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Greek and Latin Roots. Week 9. Pas/path. Meaning: feeling; disease; suffering Examples: apathy indifference pathogen Agent that causes disease. Pel / puls. Meaning: drive; urge Examples: pulsate Beat; to vibrate repellant Something that repels or drives back. pet.
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Greek and Latin Roots Week 9
Pas/path • Meaning: feeling; disease; suffering • Examples: • apathy • indifference • pathogen • Agent that causes disease
Pel/puls • Meaning: drive; urge • Examples: • pulsate • Beat; to vibrate • repellant • Something that repels or drives back
pet • Meaning: seek; request • Examples: • petition • A request to a superior authority • petulant • Easily irritated
phon • Meaning: sound; voice • Examples: • phonic • Relating to sound • cacophony • Unpleasant noise
pict • Meaning: paint • Examples: • depict • Represent in a picture • pictograph • A picture that represents a word or idea
plac • Meaning: please • Examples: • placid • calm • placebo • Something given to please or quiet
port • Meaning: carry; gate • Examples: • portal • An entrance or gate • portable • Able to be carried easily
Put/putat • Meaning: think; calculate • Examples: • reputation • State of being held in high esteem • compute • Determine an amount or number
Quer/quis • Meaning: seek • Examples: • query • question • requisite • required
rect • Meaning: straight • Examples: • erect • Fix in an upright position • rectilinear • Bounded by straight lines