Latin Roots #5

Roots:

1.cent-hundred

2.cid(e), cis(e)-cut, kill

3.clam, claim-cry out, declare

4.cord, cour-heart

Words: 

1.bicentennial- celebration of a two hundredth anniversary

•The organization was celebrating it's bicentennial.

2.centenarian- a person who has lived a hundred years

•My great grandpa was a centenarian who lived to be 103.

3.centurion- a Roman soldier commanding a military unit known as a century

•The centurion commanded an army of a hundred men.

4.clamorous- characterized by insistent complaining

•The little girl was being clamorous by complaining about her loose tooth.

5.concise- covering much in few words; brief & to the point

•The leader gave a concise outline of their plan.

6.concordance- condition of harmony or agreement

•They were in concordance on where to go out and eat.

7.cordial- warm & sincere; amiable

•We gave a cordial welcome to our visitors.

8.discordant- (sounding) harsh or inharmonious

•The stern teacher gave a discordant lecture to her students.

9.genocide- the systematic killing of an entire ethnic group

•The Jewish were killed in a genocide.

10.incisive- keenly penetrating; cutting into

•The doctor cut an incisive cut through the patients body.

11.proclamation- an official announcement informing or honoring

•The mayor gave a proclamation in honor of the town. 

12.reclaim- to restore to former importance or usefulness 

•The girl reclaimed her grade to an A.