Vocabulary from Latin and Greek Roots Unit 14
Jan 15, 2016
Vocabulary from Latin and Greek
Roots
Unit 14
Unit 14 Roots
Loc Latin Locus Place
Locus In Lieu Of Allocate
Pos Latin Ponere, Positum To put, place
Apposite Interpose Composite
Unit 14 Roots
Top Greek Topos Place
Utopian Dystopian Topical
Thet, Them Greek Thetos = Placed Thema = Thing
placed or set
Anathema Epithet
Latin Locus Place
Root: Loc
N. Specific place; especially, the center of an
activity or event The lovely stretch of beach was the locus of
the party scene in Linville.
Locus
Adv. Phrase In place of The victim’s family asked that money be sent
to a favorite charity in lieu of flowers.
In lieu of
V. To set aside for a special purpose The volunteers were stunned to learn that tax
monies allocated for charitable purposes had been used to pay for the new stadium.
Synonym: earmarked
Allocate
Latin Ponere, Positum To put, place
Root: Pos
Adj. Relevant or appropriate We could always count on Joe to come up with
the most apposite headline for an article. Synonym: pertinent
Apposite
V. To come between verbally; to insert a remark When his younger brothers began boasting of
the way they had fought off the wild animals all by themselves, Jeff quietly interposed that the older children had helped as well.
Interpose
N. A combination; a blend The innovative new school was actually a
composite of several previous education models.
Synonym: mixture
Composite
Greek Topos Place
Root: Top
Adj. Of an ideal nature; model The utopian community Kristen described
turned out to be the product of someone’s get-rich-quick scheme.
Synonym: idealistic
Utopian
Adj. Nightmarish; grim As the policeman told the story, he evoked
images of a dystopian society in which everyone was at war.
Dystopian
Adj. Dealing with current subject matter; relevant The late-night talk show host filled her
opening monologue with topical jokes.
Topical
Greek Thetos = Placed Thema = Thing placed or set
Root: Thet, Them
N. Something hated or strongly avoided Charging patients extra fees for services they
had not requested was anathema to the decent-hearted young doctor.
Anathema
N. A phrase or term that describes something or
someone The teacher was fond of a particular epithet
for Matthew, and it was not at all complimentary.
Epithet