Friday, October 10, 2014

Latin Roots #4

Roots:
1.bon, boun-good
2.capit, capt-head, chief, leader
3.carn-flesh
4.ced, ceed, cess-go, yield, surrender

Words:
1.accession- an increase by means of something added; the act of becoming joined
•They were called upon an accession to perform as a group.
2.bona fide- in good faith, genuine
•It was hard to tell if the person we suspected to be a bully, was being bona fide when telling someone a nice thing.
3.bonanza- sudden and expected source of money or riches
•The girl in need of money was miraculously given a bonanza. 
4.bounteous- inclined to be generous 
5.capitulation- surrendering, a final give up
•The crops of wheat they had gathered was bounteous.
6.carnage- a great slaughter, as in battle 
•The two boars were involved in an active carnage.
7.incarnate- literally in the flesh
•The little girl was surprised to see her father incarnate again.
8.carnivorous- a flesh eating, as an animal
•The lion was carnivorous, and could only eat meat.
9.intercede- to meditate
•Instead of doing it herself, she had her partner intercede for her.
10.precedent- having gone before
•Long ago events act as precedents for our future.
11.recapitulation- a brief relipitition
•The teacher gave a brief recapitulation of the play we read.
12.reincarnation- thing that is reborn
•According to some religions, some people believe people undergo reincarnation. 

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