Thursday, November 13, 2014

Latin Roots # 6

Roots and Derivatives 


1. corp(or) ( body): corpse, corporation, corps, corpuscle, corporeal, corpus, corset
2. cred (to believe, to trust): credo, credit, discredit, credence, credentials, accreditation
3. cur(r), curs, course (to run, to flow): current, excursion, discourse, concur, recourse, curriculum, recurrent
4. dic(t) (to speak, to say): diction, indication, edict, jurisdiction, dictionary, addict, interdiction      
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
Words                    
1. benediction: the invocation of a divine blessing, as at the close of a religious service; a blessing or state of blessedness

2. concourse: a running or flowing together; a broad public walkway or hallway; a crowd or throng

3. concurrent: occurring at the same time; meeting or acting together 

4. corporal: related to the physical body

5. corpulent: very stout; fleshy and obese; fat

6. credibility: the quality of being believable or trustworthy 

7. credulity: the (naive) willingness to believe too easily without proof

8. cursory: done in a superficial of hasty manner

9. dictum: an authoritative saying or maxim

10. incorporate: to form into one body or functioning unit; to combine several different things into a whole

11. incredulous: not believing, skeptical, or doubting

12. indicative: characteristic of or very much like; suggestive 

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