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Latin Derivatives
latin derivatives & deffinitions
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Language - Latin
9th Grade
11/11/2008
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Term

antebellum

 Definition
of the period before any war
Term

bellicose

 Definition
warlike
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belligerence
 Definition
hostile
Term
rebellion
 Definition
uprise
Term

ROOT: bell

 Definition
war
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ROOT: pac/peas
 Definition
peace
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pacify
 Definition
to ease, to calm
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pacifist
 Definition

someone who's against war
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pact
 Definition
a formal agreement
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appease
 Definition
to placate by granting demands
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ROOT: hosp/host

 Definition
host/guest
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hostage
 Definition
person held until certain demands are met
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hospice
 Definition
place to stay for the terminally ill
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hostel
 Definition
supervised lodging for young travelers
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inhospitable
 Definition

unfriendly; unwelcoming
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ROOT: am/im
 Definition
love
Term
amicable
 Definition
friendly
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enamored
 Definition
inspired with love, to charm, captivate
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inimical
 Definition
harmful, unfriendly, hostile
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paramour
 Definition
a lover (forbidden lover)
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ROOT: crim
 Definition
crime/criminal
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criminology
 Definition
scientific study of crimes
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decriminize
 Definition
to make no longer illegal
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incriminize
 Definition
to charge with a crime
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recrimination
 Definition
to counter one accusation
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ROOT: prob/prov
 Definition
to prove/honesty
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approbation
 Definition
approval;commendation
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disprove
 Definition
to prove to be false/wrong
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probity
 Definition
integrity and honesty
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reprobate
 Definition
a mean, wicked person
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ROOT: grav
 Definition
weight
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gravid
 Definition
carrying an egg/pregnant
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gravitas

 Definition
seriousness
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gravitate
 Definition
to move under gravitational force
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gravity
 Definition
heaviness/weight
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ROOT: lev
 Definition
light
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alleviate
 Definition
to relieve of
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elevate
 Definition

to rise
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leavening
 Definition
used to raise
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levity

 Definition
no seriousness; light minded
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