Vocabulary from Latin and Greek

Roots

Unit 9

Latin Judicium Judgment

Root: Jud

Adj. Having or showing good judgment Kathy was judicious when it came to time

management; as a result, she always got her work done early.

Synonym: wise Antonym: foolish

Judicious

V. To settle a dispute or argument A third party was called in to advise the bank,

but not to adjudicate the dispute legally.

Adjudicate

Latin Mos, Moris Law, custom, habit, humor

Root: Mor

Adj. Not concerned about morality Though a commonly held belief states that

politicians must be amoral to succeed, Candidate Jeffers insists that leaders must know right and wrong above all else.

Amoral

N. Attitudes and behaviors that are so firmly

fixed that they are followed like laws Tipping a server in a restaurant is perfectly in

line with American mores but has no place in the customs of some other cultures.

Synonym: ethics

Mores

Adj. Gloomy, bad-tempered The overcast sky made most of the children,

who had been hoping to go to the beach, morose.

Synonym: sullen Antonym: jolly

Morose

Latin Pius = law-abiding, pious, dutiful Piare, Piatum = atone

Root: Pi

V. To make up for doing wrong Brian offended many people during his rise to

power but expiated his insults by appointing some of these people to his cabinet.

Synonym: atone

Expiate

Adj. Lacking respect for what should be

worshipped Who would be so impious as to question the

absolute wisdom of the Emperor? Synonym: irreverent Antonym: devout

Impious

Latin Sacer, Sacris Holy, sacred

Root: Sacr

V. To set apart as holy; to give up to a purpose The leader of the tribe consecrated the ground

to the spirits of Earth, air, water, and fire. Synonym: bless Antonym: profane

Consecrate

Adj. Very bad; hateful After one meal with my rowdy brothers, my

grandmother declared she had never seen such execrable manners in all her life.

Synonym: heinous Antonym: hallowed

Execrable

Adj. So sacred or revered as to be off-limits No political figure, living or dead, was

considered sacrosanct by the controversial comedian.

Sacrosanct