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Latin Roots #3

Latin Roots #3. Mrs. Lucidi English 2. Root: fer, ferra. Meaning: to bring, to bear Sample Words: -deference -vociferate -proffer. Deference. Courteous respect; yielding to the opinion or wish of another out of courtesy.

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Latin Roots #3

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  1. Latin Roots #3 Mrs. Lucidi English 2

  2. Root: fer, ferra Meaning: to bring, to bear Sample Words: -deference -vociferate -proffer

  3. Deference Courteous respect; yielding to the opinion or wish of another out of courtesy Damien showed deference when he let his date decide which movie they would see.

  4. Vociferate To cry out or utter forcefully and emotionally When Jim’s computer froze for the tenth time in one hour, he was quick to vociferate his frustration.

  5. Proffer To offer Mary decided to proffer friendship to the woman who had just lost her husband.

  6. Root: jact, jac, ject Meaning: to throw Sample Words: -subjective -objective -conjecture -reject

  7. Subjective Particular to a given individual, personal (OPINION) Jack said, “I think that girl over there is really hot!”

  8. Objective Uninfluenced by emotion or personal prejudice, factually presented (FACT) The brown haired girl is wearing an orange shirt and reading a book.

  9. Conjecture Inference based on incomplete evidence A guess Based on what I know so far, I’d say he is guilty. Michael made a conjecture about the man on trial for murder.

  10. Reject To refuse to accept To discard as defective or useless Ana rejected the advice that her mother gave her.

  11. Root: lucere, luc, lum Meaning: light Sample Words: -elucidate -luminous -lucid -translucent

  12. Elucidate To make clear; clarify The police officer told reporters, “Allow me to elucidate. The body had seven stab wounds to the back of the body, so we can rule out suicide.”

  13. Luminous Emitting light There was a luminous glow on the horizon.

  14. Lucid Easily understood Mentally sound Peter’s teacher felt that his speech about why abortion should be illegal was lucid and deserved an A.

  15. Translucent Allowing light, but not images, to pass through The translucent curtains allowed light to come into the room, but didn’t allow neighbors to look into the house.

  16. Root: mit, mis Meaning: to send Sample Words: -submissive -emit

  17. Submissive Tending to yield or surrender The submissive horse was easy to train.

  18. Emit To give or send out (light, sound, etc.) Justin’s mother was not happy about the amount of noise being emitted by his new speakers.

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