Latin Word Roots #5

Roots and Derivatives:

1. cent(i): hundred
2. cid(e), cis(e): cut, kill
3. clam, claim: cry out, declare
4. cord, cour: heart

Word List:

1. bicentennial (a): (related to) a celebration of a two hundredth anniversary; happening once in a period of two hundred years or lasting two hundred years


We celebrated the bicentennial anniversary of the birth of our country

2. centenarian (n): a person who has lived to be a hundred years old


He was incredibly sprightly and forceful, especially for a centenarian.

3. centurion (n): a Roman Officer commanding over one hundred men; related to the military mind, especially as it favors military solutions for handling social problems


Centurions may have more than a hundred soldiers.

4. clamorous (a): characterized by continuous loud and complaining voices, noisily complaining, insistent.


The narrow streets are clamorous, dusty, claustrophobic.

5. concise (a): covering much in few words, brief and to the point


Make your writing concise to take up less space on the page

6. concordance (n): a condition of harmony or agreement, an alphabetical index indicating reference passages, as from a writer's works


In order to find out exactly what constructions are used in the text, I made concordance.

7. cordial (a): of the heart, warm and friendly, amiable


Alex was cordial to his father and formal to his sister.

8. discordant (a): (sounding) harsh or inharmonious, clashing


Without proper guidance, the band produces discordant music that no one wants to hear.

9. genocide (n): the systematic extermination of an ethnic group


The corrupt military commander has committed an act of genocide when he ordered the bombs to fall all over the country,

10. incisive (a): keenly penetrating, cutting into


The incisive speech got Madeline an 100 as her grade.

11. proclamation (n): an official statement or announcement that informs or honors


It does not matter if you have not heard this proclamation before.

12. reclaim (v): to claim again, to restore to former importance or usefulness


The driver was able to reclaim his position on the last corner of the track.