Latin Roots #3

Mrs. Lucidi

English 2

Root: fer, ferra

Meaning: to bring, to bear

Sample Words:

-deference

-vociferate

-proffer

Deference

Courteous respect; yielding to the opinion or wish of another out of courtesy

Damien showed deference when he let his date decide which movie they would see.

Vociferate

To cry out or utter forcefully and emotionally

When Jim’s computer froze for the tenth time in one hour, he was quick to vociferate his frustration.

Proffer

To offer

Mary decided to proffer friendship to the woman who had just lost her husband.

Root: jact, jac, ject

Meaning: to throw

Sample Words:

-subjective

-objective

-conjecture

-reject

Subjective

Particular to a given individual, personal (OPINION)

Jack said, “I think that girl

over there is really hot!”

Objective

Uninfluenced by emotion or personal prejudice, factually presented (FACT)

The brown haired girl is wearing an orange shirt and reading a book.

Conjecture

Inference based on incomplete evidence

A guess Based on what I know so far, I’d say he is guilty.

Michael made a conjecture about the man on trial for murder.

Reject

To refuse to accept

To discard as defective or useless

Ana rejected the advice that her mother gave her.

Root: lucere, luc, lum

Meaning: light

Sample Words:

-elucidate

-luminous

-lucid

-translucent

Elucidate

To make clear; clarify

The police officer told reporters, “Allow me to elucidate. The body had seven stab wounds to the back of the body, so we can rule out suicide.”

Luminous

Emitting light

There was a luminous glow on the horizon.

Lucid

Easily understood

Mentally sound

Peter’s teacher felt that his speech about why abortion should be illegal was lucid and deserved an A.

Translucent

Allowing light, but not images, to pass through

The translucent curtains allowed light to come into the room, but didn’t allow neighbors to look into the house.

Root: mit, mis

Meaning: to send

Sample Words:

-submissive

-emit

Submissive

Tending to yield or surrender

The submissive horse was easy to train.

Emit

To give or send out (light, sound, etc.)

Justin’s mother was not happy about the amount of noise being emitted by his new speakers.