ELAAAA Flashcards
(39 cards)
What does the root ‘ped’ mean?
foot
Examples include pedal, moped, pedestal, centipede, expedition, pedicure, expedite, pedometer
What is the meaning of the root ‘pend, pens’?
to hang, to weigh
Examples include pendulum, expense, dispense, compensation, pendant, suspension
Define the root ‘plac’.
to please
Examples include placid, placebo, placable, placidness, placatory, placenta
What does the root ‘pon, pos(e), pound’ signify?
to put, to place
Examples include opponent, position, impound, expose, postpone, repository
What is the meaning of the root ‘port’?
to carry
Examples include portable, transportation, export, portage, deportee, reporter, disport
What does the root ‘scrib(e), script’ refer to?
to write
Examples include scribble, scripture, manuscript, prescription, describe, transcription
What does the root ‘sign’ represent?
sign, seal, mark
Examples include signal, signature, resignation, assign, significant, signet, signatory
Define the root ‘simil, simul’.
like
Examples include similar, simultaneous, simile, simulcast, assimilate, verisimilitude
What is the definition of ‘appendage’?
anything added to something else; an adjunct
What does ‘expound’ mean?
to put forth, and thus to explain in a point by point manner
What is an ‘impediment’?
something that gets in the way of or entangles
What does ‘implacable’ mean?
refusing to be pleased or pacified; relentless; hard-nosed
Define ‘pensive’.
deep or heavy in thought, as over some sadness or melancholy thing
What is the meaning of ‘placate’?
to calm another’s anger; to appease or pacify
What does ‘ascribe’ mean?
to attribute to a specific person, source, cause or origin; to assign as an attribute; to give credit
What does ‘consign’ mean?
to hand over to another’s care; to transfer into someone else’s hands; to assign to a specific, sometimes undesirable, place or location
Define ‘verisimilitude’.
having the appearance of truth/similarity to the truth
What is ‘insignia’?
a distinguishing mark or sign; a badge of office, rank, or membership; an emblem
What does ‘rapport’ refer to?
a generally harmonious relationship between or among people; a feeling of carrying mutual trust and emotional affinity
What does the root ‘migr’ mean?
to wander
Examples include migration, migrant, émigré, immigration, migrate, transmigration
Define the root ‘miss, mit(t)’.
to send
Examples include mission, missile, transmit, emit, remittance, intermission, missionary
What does the root ‘mob, mot, mov’ signify?
to move
Examples include mobile, remote, movable, mobilize, emotional, motivation
Define the root ‘mod’.
measure, manner
Examples include modern, modesty, mode, immoderate, modify, modulate
What does the root ‘mor(t)’ mean?
death
Examples include mortal, mortician, mortuary, immortal, mortgage, postmortem
