Name:__________________________________________ Period:_________
Latin and Greek Roots ---Lesson 2
ROOT: NUNC Latin “to announce”
1.
ENUNCIATE v. to pronounce or articulate
syn: articulate
ant: mumble
2.
RENOUNCE v. to reject by declaration
syn: disavow
ant: reaffirm
3.
PRONOUNCEMENT n. a declaration of opinion; judgment
syn: declaration
ROOT: VOC Latin “to call”
4.
INVOKE v. to call on for support
5.
PROVOCATIVE adj. causing disturbance or excitement
6.
REVOKE v. to make invalid; deactivate
syn: appeal to
syn: recall, cancel
ant: activate
ROOT: FA Latin “to speak”
7.
INEFFABLE adj. unutterable; indescribable
8.
INFANTILE adj. childish; immature
syn: juvenile
ant: mature
9.
AFFABLE adj. easy to converse with; friendly
syn: courteous
ant: surly
ROOT: DIC Latin “to say, to tell”
10.
EDICT n. an official order
syn: decree
11.
INDICT v. to charge with a crime; accuse
syn: charge
12.
DICTUM n. a formal or authoritative statement
ant: excuse
Lesson 2: Name:_____________________________________________Period:_________
Fill in the blank with the best word. A word may be used more than once.
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The jury had to ___ Richard on seven counts of burglary.
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Many religious writers speak of the ___wisdom of the divine being.
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In ancient Rome, wives would ___ the help of the goddess Juno.
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Spelling bee contestants must ___ so that the judges can understand what they are saying.
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If you don’t pay your traffic tickets, the state may ___ your driver’s license.
_________________6.
Ian had to ___ his other memberships in order to become a fraternity member.
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The film’s ___ ending had people talking for months.
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Although some people find practical jokes funny, Ann finds them ___.
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The principal was an ___ fellow who got along well with all the children.
_________________10. The rebel army decided to ___ everything the government stood for.
_________________11. After some rather ____ stomping around, Myra calmed down and became an adult again.
_________________12. Everyone agreed with Fred’s ___ that the party was a disaster.
_________________13. Amy will ___ the First Amendment if her opponents try to silence her.
_________________14. The king issued an ___ forbidding the rebel prince entrance to the country.
_________________15. When asked to defend his argument, Luther cited a ___ of his favorite poet.
Choose the set of words that best completes the sentence.
____1. One ___ issued by the Church forbade ___ dress among women.
A. affable…infantile
C. edict…provocative
B. dictum…affable
D. edict…affable
____2. My once- ___ and easygoing neighbor now ___ every curse she could think of against me.
A. affable…invoked
C. affable…renounced
B. provocative…indicted
D. invoke…infantile
____3. The rabbi hoped the ___ he cited would convince people to ___ their bad habits.
A. edict…enunciate
C. indict…revoke
B. pronouncement…invoke
D. dictum…renounce
____4. None of my father’s ___ on my behavior could prevent my ___ tantrums whenever I didn’t get what I wanted.
A. dictums…affable
C. pronouncements…infantile
B. dictums…ineffable
D. indict…provocative
____5. The jury felt it necessary to ___ the reporter for refusing to ___ his slanderous remarks.
A. enunciate…revoke
C. revoke…indict
B. invoke…renounce
D. indict…renounce