Advanced Reading and Study Skills
Review of Greek and Latin Roots 271-280
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271. “_____________” = ____________________ /__________________
Example A: _______________________ (adjective): felt or undergone as if one
were taking part in the experience or feelings of another
 Etymology: Latin “_______________________” = substituted from
“______________________” = interchange
 Usage: “I watched the roller coaster video and experienced
_____________________ thrills.”
Example B: __________________________ (noun): a change or variation; one
of the sudden or unexpected changes or shifts often encountered in one's
life, activities, or surroundings
 Etymology: Latin “vicissitude,” from “vicissim,” in turn, probably
from “vices,” pl. of “vix” = _____________________
 Usage: “Old age is not a disease. It is strength and survivorship,
triumph over all kinds of ________________________ and
disappointments, trials and illnesses.” (Maggie Kuhn)
272. “_____________” = ____________________ /__________________
Example A: ____________ _________________ (noun): an officer ranking
next below a president, usually empowered to assume the president’s
duties under conditions such as absence, illness, or death.
 Etymology: Latin “______________” = substituted/changed
 Usage: "In case of the removal of the President from office, or of his
death, resignation, or inability to discharge the powers and duties of
the said office, the same shall devolve upon the _________
__________________.” (Article II, Section I of the Constitution of the
United States)
Example B: ______________ ________________ (adverb): with the order or
meaning reversed
 Etymology: Latin: “vice” (substitute) + “vers” (past participle of
_______________ = turn)
 Usage: “Discipline is wisdom, and ____________ _________________.”
(M. Scott Peck)
 SPECIAL NOTE: In this case, using “vice versa” literally would create
a __________________________:
“Discipline is wisdom,
and _______________ ______ ____________________.”
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273. “__________” = _______________
Example A: “_______________. _________________. __________________.”
 Remember the following roots:
“ven” = “__________________”
“vid” = “___________________”
“vic” = “______________________________”
 The translation, therefore, of this phrase is “I ____________. I
______________. I ______________________.”
Example B: ______________ (adjective): having an ardent desire or
unbounded craving; greedy
 Etymology: Latin “a” = _____________ + “vid” = _________
 Usage: “Ashley Judd is an ______________ University of Kentucky
basketball fan.”
274. “_____________” = __________________
Example A: ________-_____-________ (adverb): face-to-face
 Etymology: Literally, the Latin phrase translates as ________________
to __________________.
 Usage: These passengers rode _____________________________.
Example B: __________________ (noun): the face or facial expression of a
person; countenance
 Etymology: from Latin “visus” (_____________________________)
 Usage: Marilyn Monroe’s famous __________________ has sparked a
renaissance of the Hollywood glamour look of the 1950s.
275. “_____________” = _________________
Example A: __________________________ (adjective): full of animation and
spirit
 Etymology: from Latin _________________ = “to live”
 Usage: Coach Ball is known for his ________________________
personality.
Example B: ____________________________ (adjective): merry, festive
 Etymology: Latin, literally “con” = “”__________” + “viv” =
“____________”
 Usage: “There was a ________________________ atmosphere at the
Harlan City Schools’ block party in August.”
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276. “___________” = ___________________________
Example A: ________________________ (noun): list of words with
explanations
 Etymology: Latin ____________________ = "word, name, noun," from
vocare "to name, call”
 Usage: “A _______________________ of truth and simplicity will be of
service throughout our life.” (Sir Winston Churchill)
Example B: ______________________ (noun): one that argues or speaks for
a cause; a supporter
 etymology: Latin “_______” = “toward” + “____________” = “call”
 Usage: Harlan High School is an _________________ of educational
excellence.
277. “______________” = ____________________________
Example A: _________________ (verb): to summon or call forth
 Etymology: “e” = “ex” = ____________ + “voke” = __________________
 Usage: “Good writing [e.g., A Tale of Two Cities] is supposed to
___________________ sensation in the reader—not the fact that it is
raining, but the feeling of being rained upon.” (E.L. Doctorow)
Example B: __________________ (verb): to bring about deliberately; deduce
 Etymology: Latin “pro” = “_________________” + “___________” = “call”
 Usage: ““A destruction, an annihilation that only man can
________________________, only man can prevent.” (Elie Wiesel,
author of Night)
278. “_____________” = _______________________________
Example A: _________________ (adjective): done or undertaken of one's
own free will
 Etymology: Latin “vol” = “______________________________”
 Usage: "Ignorance, when it is ___________________, is criminal; and
he may be properly charged with evil who refused to learn how he
might prevent it.” (Samuel Johnson)
Example B: ___________________ (noun): good will
 Etymology: Latin “bene” = “_____________” + “vol” = _________________
 Usage: “Mother Teresa’s __________________________ was one of the
reasons she was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979.”
Example C: ___________________________ (noun): a fictional character and
the primary antagonist in the Harry Potter novel series written by British
author J. K. Rowling
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 Etymology: “____________” = “wish” + “__________________” = “death”
 Usage: “Throughout the J.K. Rowling series, ____________________
has one desire: the death of Harry Potter.”
279. “_______________” = ______________________
Example A: ________________________ (verb): to orbit a central point
 Etymology: Latin “re” = “_______________” + “volvere” =
“__________________________”
 Usage: “I checked, and the world doesn’t __________________ around
you.”
Example B: _________________________ (noun): a collection of written or
printed sheets bound together; a book
 Etymology: Latin “volumen” = “______________________________” from
“volvere” = “to roll”
 Usage: “Although ___________________ upon ___________________ is
written to prove slavery a very good thing, we never hear of the man
who wishes to take the good of it by being a slave himself.”
(Abraham Lincoln)
280. “___________” = ______________________
Example A: _____________________ (noun): a form of mania in which a
man imagines himself to be another type of beast
 Etymology: Latin “zo” = “_________________” + “anthrop” = “________”
 Usage: “The man, who had been diagnosed with
____________________, literally believed he was a bull.”
Example B: ______________________ (noun): In astrology, this band
divided into 12 equal parts called signs, each 30° wide, bearing the name
of a constellation for which it was originally named but with which it no
longer coincides owing to the precession of the equinoxes. (See below.)
 etymology: from Gk. _______________________ (kyklos) "zodiac
(circle)," lit. "________________________________________"
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