Latin Roots #5

Roots and Derivatives

1. cent(i)
2. cid(e)
3. clam, claim
4. cord, cour

Word List

1. bicentennial- related to a celebration of a (two hundredth anniversary; a happening once in a period of two hundred years or lasting two hundred years.                                              Sentence: At school, they have bicentennial reunions to reunite the sports team all together.
2. centenarian-a person who has lived a hundred years                                                                                                                                Sentence: Many people have the blessing to live centenarian.                                                                                                                                                                     
3. centurion -a Roman soldier commanding a military unit known as a century        Sentence: The centurion was in charge of 50 men to fight the battle.                                                                                                                             
4. clamorous-characterized by insistent complaining                                                                                                                              Sentence: The character in the novel was being  clamorous towards the main character.        
5. concise-covering much in few words; brief and to the point                                                                                                                                Sentence: While taking notes, you should write concise words.  
6. concordance-condition of harmony or agreement                                                                                                                         Sentence: The concordance in class today was over the homework assignment.  
7. cordial- warm & sincere; amiable                                                                                                                               Sentence: While writing the letter, it was cordial. 
8. discordant-(sounding) harsh or inharmonious                                                                                                                         Sentence: Many people don't think what they say so it comes out discordant.
9. genocide-the systematic killing of an entire ethnic group                                                                                                                                 Sentence: The Jewish were killed in a genocide.
10. incisive- keenly penetrating; cutting into                                                                                                                                    Sentence: Cutting the wood, David I had described it as incisive.
11. proclamation-  an official announcement informing or honoring                                                                                                                           sentence: After soccer season was over, we had a proclamation as a whole group.
12. reclaim-to restore to former importance or usefulness                                                                                                                            Sentence: Taking the test, she reclaimed her score.