Latin and Greek Elements in English

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Latin and Greek Elements in English

• Review of Latin Forms
• 1. God seposed a seventh of our time for his
  exterior worship.
• se- aside, away
• POSE- place, put
• 2. He never varied his ideas, seldom his
  expressions . . . he went on stubbornly
  verbigerating in the face of history. (Sheean)
• VERBi- word
• GER- carry (on), produce
• -ate v.s.

verb
to set aside, to reserve
verb
to repeat a word or sentence endlessly or
meaninglessly
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Latin and Greek Elements in English

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• 3. Most frequently this moss is subnascent and
  found on decaying trees.
• sub- under
• NASC- be born
• -ent -ing
• 4. Redient birds in spring also add to the
  glorious array of colors on these wetlands.
• re(d)- back, again
• I- go
• -ent -ing

adj.
growing underneath
adj.
returning
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• 5. In one type of exorcism, the priest forces the
  demon out of its victims lungs through
  exsufflation.
• ex- out, from
• sub- under
• FLAT- blow
• -ion act of
• 6. Etymologists often find a substantial
  difference between the primary and tralatitious
  meanings of a word.
• tra(ns)- across
• LAT- bear, carry
• -itious t.t.

noun
the action of breathing upon the forcible
removal of a demon by pushing it out with breath
adj.
having a significance derived from something
outside (brought across) metaphorical
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• 7. Perpend, my princess, and give ear!
  (Shakespeare)
• per- through, completely
• PEND- hang, weigh
• 8. Children from the youngest age should be
  encouraged to be omnilegent. Even the back of a
  cereal box can be instructive.
• OMNi- all
• LEG- choose, read
• -ent -ing

verb
to reflect, to consider
adj.
reading everything, eager to read
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• 9. After a roughly sexennial period, the war was
  brought to its end with the bombing of Himoshima
  and Nagasaki.
• SEX- six
• ENNI- year
• -al p.t.
• 10. Fricatives like f and v are sometimes termed
  obstruents.
• ob- against
• STRU- build
• -ent -ing
• substantive

adj.
lasting six years
speech sound created by the partial or complete
closing (obstruction) of the breathing passage
which through friction produces a grating sound
thus they are also called fricatives