Latin Roots #5

Roots and Derivatives
1. cent(i) (hundred): century, centipede, centennial, centigrade, centimeter

2. cid(e), cis(e) (cut, kill): homicide, incision, suicide, scissors, circumcise

3. clam, claim (cry out, declare): clamor, exclaim, proclaim, disclaim

4. cord, cour (heart): accord, courage, encouraged, cordiform, cordate

Word List
1. bicentennial: (related to) a celebration of a two hundredth anniversary; happening once in a period of two hundred years or lasting two hundred years
The bicentennial of the French Revolution in 1989 was celebrated with a huge parade.

2. centenarian: a person who has lived to be one hundred years old
My great grandpa is 20 years away from becoming a centenarian.

3. centurion: a Roman officer commanding one hundred me; related to the military mind, especially as it favors military solutions for handling social problems
The old war general had a centurion point of view on life.

4. clamorous: characterized by continuous loud and complaining voices; noisily complaining; insistent
The kindergarten classroom became a clamorous wreck after the teacher took away the students' juice boxes.

5. concise: covering much in few words; brief and to the point
Her presentation was far from concise because she spoke for an hour about complete nonsense.
6. concordance: a condition of harmony or agreement; an alphabetical index indicating reference passages, as from a writer's works
My sister and I were forced to come to a concordance after a week of fighting.

7. cordial: of the heart; warm and friendly; amiable
You are cordially invited to my aunt and uncle's wedding.

8. discordant: (sounding) harsh or inharmonious; clashing
The amateur band's was so discordant I prayed to go deaf.

9. genocide: the systematic extermination of an ethnic group
Genocide was used by Hitler because he believed the best people were German.

10. incisive: keenly penetrating; cutting into
His interrogation was so incisive his witness began to squirm in discomfort.

11. proclamation: an official statement or announcement that informs or honors
The king sent out a proclamation to honor the birth of his son and the heir to the throne.

12. reclaim: to claim again; to restore to former importance or usefulness
The king sent his best troops to reclaim their captured land from the invaders.