19. Strongroots
ManyEnglishwordsarerootedinLatin.Ifyouunderstandthemeaning
oftheLatinroot,youcanoftenfigureoutthemeaningoftheword.But
canyoufigureoutthewordfromitsmeaning?(Tohelp,welistallthe
wordsattheend.)
Root Meaning Englishword'smeaning Word?
vocare tocall (1) callingforthanger
(2) a callfor help
fundus bottom (3) tosinktothe
bottom
(4) almostbottomless
litigium dispute (5) pronetodispute
(6) a legaldispute
haerere tostick (7)holdingtogether
logically
(8)lackingconsistency
ped foot (9) ambling
unimaginatively
(10)a chargeofwalkers
malus bad (1I)hatred,badfeeling
(12)tospeakevilof
praeceps headlong (13)rushingheadlong
(14)veryedge
acer sharp (15)sharplybitter
(16) bitteranger
vertere toturn (17)oneturnedagainst
you
(18) a badturnof
fortune
circulus circle (19) towalkaround;
avoid
(20)carefultolook
around
Wordstochoosefrom:acrid,acrimony,adversary,adversity,circumspect,
circumvent,cohesive,founder,incoherent,invocation,litigation,litigious,
malice,malign, pedestrian,precipice,precipitate,profound,provocative,
stampede.