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Twelve words of Latin origin appear in
the box. The italicized part of eachword
is called the base. Use the Glossary to
figure out the meaningof the base.Learn
each base and its meaning or meanings,
then completethe rest of the exercises.
culprit
fome
grateful
trimester
improve
retreat
medieval
comfort
lateral
minoity
besiege
convene
Glossary
Base
CULP
EVAL
FA, FAT
FORT
GRAT
LATER
MENS (MEST)
MINOR, MINUS, MINUT
PROB (PROV)
sED (SrD) (SE), SESS(STEGE)
TRACT (TREAT)
VEN, VENT
Meaning
blame, fault
ages
to speak
strong
grateful, pleasing
side
month
small, smaller
good, to test
to sit, to settle
to drag, to draw
to come
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Hereis a list of Englishwords.Eachword
includes one or more of the Latin bases
you havebeenstudying.The baseor bases
are italicized. Match each word with its
meaning.
English Word
Meaning
l. forntude
2. semester
a. tip
b. divert
c. contemporary
d. strength
e. removethe blamefrom
ab. servingto supportor reinforce
ac. arrival
ad. an assemblage
ae. six month academicterm
bc. what has beenspoken
M. criticize
be. small, unimportantdetails
3. reprobate
4. advent
5. distract
6. collateral
7. seance
8. minuttae
9. exculpate
-10.
-l
-12.
gratuity
l. fate
coeval
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Iltbrds in Ptto$tess
Each of the following words containstwo Latin bases.Chosethe pair of baseswhich best
define the word.
13.primeval
a. two, twice / monttt
14.fortify
b. many / side
15.multilateral
c. strong/ to do, to make
16.possess
d. to havepower/ to sit, to settle
17.bimester
e. first / ages
l,atin bases.Choosethe appropriatewor<ltd
completeeachof the sentences.
a. FORTE
e.ATTRACT
d. GRATIS
b. SUPERSEDED C.AFFABLE
cd. CONTRAVENE
ab. ENTREAT
18.The rules developedat the December16 meeting-?- the rules developedlast April.
19.The _?_ hostesstreatedeveryonewith an easygrace,making all her guestsfeel comfortable.
20. The managerhopedthat the big inventory salewould -?- many new customersto the store.
21. It is difficult to _?_ someonewho won't let you stateyour point of view.
22.The touristwho was runningout of moneywas pleasedto leam of (a, an) -?- excursion.
23.The talentedyoung man plannedon beinga concertpianistbecausemusichad alwaysbeenhis
_?_.
Z4.Paul will _?_ his determinedmotherfor permissionto watch the late movie.
Word of
INFANT
You would probably expectthe Latin baseof the
word infant to mean something like young or
small. Instead, its baseis FA, meaningto speak.
Thus, a young child has come to be called an in"one who cannot
fant because an infant is
speak."