Latin Roots #4

Roots & Derivatives

1. Bon. Boun (good): Bonus, bounty, bountiful, bonify, boon, bon voyage, bonhomie

2. Capit. Capt (head, chief, leader): Capital, captain, capitalize, decapitate, per capita.

3. Carn(i) (flesh): Carnal, carnality, carnival, carnation, carnify.

4. Ced(e), Ceed, Cess (go, yield, surrender): Recede, proceed, success, concede, exceed, procession, unprecedented.

Word List

1. Accession: The attainment of a certain rank or dignity; an increase by means of something added; the act of becoming joined.
After the accession of the soldier he know carried a rank of great stature.

2. Bona Fide: In good faith; genuine.
I trusted my little brother, in bona fide, to be responsible for doing his chores.

3. Bonanza: A sudden and unexpected source of money or riches; a windfall
After winning the lottery, one can expect a huge bonanza.

4. Bounteous: Inclined to be generous; plentiful and abundant
Now that he had enough to give the man became quite bounteous with his poor past in mind.

5. Capitulation: A surrendering, usually upon prearranged terms or conditions; a final giving up.
Once they realized it was in their best interest to not fight they arranged a capitulation.

6. Carnage: A great slaughter, as in battle.
The battle old veteran was a snapshot of what the carnage on the battle fields in Vietnam were like.

7. Carnivorous: Flesh-eating, as an animal
Being carnivorous, the shark went into a frenzy after the scent of blood entered the water.

8. Incarnate: Literally, in the flesh; in bodily form; personified; flesh-colored
After the full moon had waned the werewolf went back to being incarnate.

9. Intercede: To act on another’s behalf; to mediate
After the argument had become quite heated I interceded before things escalated out of hand.

10. Precedent: A previous act or decision taken as a valid model; having gone before
Teachers state the rules on the first day of school as a precedent to prevent any acts of mischief.

11. Recapitulation: A brief reputation; a summary, as of what has already been said
After being bombarded with important due dates our teacher gave us a recapitulation in order to erase any confusion.

12. Reincarnation: A thing that is reborn, or comes back into being, although perhaps in a different (bodily) form.
Many religions attribute life after the present life to reincarnation.