greek & latin root words: unit 9
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Greek & Latin Root Words: Unit 9. 12th Grade. JUD. Judgment Latin. JUDICIOUS. Having or showing good judgment The cow was judicious when it came to eating its brethren [delicious veal…]. D0$$. Word. ADJUDICATE. To settle a dispute or argument - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
GREEK & LATIN ROOT WORDS: UNIT
9
12th Grade
JUDJudgment
Latin
JUDICIOUS
Having or showing good judgment
The cow was judicious when it came
to eating its brethren [delicious
veal…]. D0$$. Word.
ADJUDICATE
To settle a dispute or
argument
Boss Hog adjudicated the
town policy on moonshine
in the city limits. -
VestMaster
MOR
Law, custom, habit, humor
Latin
AMORAL
Not concerned about morality
Beware the amoral chickens! They
will peck your eyes out with no
provocation!
MORES
Attitudes and behaviors that are so firmly
fixed that they are followed like laws
The farm children demonstrated a proper
understanding of social mores when they
chose not to birth the cow in front of
Brandon Minter. – Step Nanie
Gloomy, bad-tempered
The horse had a
morose attitude after he
saw the glue factory
truck.
MOROSE
PI
Law-abiding, pious, dutiful OR
atone
Latin
EXPIATE
To make up for doing wrong
Eyore II, the pasty-faced mule, was
forced to expiate for kicking the
farmer. – Step Nanie, Vestmaster
IMPIOUS
Lacking respect for what should be
worshipped
In Annabel’s Wish, the horse was impious
when it bit and attempted to consume Santa,
rejecting forever his offer of communication.
–Vest Master, 35 cent, D0$$
SACR
Holy, sacred
Latin
CONSECRATE
To set apart as holy; to give up to a
purpose
Farmer De-Wayne consecrated the
silo following a covert goat operation
to abscond with the grain. – Step Nanie
EXECRABLE
Very bad; hateful
The old gray mare who “ain’t what she used to be”
was execrable following the onset of cataracts;
even the glue factory denied her entrance. Curses
to the domineering jerks at the glue factory who
unnecessarily deem some animals not worth their
time or processing. –Step Nanie
SACROSANCT
So sacred or revered as to be off-
limits
The Muslim goat considered the hay
loft to be sacrosanct; sadly he would
never visit the promise land due to his
lack of opposable thumbs.