Latin Roots #5

Roots and Derivatives

1. cent(i): hundred
2. cid(e): cut, kill
3. clam, claim: cry out, declare
4. cord, cour: heart

Word List

1. bicentennial: a celebration of a two hundredth anniversary; happening once in a period of two hundred years or lasting two hundred years
2. centenarian: a person who has lived to be one hundred years old
3. centurion: a Roman officer commanding one hundred men; related to the military mind, especially as it favors military solutions for handling social problems
4. clamorous: characterized by continuous loud and complaining voices; noisily complaining: insistent
5. concise: covering much in few words: brief and to the point
6. concordance: a condition of harmony or agreement; an alphabetical index indicating reference passages, as from a writer's works
7. cordial: of the heart; warm and friendly; amiable
8. discordant: harsh or inharmonious; clashing
9. genocide: the systematic experimentation of an ethnic group
10. incisive: keenly penetrating, cutting into
11. proclamation: an official statement or announcement that informs or honors
12. reclaim: to claim again; to restore to former importance or usefulness

Sentences

1. The family had a bicentennial for their great-great-great-great grandfather's death.
2. Their grandfather was a centenarian.
3. After serving in the war the man could not shake his centurion.
4. My grandmother is very clamorous which is embarrassing in public.
5. She gave a concise speech that still managed to make the audience tear up.
6. The concordance in the book helped the students get their work done faster.
7. The love letter that the girl received was written in a cordial manner.
8. She spat the discordant words at her enemy like she was no more than gum on her shoe.
9. We learned about the most famous genocide when reading the book The Boy in the Striped Pajamas.
10. The harsh words spoken were incisive to the other girls self esteem.
11. The young man was nervous to announce the proclamation on live television.
12. The king planned to reclaim his respect in his kingdom.