective
Meaning: situated toward or on the back
The posterior was not listening.
Post- after or behind
Hu-
Mous-
Adjective
Meaning: published after the death of the author
The authors book received a reward when it was posthumous.
Post- after or behind
Mod-
Ern-
Adjective
Meaning: having to do with a movement in architecture, art, or literature
The building had a postmodern logo.
Post- after or behind
Mor-
Tem-
Noun
Meaning:occurring after death
The body was reserved during postmortem.
